National
November 28, 2025
October 17, 2025
$250,000 CAD
The 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 excellent achievements in the natural sciences and engineering.
Candidates may be nominated by any individual or group.; Self-nominations will not be accepted.
Prize is for research teams.; Current NSERC Council members are not eligible for nomination.; A team may be nominated for the NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize and other NSERC prizes (Herzberg, Polanyi, McDonald, Synergy or Strickland) in the same year but can only receive one prize in a given year.; Nominees may not receive more than one of the following prizes for the same achievement: Brockhouse, Polanyi or Strickland.
The nomination package must include:
– A letter of nomination signed by the nominator(s) – it must be no longer than four pages and include a title describing the research achievement(s).
– A description of the team’s five most important joint contributions.
– The names and email addresses of six researchers who, in the opinion of the nominators, could be approached by NSERC to conduct an impartial review of the nomination, and who are not in conflict of interest (see This link will take you to another Web site Conflict of interest and confidentiality policy of the federal research funding organizations).
– A brief letter from the team identifying one of the members as the spokesperson of the group; this spokesperson must be eligible to hold an NSERC grant and will be the contact person for NSERC on any matter related to the outcome of the competition.
– Identification of any eligible leaves of absence (optional one-page) in consultation with NSERC’s Interruptions in research, training and mentoring webpage. In the case of medical leave, it is not necessary to explain the illness or the treatment but rather its impact on your research activity.
– A terms and conditions form for nominees signed by each nominee (do not use the encrypted digital signature function) – it is the nominee’s responsibility to retain a copy of the agreed terms and conditions for their records.
– A terms and conditions form for nominators signed by each nominator (do not use the encrypted digital signature function) – it is the nominator’s responsibility to retain a copy of the agreed terms and conditions for their records.
