Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

104,698 grant and contribution agreements worth $10,406,543,828.56, in 87 programs, published by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (nserc-crsng).

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Total agreement value: $10.4B
1.4% of all agreements
Agreements: 104,698
25 combine several records
Programs: 87
names as recorded
Recipients: 60,852
distinct names

By fiscal year

2015-16$63K
2016-17–
2017-18$948M
2018-19$1.08B
2019-20$1.12B
2020-21$1.04B
2021-22$667M
2022-23$1.58B
2023-24$975M
2024-25$1.25B
2025-26$1.03B
2026-27$705M

By program

Discovery Research31,827 agreements$4.56B43.8%
Research Partnerships13,181 agreements$3.55B34.1%
Research Training and Talent Development46,049 agreements$1.17B11.3%
Discovery Grants Program - Individual2,157 agreements$350M3.4%
Collaborative Research and Development Grants - Project467 agreements$123M1.2%
Research and Technology Partnerships22 agreements$98.9M1.0%
Recherche axée sur la découverte484 agreements$62.1M0.6%
Strategic Projects - Group80 agreements$45.1M0.4%
Industrial Research Chairs35 agreements$32.6M0.3%
Networks of Centres of Excellence - Group2 agreements$32.0M0.3%
Collaborative Research and Training Experience18 agreements$29.7M0.3%
Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research - Group5 agreements$28.4M0.3%
Engage Grants for universities1,137 agreements$28.2M0.3%
Subatomic Physics Envelope - Project41 agreements$22.3M0.2%
Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship D - 3 years208 agreements$21.9M0.2%
72 other programs$248M2.4%

Largest agreements

#	Agreement	Value
1	Mobilize grants Nantel, Marc · WELLAND, ON Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4116 · data	$47.0M $46,986,809.22 originally $3.2M
2	Mobilize grants Sheikhzadeh, Mehdi · SARNIA, ON Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4107 · data	$47.0M $46,986,809.22 originally $3.2M
3	Mobilize grants Mowat, Vicki · OAKVILLE, ON Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4104 · data	$47.0M $46,986,809.22 originally $3.2M
4	Mobilize grants McIsaac, Jeff · HAMILTON, ON Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4119 · data	$47.0M $46,986,809.22 originally $3.2M
5	Mobilize grants Bajic, Jelena · EDMONTON, AB Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4133 · data	$47.0M $46,986,809.22 originally $3.2M
6	Mobilize grants Massa, Tania · TORONTO, ON Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4101 · data	$47.0M $46,986,809.22 originally $3.2M
7	Lab to Market Larsen, Jeff · HALIFAX, NS Research and Technology Partnerships · Grant, starts 2024-12-01 Government record 110_2024_2025_Q3_578 · data	$32.0M $32,041,426
8	Lab to Market Galaugher, Jolen · WINNIPEG, MB Research and Technology Partnerships · Grant, starts 2024-12-01 Government record 110_2024_2025_Q3_577 · data	$24.1M $24,067,229
9	Lab to Market Maine, Elicia · BURNABY, BC Research and Technology Partnerships · Grant, starts 2024-12-01 Government record 110_2024_2025_Q3_579 · data	$22.9M $22,943,583
10	Marine Environmental Observation, Prediction and Response (MEOPAR) Wallace, Douglas (Dalhousie University) · Nova Scotia Networks of Centres of Excellence - Group · Grant, starts 2017-04-25 Government record GC-2017-Q1-01112 · data	$22.5M $22,506,978
11	Mobilize grants Fortin, Annie · LA POCATIERE, QC Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4098 · data	$20.0M $20,018,052.32 originally $2.2M
12	Mobilize grants Joseph, Alain · HALIFAX, NS Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4117 · data	$20.0M $20,018,052 originally $2.2M
13	Mobilize grants Long, Michael · STEPHENVILLE, NL Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4140 · data	$20.0M $20,018,052 originally $2.2M
14	Mobilize grants Bouafif, Hassine · Abitibi-Temiscangue, QC Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4135 · data	$20.0M $20,018,052 originally $2.2M
15	Mobilize grants Piché, Chantal · Thetford, QC Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4113 · data	$20.0M $20,018,052 originally $2.2M
16	Lab to Market Van Acker, Rene · GUELPH, ON Research and Technology Partnerships · Grant, starts 2024-12-01 Government record 110_2024_2025_Q3_580 · data	$16.3M $16,278,128
17	Alliance Grants Botton, Gianluigi · HAMILTON, ON Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2023-05-04 Government record 110_2023_2024_Q1_3535 · data	$13.8M $13,800,000
18	Mobilize grants Lamarre, Vincent · QUEBEC, QC Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4129 · data	$13.3M $13,345,365.36 originally $1.5M
19	Mobilize grants Barai, Namrata · TORONTO, ON Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4120 · data	$13.3M $13,345,365.36 originally $1.5M
20	Mobilize grants Turcotte, Diane · LASALLE, QC Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4118 · data	$13.3M $13,345,365.36 originally $1.5M
21	Mobilize grants Mirtchev, Theo · OTTAWA, ON Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4132 · data	$13.3M $13,345,365.36 originally $1.5M
22	Mobilize grants Blum, Susan · SASKATOON, SK Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4138 · data	$13.3M $13,345,365.36 originally $1.5M
23	Mobilize grants Blaise, Eric · TORONTO, ON Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4121 · data	$13.3M $13,345,365.36 originally $1.5M
24	Mobilize grants Ray, Mira · BARRIE, ON Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4124 · data	$13.3M $13,345,365.36 originally $1.5M
25	Mobilize grants Goodwin, Brett · PETERBOROUGH, ON Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4100 · data	$13.3M $13,345,365.36 originally $1.5M

