Scholarship

Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Doctoral program

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Original Source
Award

CA$40,000 - CA$40,000

Deadline

Oct 17, 2025

Deadline passed
Location

Canada

Applicants

individual

About This Opportunity

The Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Doctoral (CGRS D) program recognizes and supports the next generation of outstanding innovators, knowledge workers, creative thinkers and researchers. By providing support for a high-quality research training experience to awardees, the program strives to foster impacts within and beyond the research environment. 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). The 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 concentrate on their doctoral studies more fully, 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. Doctoral scholarships are awarded through a competitive selection process and administered by the three granting agencies.

Duration 36 - 37 mo
Decision 6 months

Who Can Apply

Region
Canada
Citizenship
Canada
Project in
Canada
Applicants
individual
Priority for
indigenous, racial_minorities

Application Details

Institutional approval

Stages

  1. 1 two_stage

Required documents

cv research_proposal transcripts letters_of_recommendation

Review process

Applications undergo institutional review at Canadian universities, which forward applications according to their quotas. Agency-specific review committees then evaluate applications based on research potential (50%) and relevant experience and achievements (50%).

Additional benefits

  • training

Restrictions

  • no_concurrent_funding
  • employment_restrictions
  • reporting_requirements

Post-award obligations

  • acknowledge_funder