NSERC: PromoScience

Sponsor’s Website

Visit the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) website for more information on PromoScience.

Internal Contact

Maureen Mahoney: maureen.mahoney@carleton.ca

Deadlines

Overview

NSERC’s PromoScience grants are designed to spark interest among Canadian youth in the natural sciences and engineering (NSE) and encourage them to consider science careers. Grants are offered to organizations working with young Canadians, particularly underrepresented groups, who are in elementary and/or high school (including the equivalent first year of CEGEP), and their teachers to promote an understanding of NSE, including mathematics and technology. Proposed activities should develop NSE skills and interests, provide hands-on learning experiences, initiate new instruction and resources for teachers, or inspire young Canadians to eventually pursue NSE research and/or careers, or some combination of these objectives. Activities that encourage Indigenous undergraduate students to pursue graduate studies in NSE can also be proposed.

Value and Duration

• Maximum request is $200,000 per year for three years.
• Projects can be between one and three years.

Eligibility

To be eligible, applicants must:

• Be a Canadian registered non-profit organization, post-secondary institution, or non-federal museum or science centre.
• Deliver ongoing programming in the promotion of NSE to young Canadians.

Eligible activities:

• Ongoing programming
• Youth-focused programming
• Educator-focused programming
• Programming in NSE
• New/pilot programs
• Proposals with broad impact and reach
• Interactive, hands-on programming
• Research experience (not research itself but activities to motivate young people to study science and engineering and pursue careers in these fields)
• University-based activities (not recruitment or research)

Visit the NSERC website for more information on eligibility to apply.

Special Considerations

NSERC funding will only support up to 1/3 of the overall program costs.

Institutional Quota

NSERC has a quota of one application per academic unit or department.

Information Sessions

The NSERC information session has passed. Please contact Maureen Mahoney for a copy of the presentation slides.  

Submitting Your Application

1. Before applying, contact Maureen Mahoney to confirm quota availability.
2. Submit an internal Approval Form through our central awards management database cuResearch. Consult the user’s manual for guidance.
3. Submit an external application to NSERC through their online portal.