2015 Competition Statistics
Postgraduate Scholarships, Alexander Graham Bell Canada
Graduate Scholarships, and Postdoctoral Fellowships Programs
This report includes tables and figures that provide summary information on the
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)’s
2015 Postgraduate Scholarships (PGS), Alexander Graham Bell Canada
Graduate Scholarships (CGS) and Postdoctoral Fellowships (PDF) competitions.
NSERC has offered the exact number of awards corresponding to the available
budget and will, in a second wave, make additional offers once the number of
declines is known.
SECTION 1 – GENERAL STATISTICS ................................................................ 2
1
Table 1 2015 Scholarships and Fellowships Competition Results by Province ...................... 2
Table 2 Number of Scholarship and Fellowship Applications and Number of Awards by
Selection Committee .................................................................................................... 4
Figure 1 Number of Doctoral Postgraduate Scholarship Applications Received and Number of
1
Awards Offered (Direct versus University) – 2011-2015 ............................................ 5
Figure 2 Number of Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications Received and Number of Awards
1
Offered – 2011-2015 ................................................................................................... 5
SECTION 2 – STATISTICS BY GENDER ............................................................ 6
Figure 3 Gender Distribution of Applicants – Competition 2015 ................................................ 6
Figure 4 Gender Distribution of Awardees – Competition 2015 ................................................. 6
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Section 1 – General Statistics
Table 1
2015 Scholarships and Fellowships Competition Results1 by
Province
Ontario
Manitoba
Sask.
Alberta
British Columbia
Province UNIVERSITIES*
British Columbia
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Fraser Valley
Northern British Columbia
Royal Roads
Simon Fraser
Thompson Rivers
Trinity Western
Vancouver Island University (Malaspina)
Victoria
Total
Alberta
Athabasca
Calgary
Concordia University College of Alberta
Grant MacEwan University
King's University College
Lethbridge
Mount Royal University
Total
Regina
Saskatchewan
Total
Brandon
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Total
Algoma University
Brock
Carleton
Guelph
Lakehead
Laurentian
McMaster
Nipissing
Ontario Institute of Technology
Ottawa
Perimeter Inst for Theoretical Physics
Queen's
Redeemer University College
Royal Military College of Canada
Ryerson
Toronto
Trent
Waterloo
Western Ontario
Wilfrid Laurier
Windsor
York
Total
PDF
Applications
PGS D/CGS D PGS D CGS D
PDF
2
Awards
Awards Awards
Quota
17
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
5
27
10
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
12
0
2
2
0
9
0
9
0
1
2
1
0
2
4
0
0
8
1
2
0
1
7
46
1
22
7
1
2
4
112
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9
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
4
17
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
3
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
3
0
2
0
0
2
17
0
12
3
0
1
1
42
119
2
2
4
2
28
2
2
2
28
191
71
2
42
2
0
2
8
2
129
5
27
32
2
30
6
38
2
8
33
35
5
5
53
2
4
56
0
45
2
2
5
190
6
100
48
5
12
12
630
34
0
0
0
0
12
0
0
0
8
54
14
0
8
0
0
0
3
0
25
1
7
8
0
6
0
6
0
2
10
14
1
2
17
0
2
15
0
11
0
0
0
47
1
31
15
1
1
3
173
22
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
9
35
21
0
6
0
0
0
2
0
29
0
2
2
0
4
0
4
0
1
4
9
0
1
9
0
0
12
0
6
0
0
2
27
0
16
12
1
0
0
100
USRA
USRA
3
Awards
Quota
212
4
6
13
2
70
8
5
5
63
388
155
5
103
5
4
5
22
4
303
20
65
85
6
74
14
94
6
20
68
73
17
17
103
6
17
96
0
89
5
12
27
288
16
177
103
16
34
41
1231
4
243
4
7
13
70
9
9
7
70
432
154
5
108
4
6
24
5
306
20
65
85
7
80
17
104
7
23
71
92
18
17
113
6
17
108
0
94
5
12
27
296
16
229
103
18
38
41
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PDF
Applications
Quebec
Province UNIVERSITIES*
Bishop's
Concordia
École de technologie supérieure
École Polytechnique de Montréal
HEC Montréal
INRS
Laval
McGill
Montréal
Québec à Chicoutimi
Québec à Montréal
Québec à Rimouski
Québec à Trois-Rivières
Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue
Québec en Outaouais
Sherbrooke
TÉLUQ
Nova Scotia
PEI
New
Brunswick
NF
Total
Memorial Univ. of Nfld
Total
Moncton
Mount Allison
New Brunswick
St. Thomas
Total
Prince Edward Island
Total
Acadia
Cape Breton
Dalhousie
Mount Saint Vincent
Saint Mary's
St. Francis Xavier
Total
PGS D/CGS D PGS D CGS D
PDF
Awards
Awards Awards
Quota2
2
11
5
20
2
5
41
86
36
4
13
6
7
2
2
37
2
281
18
18
3
6
18
2
29
5
5
9
2
41
2
2
2
58
1
3
0
6
0
2
6
19
8
1
4
1
4
0
0
6
0
61
6
6
1
0
4
0
5
0
0
0
0
8
0
0
0
8
0
0
1
3
0
1
10
12
7
0
3
0
2
0
1
3
0
43
2
2
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
5
USRA
USRA
Quota3
Awards4
7
47
21
49
2
23
92
164
83
12
35
14
17
6
6
64
4
646
50
50
10
14
42
1
67
13
13
17
6
82
6
12
12
135
8
49
9
49
4
27
100
171
82
12
42
14
17
6
6
98
3
697
63
63
11
14
42
0
67
14
14
18
6
88
6
12
13
143
0
4
1
3
0
5
14
18
7
2
2
0
1
1
0
5
0
63
1
1
1
0
3
0
4
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
2
0
1
0
2
4
2
4
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
16
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
335
92
75
12
14
N/A
N/A
19
4
153
59
10
N/A
N/A
231
84
1411
346
221
3012
3262
585
180
1544
417
245
3012
3262
Not registered at a Canadian or Foreign
Institution
5
Registered at a Foreign Institution
6
Registered at a Canadian Institution
GRAND TOTAL
8
7
*Based on Application Organisation.
