1. 53rd Annual Conference / 53e congrès annuel
CAGS/ACES
53rd Annual Conference / 53e congrès annuel
Hyatt Regency, Calgary
Dr. B. Mario Pinto, President
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

2. NSERC’s Clients, 2013-14 (percentage of eligible population supported)

3. Statistics for NSERC Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Fellow Support
Average
Master's (CGSM)
Doctoral (PGS/CGSD)
Postdoctoral
1921 Applications
1628 Applications
1120 Applications
825 Awards
724 Awards
130 Awards
46% Success Rate
44% Success Rate
16% Success Rate
Notables:
Success rate of Doctoral applicants decreased 10% (to 42%) over 4 years
Success rate of PDF applicants increased 20% (to 31%) over 4 years (note: maximum 1 application/lifetime since Comp. 2013)
Vanier scholars are ~36% female (ave )
Female Banting fellows increased to 42% in 2014; from 12% in 2011 (ave is 27%)
In 2015, PGSD/CGSD awardees were 33% female and PDF awardees were 26% female

4. Discovery Grants - Training of Highly Qualified Personnel
In 2014, 63% of Discovery Grants funds were used to put people to work, supporting:
3,720 undergraduate students
7,300 graduate students
830 postdoctoral fellows
940 technicians
In 2013, ~10 HQP were supervised per funded researcher (6.9 Canadian international)