Established by the Government of Canada and supported by CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC, the Fellowship provides $140,000 in funding over two years to the very best post-doctoral applicants, both nationally and internationally, who will positively contribute to Canada’s economic, social, and research-based growth and become research leaders of tomorrow

Founded by Yuri Milner in 2012, the $3 million Breakthrough prize is awarded by the Fundamental Physics Prize Foundation to recognize those individuals working on the deepest mysteries of the universe who have made profound contributions to human knowledge

Awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts and established in 1991 in memory of the former Canadian Prime Minister, it allows a distinguished German scholar in the humanities to conduct research in Canada and spend brief periods gaining further experience at American institutions as the counterpart to the Konrad Adenauer Award established by the Government of Germany

Awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts to active Canadian scholars who have made substantial and significant contributions to their respective fields in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences, or engineering

Awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts to one person in the arts and one person in the social sciences and humanities who have distinguished themselves by their outstanding achievements and to encourage ongoing contributions to Canada’s cultural and intellectual heritage

NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize for Interdisciplinary Research in Science and Engineering: Recognizes outstanding Canadian teams of researchers from different disciplines who came together to engage in research drawing on their combined knowledge and skills, and produced a record of excellence achievements in the natural sciences and engineering in the last six years

NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowships: Up to six fellowships of $250,000 are awarded annually to enhance the career development of outstanding and highly promising scientists and engineers who are faculty members of Canadian universities

NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Prize: Named after the former President of the National Research Council of Canada, the $10,000 prize is awarded annually to a scientist or engineer, 40 years of age or younger, for outstanding scientific research carried out in Canada

NSERC Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering: Awarded annually for both the sustained excellence and overall influence of research work conducted in Canada in the natural sciences or engineering

NSERC John C. Polanyi Award: Honours an individual or team whose Canadian-based research has led to a recent outstanding advance in the natural sciences or engineering

Awarded to the person who has made the most important discovery or invention within the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature, peace, and economic sciences

Invested by the Governor General of Canada, the Order is the centrepiece of Canada’s honours system, recognizing a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication to the community, and service to the nation for people in all sectors of Canadian society who have enriched the lives of others and made a difference to this country

Companion (C.C.): Recognizes national pre-eminence or international service or achievement

Member (C.M.): Recognizes outstanding contributions at the local or regional level or in a special field of activity

Officer (O.C.): Recognizes national service or achievement

Invested by the Lieutenant Governor, the Order is the province’s highest honour for an Ontarian who has shown outstanding qualities of individual excellence and achievement with a lasting legacy in the province, Canada, and beyond

Invested by the Lieutenant Governor, the Order is the province’s highest honour recognizing Nova Scotians for outstanding contributions or achievements in fields of endeavour and those who have brought honour and prestige to themselves and to Nova Scotia

Doctoral Scholarship: A program lasting three years and providing support in the form of a stipend and a research and travel allowance, the Doctoral Scholarship helps shape researchers into engaged leaders who are conscious of the impact of their research, connected to the realities of the communities in which they work, and open to non-conventional forms of knowledge

Fellowship: Established in 2001 as a memorial to the former Canadian Prime Minister, Fellows are top-level researchers in the social sciences and humanities who participate in the training of tomorrow’s leaders and contribute to a wholesale transformation of our society while continuing their own evolution as socially engaged thinkers through curriculum development for Trudeau Scholars and collaboration with Trudeau Mentors

RSC, College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists: Alongside the Academies of the Royal Society of Canada, the College is the first national system of multidisciplinary recognition for the emerging generation of Canadian intellectual leadership who have demonstrated a high level of achievement at an early stage of their careers

RSC, Fellows: Awarded by the Royal Society of Canada by peer-election, fellowship in the Academies recognizes an individual’s remarkable contributions in the arts, the humanities and the sciences, as well as in Canadian public life

RS, Fellows: Elected for life through a peer review process on the basis of excellence in science where up to fifty-two Fellows and up to ten Foreign Members are elected from a proposed group of 700 candidates

SSHRC Aurora Prize: Recognizes an outstanding new scholar who is building a reputation for exciting and original research in the social sciences or humanities

SSHRC Gold Medal: SSHRC's highest research honour awarded to an individual whose sustained leadership, dedication, and originality of thought have inspired students and colleagues alike

SSHRC Insight Award: Enables the development of research questions, as well as experimentation with new methods, theoretical approaches and/or ideas to support and foster excellence in social sciences and humanities research intended to deepen, widen, and increase our collective understanding of individuals and societies, as well as to inform the search for solutions to societal challenges

SSHRC Partnership Award: Provides support for new and existing formal SSHRC partnerships to advance research, research training and/or knowledge mobilization in the social sciences and humanities through mutual co-operation and sharing of intellectual leadership

Established by the Government of Canada and supported by CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC, the Scholarship provides $150,000 in funding over three years to attract and retain world-class doctoral students who demonstrate leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement