2012 Competition Statistics Postgraduate Scholarships, Canada Graduate Scholarships and Postdoctoral Fellowships Programs

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1 2012 Competition Statistics Postgraduate Scholarships, Canada Graduate Scholarships and Postdoctoral Fellowships Programs This report includes tables and figures that provide summary information on the 2012 Postgraduate Scholarships (PGS), Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS) and Postdoctoral Fellowships (PDF) competitions. Competition for these awards has been intense. NSERC was able to offer a similar number of CGS master s (CGS M) and CGS doctoral (CGS D) awards as compared with last year. In keeping with the requirements of the Financial Administration Act, NSERC has offered the exact number of awards corresponding to the available budget and will, in a second wave, make additional offers once the number of declines is known (in the past, NSERC offered more awards in anticipation that some awards would be declined). Fewer PGS doctoral (PGS D) and PDF awards are available from this competition due to the reallocation of some money from NSERC s scholarships and fellowships programs to the CREATE Program, which has complementary goals. SECTION 1 GENERAL STATISTICS...2 Table Scholarships and Fellowships Competition Results 1 by Province... 2 Table 2. Scholarships and Fellowships Application Numbers and Award Numbers by Committee... 4 SECTION 2 STATISTICS BY GENDER...5 Figure 1. Gender Distribution of 2012 PGS M / CGS M Applicants... 5 Figure 2. Gender Distribution of 2012 PGS M / CGS M Awardees... 5 Figure 3. Gender Distribution of 2012 PGS D / CGS D Applicants... 6 Figure 4. Gender Distribution of 2012 PGS D / CGS D Awardees... 6 Figure 5. Gender Distribution of 2012 PDF Applicants... 7 Figure 6. Gender Distribution of 2012 PDF Awardees... 7

2 SECTION 1 GENERAL STATISTICS Table Scholarships and Fellowships Competition Results 1 by Province Province Ontario Manitoba Sask. Alberta British Columbia UNIVERSITIES* PDF PGS/CGS Quota 2 PGS D CGS D PGS M CGS M USRA Quota 3 Royal Roads University Simon Fraser University The British Columbia University Thompson Rivers University University of Northern British Columbia University of Victoria Other Totals University of Alberta University of Calgary University of Lethbridge Other Totals University of Regina University of Saskatchewan Totals The University of Winnipeg University of Manitoba Other Totals Brock University Carleton University Lakehead University Laurentian University McMaster University Nipissing University Queen's University Royal Military College of Canada Ryerson University The University of Western Ontario Trent University University of Guelph University of Ontario Institute of Technology University of Ottawa University of Toronto University of Waterloo University of Windsor Wilfrid Laurier University York University Other Totals

3 Province Quebec NF New Brunswick P.E.I. Nova Scotia UNIVERSITIES* PDF PGS/CGS Quota 2 PGS D CGS D PGS M CGS M USRA Quota 3 Concordia University École de technologie supérieure École Polytechnique de Montréal HEC Montréal Institut national de la recherche scientifique McGill University Université de Montréal Université de Sherbrooke Chicoutimi Montréal Rimouski Trois-Rivières Université Laval Other Totals Memorial University of Newfoundland Totals Mount Allison University Université de Moncton University of New Brunswick Other Totals University of Prince Edward Island Totals Acadia University Cape Breton University Dalhousie University Nova Scotia Agricultural College St. Francis Xavier University Saint Mary's University Other Totals Direct 4 42 N/A N/A CANADIAN TOTAL GRAND TOTAL * Based on Application Organization - if less than six applications were received by an institution, their data have been rolled up into their province s Other category. offered with conditions are excluded. 1 Results reflect the initial offers only. 2 Canadian universities have a quota based on previous successes in the competition; they may not submit more applications than this quota. 3 Canadian universities are tasked with the selection of the USRA-University recipients and their respective quota is the number of awards they have to give. 4 Direct applicants are those who submitted their application to NSERC directly, without going through the screening process at a Canadian university (students at foreign organizations or not currently registered are eligible to submit applications this way).

4 Table 2. Scholarships and Fellowships Application Numbers and Award Numbers by Committee CGS/PGS D combined CGS D PGS D CGS/PGS M combined CGSM PGSM Grand Total PDF Selection Committee App App App App Earth Sciences Evolution and Ecology Mathematical Sciences Physics and Astronomy Chemistry Cellular and Molecular Biology Civil and Mechanical Engineering Chemical, Biomedical and Materials Sciences Engineering Plant and Animal Biology Psychology Electrical Engineering Computing Sciences Grand Total

5 SECTION 2 STATISTICS BY GENDER Figure 1. Gender Distribution of 2012 PGS M / CGS M Applicants 6.4% 39.9% 53.7% n=1,588 Figure 2. Gender Distribution of 2012 PGS M / CGS M Awardees 5.7% 42.9% 51.4% n=840

6 Figure 3. Gender Distribution of 2012 PGS D / CGS D Applicants 3.9% 37.5% 58.6% n=1,628 Figure 4. Gender Distribution of 2012 PGS D / CGS D Awardees 3.0% 38.5% 58.4% n=659

7 Figure 5. Gender Distribution of 2012 PDF Applicants 3.1% 27.0% 69.9% n=1254 Figure 6. Gender Distribution of 2012 PDF Awardees 1.0% 25.5% 73.5% n=98