The following outstanding students won an NSERC PGS award (~$17,000/year for two years)
- Chris Burns 1994 University of Toronto
- Subsequently won the NSERC PGS (B) award (additional 2 years)
- Rene Bilodeau 1995 McMaster University
- Subsequently won the NSERC PGS (B) award (additional 2 years)
- Recently won the NSERC PDF award (NSERC PostDoctoral Fellowship)
- Trevor Wood 1996 Boston University (one of only 50 students in all sciences and engineering to be able to hold his award outside Canada)
- Subsequently won the NSERC PGS (B) award (additional 2 years)
- Aaron Davis 1998 Dalhousie University
- Subsequently won the NSERC PGS (B) award (additional 2 years)
- Kirk Buckley 2000 University of British Columbia
- Won the NSERC PGS (B) award (2 years)
- Jonathan Benjamin 2004 University of British Columbia
- Edward Wilson-Ewing 2005 Pennsylvania State University
- Given special dispensation to hold his award outside of Canada
- Caroline Foster 2006 Bishop's University
- Daniel Lametti 2006 McGill University
- Michael Jensen 2007 Université de Sherbrooke (winner of the prestigious A.G. Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship)
