NSERC Industrial Undergraduate Student Research Awards - External Awards Description

Regular Program - provides research awards to full-time undergraduate students in the natural sciences or engineering at the time of application. Applicants must have no more than four academic terms remaining to complete the bachelor's degree and must have a B average over the previous years of study.

Targeted Program - provides research awards to women who are registered in the physical sciences or engineering (life sciences are not eligible). Student must have no more than six, and no fewer than five, academic terms left to complete degree requirements. Applicants require an A average in their course work up to the time of application. In exceptional circumstances, consideration may be given to those with a B average. Successful applicants to both programs work in an industrial laboratory of an approved company for 16 weeks at any time of the year where permitted by their academic program, and are considered to be employees of the company. The program may support up to ten students per company per fiscal year. Awards are valued at $900 per month and companies are required to supplement by a least 25% of the value. A travel allowance may also be granted by NSERC. Web site: www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca

Full information, including a list of eligible companies across Canada, is available from the Financial Aid & Awards Office.