Summer 2025 NSERC USRA Applications

The process for the summer 2025 NSERC USRA applications will launch in December- Stay Tuned! 

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NSERC USRA Overview

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRAs)

USRAs provide undergraduate students paid, full-time work over the summer as a student assistant on a research project under the supervision of a USask faculty member. 

Eligibility

Requirements to apply for these awards:
  • Be a Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident, or have Protected Status.  International Students are not eligible for this award program. 
  • Be registered in a bachelor’s degree program at the application deadline
  • Have a cumulative average of at least a B- (or 70).  
  • You cannot be enrolled in an undergraduate professional degree program in the health sciences (MD, DDS, or BScN) to hold an NSERC.  (does not apply for CIHR USRAs).
  • You cannot have been registered at any time in a graduate program in the same field of study (for example, you cannot have started a graduate program in the natural sciences or engineering and apply for an NSERC USRA).
  • You can only hold 1 NSERC USRA per fiscal year (April 1 – March 31)
  • You can only hold 3 NSERC USRAs in your undergrad career. 
If you already hold a bachelor's degree and are studying toward a second bachelor's degree, you may still apply to this program. 

Events & Resources

Please check back! Upcoming events will be released after the 2025 NSERC USRA process is launched in December. 

How to Talk to a Professor About a Research Position Fall 2023

Please check back! Information about the Faculty Information session for the 2025 NSERC USRA competition will be released after the process launch in December.

More to come!