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.
FIRST Robotics Canada
Engineering
Deadline: January
$10,000 award for female students in Canada pursuing a post-secondary STEM degree who participated in a FIRST Robotics C…
View details →Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (CPCI) and Canadian Concrete Pipe & Precast Association (CCPPA)
Engineering
Deadline: 2026-11-01
Scholarship valued at $10,000 per year for students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate civil engineering programs at …
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Deadline: 2026-10-30
Annual scholarship of $2,500 each for 50 women studying STEM at an approved Alberta post-secondary institution. Applican…
View details →University of Victoria
Engineering
Entrance scholarship for academically outstanding women entering UVic's Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science from…
View details →Canadian Institute of Actuaries / Actuarial Students' National Association
Mathematics
Three annual awards (Indigenous, Inclusive Culture, Academic Achievement) for undergraduate students pursuing the ACIA o…
View details →Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
Environmental Science
Deadline: March 15 (annual)
Scholarships of $2,000 to $3,000 for students in their penultimate undergraduate year in meteorology, oceanography, limn…
View details →Association of Canada Lands Surveyors
Engineering
Deadline: May 31
Annual scholarships for Canadian citizens or permanent residents enrolled in a recognized post-secondary geomatics progr…
View details →Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation
Biomedical
Deadline: October 1
COTF runs annual competitions for occupational therapy students and therapists across Canada. Awards include two COTF Do…
View details →Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science
Biomedical
CSMLS offers awards to student members in their final year of a Canadian MLA or MLT program in General Medical Laborator…
View details →Physiotherapy Foundation of Canada / Canadian Physiotherapy Association
Biomedical
The Physiotherapy Foundation of Canada offers an annual series of research grants, scholarships and bursaries, awarding …
View details →Other
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 …
View details →University of British Columbia
Other
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.…
View details →All STEM
Canada's flagship federal postdoctoral fellowship program, administered jointly by NSERC, CIHR and SSHRC. It supports to…
View details →Biomedical
Salary support for health researchers in the training phase of their careers in British Columbia, providing $60,000 per …
View details →Physics
Deadline: 2026-12-14
Up to six fellowships are awarded annually to recognize early-stage academic researchers in the natural sciences and eng…
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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…
View details →Canadian Light Source
Physics
Deadline: April 1
A competitive program at Canada's national synchrotron in Saskatoon in which an educator guides a team of high school or…
View details →Canadian Mathematical Society
Mathematics
A national network of mathematics camps held at universities and CEGEPs across Canada for students with a demonstrated i…
View details →Canadian Mathematical Society
Mathematics
Deadline: March
Canada's premier national advanced mathematics competition, written by invitation each March as a three-hour proctored p…
View details →University of Waterloo
Mathematics
The Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing at the University of Waterloo runs Canada's largest suite of schoo…
View details →Universite de Montreal
Data Science
Digital intelligence training from IVADO, the Montreal-based artificial intelligence research and training consortium. O…
View details →Other
Canada's only national multi-trade and technology competition for students and apprentices, run by Skills/Competences Ca…
View details →University of Waterloo Institute for Quantum Computing
Physics
A free enrichment program for Canadian high-school students with lectures, discussions and mentoring on quantum mechanic…
View details →University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering
Engineering
A free four-week summer program with year-long follow-up activities for Canadian Black students in Grades 10 and 11 inte…
View details →University of British Columbia
Engineering
Week-long hands-on engineering camps at UBC for students entering Grades 8 to 12, priced at CAD $440 to $500 with bursar…
View details →Youth Science Canada (affiliated regional fair)
Other
A Youth Science Canada-affiliated regional STEM fair where students from Saskatoon and area present innovation or discov…
View details →Biology
A neuroscience competition for Canadian students in grades 9 to 12 who first win a regional brain bee. The 2027 national…
View details →Other
Canada's premier undergraduate STEM entrance awards, granting 100 scholarships each year across 20 Canadian partner univ…
View details →Computer Science
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…
View details →University of Toronto
Biomedical
Deadline: February 25
12-week biomedical and clinical research program open to undergraduates at any Canadian university who are citizens or p…
View details →University of Toronto
Physics
16-week astronomy and astrophysics research program with the Department of Astronomy and Dunlap Institute; open to stude…
View details →Engineering
Paid summer research placements for undergraduates in the natural sciences and engineering at Canadian universities, adm…
View details →Engineering
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…
View details →Engineering
