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Canada Graduate Scholarships – Doctoral (CGS-D) application deadline: September 27

Canada’s three federal granting agencies—the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)—have launched a harmonized CGS-D program. The CGS-D program supports and promotes research excellence in a wide variety of disciplines and broad fields of natural sciences and engineering, health and social sciences and humanities, including interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research.

  • Value: $20,000 to $35,000 per year (up to 36 months)
  • Internal deadline for applications: Friday, September 27
  • Ontario Tech quotas: CIHR (three), NSERC (four), SSHRC (four)

Domestic students who are either beginning or continuing PhD studies in the 2024–2025 academic year are eligible to apply for Ontario Tech’s quota competition. Application forms for the scholarships are available on the agency websites:

Students can access resources on preparing scholarship applications, and winning research proposal samples on the . Questions regarding these scholarships should be directed to gradscholarships@ontariotechu.ca.

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