Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I welcome the witnesses joining us as part of our important study.
Dr. Adem, in your remarks, you touted the fact that the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council has increased the duration of its scholarships from two to three years, particularly at the graduate level, that is, at the master's and doctoral levels.
In Canada, is the higher number of graduate scholarships keeping pace with the higher number of students? How does the number of awards offered compare to the number of applications? Do you have data on the percentage of scholarship applications that are approved?