Canada Graduate Research Scholarship-Doctoral (CGRS D) Program

PM but applicants must observe their graduate unit's deadline, which may be earlier] Application Dates: Fall Graduate Unit Deadline: Not for students: Oct 1, 2026 (CIHR and NSERC) ; Oct 15, 2026 (SSHRC) Value & Duration: $40,000 per year for 36 months Level of Study: Doctoral Required Legal Status: Domestic / International Purpose The CGRS D is a scholarship in the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) administered by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). Scholarships are awarded through national competitions by these three granting agencies. The CGRS D program supports and promotes research excellence in a wide variety of disciplines and broad fields of health, natural sciences and engineering, and social sciences and humanities, including interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research. This support allows scholars to focus more fully on their doctoral studies, to seek out the best research mentors in their chosen fields and to contribute to the Canadian research ecosystem during and beyond the tenure of their awards. Note: CGRS D replaced the former CGS doctoral, agency specific doctoral awards, and Vanier CGS Eligibility Please refer to the tri-agency CGRS D website for complete eligibility requirements. The following summarized key details and any changes (noted as “new” ). For full requirements see the CIHR , NSERC and SSHRC programs literature. Applicants must: Be a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident of Canada, a Protected Person under subsection 95(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) as of the application deadline, or an international student registered in a doctoral program of study at an eligible Canadian institution at the time of application as of the application deadline. Have completed no more than 36 months* of full-time equivalent study in the doctoral program, the PhD portion of the joint professional undergraduate/PhD program (such as MD/PhD, JD/PhD, DVM/PhD), or the joint program (such as MA/PhD, MSc/PhD, MBA/PhD) for which they are requesting funding by December 31 of the calendar year of the application. Apply to a maximum of one CRTAS program per academic year through CIHR, NSERC, or SSHRC. Only the first eligible application submitted first chronologically will be retained. Have not already received a doctoral-level scholarship or fellowship from CIHR, NSERC, or SSHRC (including Vanier CGS). Not hold a tenure or tenure-track (faculty) appointment or be on leave from such an appointment concurrently with a CGRS D award if you reeive an award from CIHR or NSERC. SSHRC recipients may hold this award while on an approved leave of absence from a tenure or tenure-track position. Have not exceeded the maximum of three (3) applications submitted to the CGRS D national competition. Beginning in the Fall 2025 competition, applicants will be limited to three CGRS D applications in total; only those received at the national level will count towards the maximum. *SSHRC applicants who have completed more than 36 months are no longer eligible. Number of months Months of study are calculated as follows: All months of full-time study including summer months, count toward the degree for which you are requesting funding. Two terms of part-time study count as one term of full-time study. The agencies count all studies toward the doctoral degree for which funding is requested, whether or not they were completed in the same program or at the same institution. Undergraduate students applying to a direct entry doctoral program (i.e., never enrolled in a master’s program) are encouraged to apply for a CGRS M to hold in their first year in order to maximize their potential period of funding. Fast-track and joint programs: Fast-track programs: For applicants who transfer from a master’s to a doctoral program (fast-track), the months of study complet…