A national scholarship portfolio for women studying engineering in Canada, run by a foundation established in memory of …
View details →Engineering
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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Summer school and research internship programs run by the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontar…
View details →Chemistry
Annual awards from the Society of Chemical Industry Canada Group recognising the student who achieves the highest standi…
View details →Chemistry
The Chemical Institute of Canada's portfolio of student awards spanning its constituent societies. Undergraduate recogni…
View details →TRIUMF
Physics
A paid four-month summer fellowship at TRIUMF, Canada's particle accelerator centre in Vancouver, for undergraduates enr…
View details →TRIUMF
Physics
Work-integrated learning placements at TRIUMF for undergraduates considering a research career. Roughly 100 co-operative…
View details →Engineering
A suite of scholarships and grants for students in mining, metallurgy, materials and mineral-processing programs at Cana…
View details →Engineering
Deadline: February
A $2,000 scholarship encouraging undergraduates to take on summer research in nuclear science and engineering. Applicant…
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Canada's national STEM fair, coordinated by Youth Science Canada and running annually since 1962. Around 390 finalists i…
View details →University of Waterloo
Physics
Deadline: January
A two-week school at the Institute for Quantum Computing combining lectures with hands-on quantum laboratory work, aimed…
View details →University of Toronto (Fields Institute)
Mathematics
Deadline: January
An annual nine-week mathematics research program at the Fields Institute in Toronto that matches carefully selected unde…
View details →The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
Biomedical
A 15-week summer research placement at SickKids in Toronto in which students conduct research in a laboratory or clinica…
View details →Data Science
Deadline: December 15
A seven-week machine learning training program for women and gender-diverse people, delivered as three in-person cohorts…
View details →University of Toronto
Physics
Deadline: January 20
Prize scholarships from the Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control that fund advanced undergraduates for fou…
View details →Vector Institute
Data Science
Deadline: Varies by term
Paid machine learning research internships at Vector Institute in Toronto, open to students in second year or higher at …
View details →SNOLAB
Physics
Deadline: Varies by term
Paid four- to sixteen-month work terms at SNOLAB, the deep underground astroparticle physics laboratory about 25 km from…
View details →National Research Council Canada
Other
Paid terms of roughly 16 weeks at the National Research Council of Canada giving students practical career-related exper…
View details →National Research Council Canada
Engineering
Paid 16-week co-op work terms at the National Research Council of Canada for students in science, engineering and techno…
View details →McGill University
Other
Deadline: February
A 15-week full-time summer research award for McGill students enrolled in a B.Sc. or B.A. & Sc. program, running May thr…
View details →Canadian Space Agency
Aerospace
The Canadian Space Agency's three student entry routes. The CO-OP/Internship Program places students in hands-on work in…
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A $2,500 award administered by Electro Federation Canada for a female university, college or apprenticeship student in C…
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Canada's largest undergraduate award by total value, combining a $12,000 annual stipend with a full tuition waiver at pa…
View details →University of Toronto
Other
Deadline: School nomination by October 9, 2026; admission application by October 16, 2026; scholarship application by November 6, 2026
The University of Toronto's flagship award for international undergraduates, covering tuition, books, incidental fees an…
View details →Biomedical
Deadline: February
Provides Alberta undergraduate and MD students a stipend for a mentored summer research project, with most projects alig…
View details →Engineering
Eight $4,000 scholarships awarded annually to undergraduates in CEAB-accredited engineering programs who have completed …
View details →University of British Columbia
Other
Provides up to $3,500 for UBC Science or Computer Science undergraduates to complete a full-time research project of at …
View details →University of Toronto
Other
Deadline: February
Funds University of Toronto undergraduates for 14 consecutive weeks of full-time summer research in one of three streams…
View details →Simon Fraser University
Other
Simon Fraser University's Vice-President Research and Innovation award funds a 16-week, 35-hour-per-week research placem…
View details →McMaster University
Physics
A joint McMaster University/Canadian Nuclear Laboratories summer research award of $10,000 for Level 2-4 Science and Eng…
View details →Other
Deadline: November
The Canadian Society of Exploration Geophysicists' scholarship fund, established in 1970, awards up to $2,500 annually t…
View details →Centre de recherches mathematiques / Institut des sciences mathematiques
Mathematics
Deadline: 2026-03-13
Scholarship funded jointly by the Institut des sciences mathematiques and the Centre de recherches mathematiques, giving…
View details →Dalhousie University
Biomedical
Deadline: 2027-01-15
Summer research awards for non-medical undergraduate students working with Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine researchers, co…
View details →University of Calgary
