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Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master’s (CGS-M) application deadline: December 1

Domestic upper-year undergraduate and current graduate students who intend to pursue graduate studies in the 2025-2026 academic year may now apply for a Canada Graduate Scholarship (Master’s). These scholarships are administered jointly by Canada’s three granting agencies: Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

  • Value: $27,000 for one year
  • Internal deadline for applications: Sunday, December 1
  • Ontario Tech quotas: CIHR (one), NSERC (five), SSHRC (six)

To be eligible, students must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents, have achieved a minimum GPA of 3.70/4.30 in each of the last two years of study and are required to upload their official post-secondary transcripts to their application in the online application portal. More information on the can be found on the . If you are aware of eligible students, please encourage them to apply.

Additional resources, including online presentations, a video from one of our high achieving scholarship recipients, tips for preparing scholarships applications and samples of winning research proposals, are on the .

Questions regarding these scholarships should be directed to gradscholarships@ontariotechu.ca.