Federal spending by Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

104,723 records totalling $10,214,283,936.95 CAD, from official Government of Canada open data.

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Where the money flows

Planned vs. actual spending

What Parliament authorised this organization to spend versus what it actually spent, across all its votes. Source: Public Accounts of Canada (via GC InfoBase). This covers the organization's entire budget, not just the grants and contracts listed below.

Fiscal year Authorised Spent Used
2024-2025 $1,481,256,930 $1,468,578,249 99.1%
2023-2024 $1,388,195,200 $1,383,259,380 99.6%
2022-2023 $1,387,535,359 $1,381,528,634 99.6%
2021-2022 $1,429,243,194 $1,413,274,920 98.9%
2020-2021 $1,493,439,354 $1,488,475,254 99.7%
2019-2020 $1,364,527,935 $1,359,365,352 99.6%
2018-2019 $1,334,869,447 $1,330,149,905 99.6%
2017-2018 $1,223,443,633 $1,219,141,888 99.6%
2016-2017 $1,195,069,597 $1,191,260,893 99.7%
2015-2016 $1,120,207,107 $1,115,653,194 99.6%

Did it deliver? (2024-2025 results report)

Every department sets measurable performance targets and reports against them. Source: Departmental Results Reports via GC InfoBase — the department's own self-reported scorecard.

16

of 18 targets met

2

targets not met

0

not yet measurable or unavailable

See missed targets

  • Percentage of funded research involving international collaborations

    Target: — · Actual: 45.0

  • Number of youth that participated in PromoScience funded activities

    Target: — · Actual: 583654.0

Stebila, Douglas $4,150,155.00
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada
Research Partnerships
FY 2022-2023
Canada

Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors. These grants support research projects led...

Messier, Christian $4,028,000.00
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada
Research Partnerships
FY 2023-2024
Canada

Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors. These grants support research projects led...

Laliberté, Etienne (Université de Montréal) $4,000,000.00
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada
Discovery Frontiers - Biodiversity and Adaptation of Biosystems
FY 2017-2018
Canada
Duchaine, Caroline $4,000,000.00
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada
Discovery Research
FY 2020-2021
Canada

Discovery Frontiers grants support a limited number of large international activities, opportunities or projects that are of high priority in the context of advanced research in Canada.

Chui, Ying-Hei $4,000,000.00
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada
Research Partnerships
FY 2022-2023
Canada

Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors. These grants support research projects led...

Hofmann, Ron $3,973,930.00
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada
Research Partnerships
FY 2022-2023
Canada

Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors. These grants support research projects led...

Fujiwara, Makoto $3,923,000.00
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada
Discovery Research
FY 2020-2021
Canada

The Subatomic Physics (SAP) Discovery Grants Program assists in promoting and maintaining a diversified base of high-quality research capability in the natural sciences and engineering in Canadian uni...

Dunfield, Kari $3,920,000.00
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada
Research Partnerships
FY 2025-2026
Canada

Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors. These grants support research projects led...

Morrissey, Christy $3,916,141.00
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada
Research Partnerships
FY 2024-2025
Canada

Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors. These grants support research projects led...

Poulin, Monique $3,827,573.00
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada
Research Partnerships
FY 2023-2024
Canada

Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors. These grants support research projects led...

Basarab, John $3,803,801.00
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada
Research Partnerships
FY 2024-2025
Canada

Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors. These grants support research projects led...

Najjaran, Homayoun $3,800,000.00
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada
Research Partnerships
FY 2024-2025
Canada

Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors. These grants support research projects led...

Zareipour, Hamidreza $3,750,000.00
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada
Research Partnerships
FY 2023-2024
Canada

Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors. These grants support research projects led...

Rolnick, David $3,749,400.00
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada
Research Partnerships
FY 2023-2024
Canada

Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors. These grants support research projects led...

Farber, Steven $3,615,824.00
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada
Research Partnerships
FY 2026-2027
Canada

Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors. These grants support research projects led...

He, Quan $3,598,892.00
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada
Research Partnerships
FY 2025-2026
Canada

Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors. These grants support research projects led...

Thomson, Murray $3,577,300.00
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada
Research Partnerships
FY 2023-2024
Canada

Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors. These grants support research projects led...

Toyserkani, Ehsan $3,561,852.00
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada
Research Partnerships
FY 2024-2025
Canada

Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors. These grants support research projects led...

LaPointe, Gisèle $3,534,000.00
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada
Research Partnerships
FY 2021-2022
Canada

Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors. These grants support research projects led...

LeBel, Luc $3,514,534.00
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada
Research Partnerships
FY 2025-2026
Canada

Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors. These grants support research projects led...

Toyserkani, Ehsan $3,498,073.00
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada
Research Partnerships
FY 2023-2024
Canada

Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors. These grants support research projects led...

Wagner-Riddle, Claudia $3,450,000.00
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada
Research Partnerships
FY 2023-2024
Canada

Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors. These grants support research projects led...

Achim, Alexis $3,437,613.00
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada
Research Partnerships
FY 2020-2021
Canada

Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors. These grants support research projects led...

Reuter, Stephan $3,427,713.00
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada
Research Partnerships
FY 2024-2025
Canada

Alliance grants encourage university researchers to collaborate with partner organizations, which can be from the private, public or not-for-profit sectors. These grants support research projects led...