Largest recipients

Individuals and aggregate entries are not ranked.

Cégep de Trois-Rivières271 agreements$26.2M0.3%
Wallace, Douglas (Dalhousie University)1 agreement$22.5M0.2%
Lambton College of Applied Arts and Technology126 agreements$12.8M0.1%
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology40 agreements$12.2M0.1%
Southern Alberta Institute of Technology76 agreements$12.2M0.1%
Muscedere, John (Queen’s University)1 agreement$9.5M0.1%
Cégep Édouard-Montpetit57 agreements$8.6M0.1%
Svensson, Carl (University of Guelph)1 agreement$8.3M0.1%
Sir Sandford Fleming College of Applied Arts and Technology36 agreements$8.3M0.1%
Mohawk College of Applied Arts and Technology33 agreements$7.6M0.1%
Beauger, Nadine (Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer CECR in Therapeutics Discovery)|Beauger, Nadine (Institut de recherche en immunologie et en cancérologie IRIC)2 agreements$7.6M0.1%
Adlakha, Paul (Centre for Cold Ocean Resources Engineering)2 agreements$7.0M0.1%
Collège de Maisonneuve69 agreements$6.9M0.1%
Dambrowitz, Christopher (Northern Alberta Institute of Technology)18 agreements$6.8M0.1%
The Centennial College of Applied Arts and Technology32 agreements$6.7M0.1%
25 other recipients$122M1.2%

Largest increases from the original value

#	Agreement	Value
1	Mobilize grants Nantel, Marc · WELLAND, ON Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4116 · data	$47.0M +$43.7M from $3.2M
2	Mobilize grants Sheikhzadeh, Mehdi · SARNIA, ON Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4107 · data	$47.0M +$43.7M from $3.2M
3	Mobilize grants Mowat, Vicki · OAKVILLE, ON Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4104 · data	$47.0M +$43.7M from $3.2M
4	Mobilize grants McIsaac, Jeff · HAMILTON, ON Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4119 · data	$47.0M +$43.7M from $3.2M
5	Mobilize grants Bajic, Jelena · EDMONTON, AB Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4133 · data	$47.0M +$43.7M from $3.2M
6	Mobilize grants Massa, Tania · TORONTO, ON Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4101 · data	$47.0M +$43.7M from $3.2M
7	Mobilize grants Fortin, Annie · LA POCATIERE, QC Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4098 · data	$20.0M +$17.8M from $2.2M
8	Mobilize grants Piché, Chantal · Thetford, QC Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4113 · data	$20.0M +$17.8M from $2.2M
9	Mobilize grants Bouafif, Hassine · Abitibi-Temiscangue, QC Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4135 · data	$20.0M +$17.8M from $2.2M
10	Mobilize grants Long, Michael · STEPHENVILLE, NL Research Partnerships · Grant, starts 2022-07-01 Government record 110_2022_2023_Q2_4140 · data	$20.0M +$17.8M from $2.2M