{"id":51265,"date":"2025-01-17T10:38:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T15:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/?page_id=51265"},"modified":"2026-02-19T14:11:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T19:11:00","slug":"undergraduate-student-research-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/about\/student-research-opportunities\/undergraduate-student-research-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Student Research Awards, Summer 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Undergraduate Student Research Awards, Summer 2026\n <\/h1>\n \n <\/header>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n \n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n

USRA Program Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRAs) are meant to nurture your interest and fully develop your potential for a research career in health, natural sciences, engineering, social sciences or humanities. These awards are also meant to encourage you to undertake graduate studies by providing research work experience that complements your studies in an academic setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The USRA program was previously specific to the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC<\/a>). But for the past few years, has included awards from the other two federal granting agencies: the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Each of the Carleton faculties listed below has a number of available positions for the NSERC awards, and its own selection process. Applications are particularly encouraged from Indigenous and Black student researchers, for whom there is additional funding<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The university will additionally receive awards through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR<\/a>) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC<\/a>). These positions are available only to student researchers who self-identify as Black<\/strong>. The mechanics of these awards (eligibility, duration, stipend, etc.) remain the same as the NSERC stream. The subject matter being researched, however, must fall under the mandate of the relevant council<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about the USRA program and application instructions, please visit: the relevant Carleton Office for Research Initiatives and Services page<\/a>, as well as the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada<\/a> Undergraduate Student Research Awards page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are three awards available for the summer of 2026. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eligibility<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To be eligible to apply <\/strong>for an award, you must:<\/p>\n\n\n\n