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Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) - NSERC

Reference number: 1801
  • General information
  • Dates and amounts
  • Eligibility requirements
  • Evaluation
  • Application

General information

The purpose of the Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) is to stimulate interest in research in the natural sciences and engineering, and to promote graduate studies. If you'd like to gain experience in academic research, these scholarships can help you financially. What's more, these scholarships can become a considerable asset if you wish to pursue graduate studies and apply for federal and provincial scholarship competitions.

General modality:
- Start date of the internship: January, May or September. If your internship starts in January, you must apply no later than December 1;
- Minimum amount: $7,500, including $6,000 from NSERC and $1,500 from the internship supervisor;
- Duration of the internship: 14 to16 consecutive weeks full time during one semester;
- NSERC internships completed in whole or in part remotely are accepted;
- The internship supervisor must be a professor or a faculty lecturer at HEC Montréal. The supervisor must be conducting a research project on a subject that falls within one of the fields supported by NSERC;
- The number of applications selected depends on the bursary quota available or remaining at HEC Montréal. - Tech3Lab offers USRA-eligible internships. For more information, visit https://chaire-ux.hec.ca/en/summer-internships/?noredirect=en_US.
Scholarship awarded by
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
Scholarship category
Research scholarships
These scholarships are designed to help students finance their research projects or activities related to their field of study (ex.: research internships, supervised project or thesis).
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Dates and amounts

Application period ended

Term Winter 2025

(Current term)

Scholarship amount
14 scholarship(s) of $7,500.00
Application dates
From January 1 to March 31, 2025

Term Fall 2024

Scholarship amount
7 scholarship(s) of $7,500.00
Application dates
From September 1 to December 1, 2024
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Eligibility requirements

Applicants meeting the following conditions are eligible for this scholarship.
Student status in Canada
Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident
Schedule
Full time
Level
Undergraduate
Field of study
Finance, Logistics and Operations Manag, Marketing, Decision Sciences, Information Technologies
Study program Specializations Min nb of credits completed Max nb of credits completed Minimum recommended GPA
BBA All 24 90 3.0
Special eligibility requirements
  • Be registered full-time
  • Has a good university record
  • Has successfully completed one year of studies in the program.
  • Not having completed all your degree requirements
  • Has never been enrolled in a graduate program.
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Evaluation

The following criterion will be used to evaluate application files:
  • Quality of the training offered during the internship: 40%
  • Good academic results: 40%
  • Research potential of the candidate: 20%
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Application

How to submit your application

- You must find a professor willing to take you on as an intern and agree to pay you a minimum of $1,500. This amount will be added to the $6,000 NSERC scholarship.
- When you have an agreement with a professor, you must complete Part I of Form 202 from the Online system, then send your professor the reference number to complete Part II and submit it.
Application must include
  1. Cliquez ici pour avoir accès au site du CRSNG afin de compléter le formulaire de demande de bourse BRPC (Formulaire 202, partie 1)
  2. Copy of all your official university transcripts
  3. Official university grading system (s)
If the application is not submitted as required, it will be considered incomplete and could be rejected without notice.
Note
- You must be enrolled in a bachelor's program at an eligible university during the competition term.
- You must be working full-time on eligible research and development activities in your field of research for the duration of your scholarship.
- Other conditions may apply in your case. For more information, visit the granting agency's website
- Incomplete applications will not be considered. Transcripts must be complete and official, which includes grading systems.
- For help using Form 202, view this tutorial.
- For help finding a USRA internship, write to sae.bourses@hec.ca. Also note that several internships are available with faculty members in finance, GOL, decision sciences or information technology, as well as in research centers such as Tech3Lab.
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