Other
Deadline: 2027-01-25
Awards of up to $7,500 for UCalgary undergraduates to carry out an 8-, 12- or 16-week summer research project with a UCa…
View details →University of Toronto
Engineering
Summer research support of $4,500 plus an equal or greater salary contribution from the supervisor, for early-year Engin…
View details →Aerial Evolution Association of Canada
Aerospace
The 18th annual competition for Canadian university and college student teams to design, build and demonstrate uncrewed …
View details →Telesat
Engineering
Ten scholarships of CAD $10,000 each for women who are Canadian citizens or permanent residents in a first bachelor's de…
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12-week initiative connecting students from eligible international institutions with Canadian faculty, with funding for …
View details →University of Toronto
Data Science
Summer program for top Canadian statistics, data science and mathematics undergraduates combining team research projects…
View details →Esri Canada
Other
Provides funding and access to GIS resources, including Esri software, books and training, to students at 60 participati…
View details →Esri Canada
Other
Competition open to all full-time students enrolled at colleges and universities in Canada, recognizing outstanding geos…
View details →University of Manitoba
Other
Summer research awards that place undergraduates in Faculty of Science research labs for 16 consecutive weeks under a Fa…
View details →University of Manitoba
Other
Competitive awards that let UM undergraduates in any field spend 16 weeks (full-time, May through August) on research me…
View details →Memorial University of Newfoundland
Engineering
Deadline: 2026-10-25
Memorial's internal NSERC USRA competition, administered by the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, for undergra…
View details →University of Prince Edward Island
Other
A pilot program from UPEI's Faculty of Science that complements the NSERC USRA program and is open to full-time domestic…
View details →Polar Knowledge Canada
Environmental Science
Polar Knowledge Canada program that provides supplementary funds for the extra costs of thesis research in the North, su…
View details →University of Saskatchewan
Other
USask's internal competition for NSERC, SSHRC and CIHR Undergraduate Student Research Awards, which provide paid, full-t…
View details →Students on Ice Foundation
Environmental Science
Deadline: December 10, 2026
Students on Ice Foundation expeditions bring together youth ages 14 to 35 and educators for immersive learning focused o…
View details →Other
Deadline: December
NSERC's flagship master's-level scholarship providing $17,500 for one year to high-caliber students beginning their grad…
View details →Physics
Perimeter Scholars International (PSI) is a physics research fellowship providing funding to early-career researchers.…
View details →Computer Science
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…
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Provincial scholarships for full-time graduate students researching emerging technologies at participating Alberta post-…
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A Government of Ontario graduate scholarship restricted to research-based STEM graduate programs, providing $5,000 per t…
View details →Mila - Quebec Artificial Intelligence Institute
Computer Science
Rolling, faculty-invitation research internship at Mila for graduate-level students (up to 12 months) working in an AI r…
View details →Other
Deadline: 2026-12-01
Provides $27,000 for 12 months to master's students in health, natural sciences, engineering and social sciences and hum…
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Funds student and postdoctoral entrepreneurs to pilot, refine and commercialize the research or technology at the core o…
View details →Entomological Society of Canada
Biology
Annual scholarships for full-time graduate students in entomology, including two postgraduate scholarships of $2,000 eac…
View details →Ontario Student Assistance Program (participating Ontario universities)
Other
Merit-based scholarship for master's and doctoral students at participating Ontario schools, worth $10,000 for two terms…
View details →Canadian Geophysical Union
Environmental Science
Union- and section-level student awards including the Don Gray Scholarship in Canadian Hydrology, best student paper and…
View details →Research Manitoba
Other
Deadline: 2026-12-07
Provincial studentship awards that provide a one-year stipend to master's trainees conducting research in Manitoba, in H…
View details →Polar Knowledge Canada
Environmental Science
Polar Knowledge Canada awards a $10,000 scholarship each year to Canadian citizens or permanent residents who are full-t…
View details →Biomedical
An embedded research fellowship led by CIHR's Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, placing PhD trainees, po…
View details →Engineering
A Canadian initiative addressing the shortage of Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit and Metis) and Black professors in eng…
View details →Dalhousie University
Other
Deadline: 2026-10-16
Awards up to $42,000 per year for up to three years to outstanding doctoral students in any discipline, including scienc…
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Scholarships valued at $50,000 per year for three years during doctoral studies, open to Canadian citizens, permanent re…
View details →Research Manitoba
Other
Deadline: 2026-12-07
Studentship awards supporting PhD students in health, natural sciences and engineering, and social sciences and humaniti…
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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