To lessen the impact of COVID-19 on trainees (students and postdoctoral fellows) and research support personnel, NSERC is providing additional funding to eligible grant recipients who continued to pay stipends and salaries while work was interrupted due to the pandemic from April 1 to June 30, 2020. This represents an additional investment through NSERC of up to $140 million by the Government of Canada to address income challenges related to delays in research created by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Grant holders who are eligible for the supplement will be contacted in the coming weeks for each eligible grant that they hold. For each grant, they will need to confirm that the research and work of trainees and research support personnel was disrupted by COVID-19 from April 1 to June 30, 2020, and that that grant was used to pay the salaries and stipends of trainees and research support personnel during this period of disruption.
For more information on the supplements, please visit the following webpages:
Supplement funding announcement
We encourage you to visit NSERC’s COVID-19 webpage on a regular basis to stay updated on the most recent agency program information.
If you require further information, please contact NSERC at Supplements@nserc-crsng.gc.ca.