John C. Polanyi Award

Sponsor

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

Sponsor deadline:

Award Details

The NSERC John C. Polanyi Award is given to an individual or team whose research, conducted in Canada, has led to a recent outstanding advance in any NSERC-supported field of the natural sciences or engineering. The research leading to the advance must have been funded at least partially by an NSERC grant. The award is open to all researchers, regardless of their career stage.

The award includes a research grant of up to $250,000.

For nomination support: Contact Meaghan Miller, Manager of Award Nomination Development meaghan.miller@ubc.ca

Note: As of May 1st, 2024 researchers nominated for this competition must comply with Government of Canada and Tri-Agency research security requirements. Please see UBC’s Research Security website for more details or to book a consultation with the Research Security team.

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UBC receives support for managing its research enterprise from the federal Research Support Fund.

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