Canada's STEM funding ecosystem for women includes federal programs through NSERC and CIHR, provincial scholarships, and a growing number of industry-backed awards. Programs are available in both English and French and span STEM fields from computing to biomedical research.
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Deadline: March
A $6,000 award enabling Canadian and international senior undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows to…
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A program established in 1996 that funds five regional Chairs across Canada to increase the participation and retention …
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Deadline: Varies by department
Fellowship for recent PhDs (within 24 months) in most fields, including STEM, at participating Canadian universities; ro…
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An NSERC-administered Canadian federal award supporting postdoctoral researchers in the natural sciences and engineering…
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A Canadian federal doctoral scholarship for high-caliber graduate students in STEM, administered by the tri-agency counc…
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CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars Program is a other research fellowship providing funding to early-career researchers.…
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A Canadian national charity with 30+ years of experience providing free bilingual STEM education programs and resources …
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A month-long residential STEAM and entrepreneurship program for Canadian high school students, hosted on university camp…
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Canada's premier undergraduate STEM entrance awards, granting 100 scholarships each year across 20 Canadian partner univ…
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Deadline: Annual; 2026 contest Feb 18-19, 2026
An annual programming contest for secondary school students run by the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing…
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Biomedical
Deadline: February 25
12-week biomedical and clinical research program open to undergraduates at any Canadian university who are citizens or p…
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Physics
16-week astronomy and astrophysics research program with the Department of Astronomy and Dunlap Institute; open to stude…
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Paid summer research placements for undergraduates in the natural sciences and engineering at Canadian universities, adm…
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Deadline: April
A Canada-wide $25,000 award for a woman in the second or third year of an undergraduate engineering program at a Canadia…
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A national scholarship portfolio for women studying engineering in Canada, run by a foundation established in memory of …
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Three national scholarship streams from the federation of provincial engineering regulators: eight Engineers Canada Lead…
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A consortium of every engineering faculty in Ontario that coordinates outreach programs, mentorship, and a clearinghouse…
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Deadline: December
NSERC's flagship master's-level scholarship providing $17,500 for one year to high-caliber students beginning their grad…
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Perimeter Scholars International (PSI) is a physics research fellowship providing funding to early-career researchers.…
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Vector Scholarship in Artificial Intelligence is a computer science research fellowship providing funding to early-caree…
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Quebec's provincial research funder for natural sciences, mathematics, and engineering awards master's, doctoral, and po…
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A paid research internship program that places graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at Canadian universities on ap…
View details →The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) offers postgraduate scholarships and research grants with equity components. The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) also funds interdisciplinary STEM work. Many programs have specific equity, diversity, and inclusion provisions that benefit women applicants.
Yes — organizations like Women Who Code, Ladies Learning Code (Cancode), and the Canadian Women in Technology association run bootcamps and scholarships. Several universities including UBC, Waterloo, and U of T have women-in-CS scholarships.
Federal programs like NSERC scholarships accept applications in both English and French. Some Quebec-specific programs are French-language only. Provincial programs vary — check the language requirements for each program.
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