1
Results reflect the initial offers only. Whether recipients accept their award is only known in May.
2
Canadian universities have a quota based on previous successes in the competition; they may not submit
more applications than this quota.
3
Canadian universities are tasked with the selection of the USRA-University recipients and their respective
initial quota is the number of awards they have to give. USRA Quotas listed are for the 2014 competition.
4
Canadian universities have a USRA quota based on previous successes in the competition. In September
2014, a supplementary quota was provided; therefore some Canadian universities have a higher number of
awards than their available initial quota.
5
Applicants not registered at a Canadian or foreign institutions who submitted their application to NSERC
directly.
6
Applicants registered at a foreign institution who submitted their application to NSERC directly.
7
Applicants registered at (or were registered at during the year of application) a Canadian institution must
go through the screening process at a Canadian university.
8
For PGS D/CGS D applications, the grand total reported does not match the sum of the registered at a
Canadian institution, registered at a foreign institution and the not registered at a Canadian or foreign
institution given that some institutions have not submitted their respective quota.
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Table 2
Number of Scholarship and Fellowship Applications and Number of
Awards by Selection Committee
CGS D / PGS D
combined
PDF
App
Awards
CGSD
App
PGSD
Awards
Awards
SELECTION COMMITTEE
F
M
NI
Total
F
M
NI
Total
F
M
NI
Total
F
M
NI
Total
F
M
NI
Total
Earth Sciences
Evolution and Ecology
Mathematical Sciences
Physics and Astronomy
11
23
4
8
12
25
33
27
2
3
5
2
3
9
9
11
1
2
1
25
48
39
36
7
14
12
11
40
82
23
33
41
67
76
81
7
12
9
14
88
161
108
128
6
14
5
6
7
8
11
14
1
3
1
14
25
17
20
10
18
7
9
13
21
20
23
1
4
2
3
24
43
29
35
Chemistry
Cellular and Molecular
Biology
Civil and Mechanical
Engineering
Chemical, Biomedical and
Materials Sciences
Engineering
Plant and Animal Biology
10
44
2
56
1
16
17
38
76
11
125
5
14
1
20
9
24
1
34
33
33
3
69
10
12
22
94
89
19
202
13
16
3
32
26
23
5
54
16
53
4
73
5
18
23
29
104
11
144
6
15
2
23
7
27
5
39
27
16
59
12
1
1
87
29
6
4
21
5
27
9
36
53
99
57
9
8
144
118
7
7
15
9
1
3
23
19
8
14
30
18
1
39
32
14
11
16
35
3
1
33
47
2
5
7
9
1
10
14
62
15
55
58
12
6
129
79
12
2
7
9
1
2
20
13
16
5
15
15
4
1
35
21
14
23
79
16
118
4
12
3
19
4
23
5
32
3
180
528
882
134
1544
87
137
21
245
133
252
32
417
Psychology
Electrical Engineering
Computing Sciences
8
33
2
43
3
11
Grand Total
181
382
22
585
46
131
1
*Results reflect gender indicated on the application – F: female, M: male, NI: not indicated.
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Figure 1
Number of Doctoral Postgraduate Scholarship Applications Received
and Number of Awards Offered1 (Direct versus University) – 2011-2015
*
Direct applicants are those who submitted their application to NSERC directly, without going through the
screening process at a Canadian university. For additional information please see the program description.
1
Awards offered reflect the initial offers only. Whether recipients accept their award is only known in May.
Figure 2
1
Number of Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications Received and
Number of Awards Offered1 – 2011-2015
Awards offered reflect the initial offers only. Whether recipients accept their award is only known in May.
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Section 2 – Statistics by Gender
Figure 3
Gender Distribution of Applicants – Competition 2015
Figure 4
Gender Distribution of Awardees – Competition 2015
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