Eligible Canadian institutions are assigned a separate allocation of awards to offer from each agency. Institutions must respect the agency-specific allocation. AU’s allocations are as follows:
- SSHRC: 2
- NSERC: 1
- CIHR: 1
$17,500 for 12 months, non-renewable
There is no internal deadline for the CGS M.
Dec. 1, 2023, before 6 p.m. (Mountain): Deadline to submit completed application and Canadian Common CV through the Research Portal.
Mid-February 2024 to end of March 2024: Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) Awards Review Committee reviews and adjudicates eligible applications.
April 1, 2024: Applicants are notified of results on the online Research Portal.
To be eligible to apply, you must:
- be a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident of Canada or a Protected Person under subsection 95(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) as of the application deadline date
- be enrolled in, have applied for or will apply for full-time admission* to an eligible graduate program at the master’s or doctoral level at a Canadian institution with a CGS M allocation
- have completed, as of Dec. 31 of the year of application
- either between 0 and 12 months of full-time studies (or full-time equivalent) in the program for which you are requesting funding,**
- or between 4 and 12 months of full-time study (or full-time equivalent) in an eligible master’s program for which the degree requirements will be completed before activation of the award, allowing it to be activated during the first 12 months of the subsequent doctoral program for which you are requesting funding
*Refer to the Tri-agency research training award holder’s guide for details regarding part-time admission.
**All studies credited toward the eligible program will be counted, whether or not they were completed at the degree-granting institution.
For full eligibility requirements, visit Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master’s program.
To apply to the CGS M program, you must complete and submit an application to up to 3 institutions using the Research Portal. Consult the Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master’s program: Instructions for completing an application for more information on how to apply.
Faculty/departmental nomination is not required for the CGS M competition. However, faculties/departments should inform their prospective students of their internal application for admission deadline. Students are not required to submit their CGS M application to their faculty/department but may choose to do so if the faculty/department is offering reviews.
Offers of awards will be available in the Research Portal as of April 1. Alternate offers may be made until Jan. 31 of the next calendar year. It is your responsibility to regularly check the Research Portal between April 1 and Jan. 31 for results of the competition. Refer to the instructions for completing an application for more information on the notification of results.
Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement
Supplements of up to $6,000 are available to active CGS (master’s or doctoral) or eligible Vanier CGS holders to help offset the costs of undertaking research studies outside Canada for a defined period.
The Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study are available to Canadian citizens, permanent residents of Canada or Protected Persons under subsection 95(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) who hold a CGS at the master’s or doctoral level, or a Vanier CGS at the doctoral level.
For full details, visit Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements.
Department of National Defence MINDS Scholarship Initiative
The Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) program of the Department of National Defence is committed to fostering the next generation of security and defence scholars in the Canadian academic community and to encouraging a strong Canadian knowledge base in contemporary defence and security issues. To this end, the MINDS program has partnered with SSHRC to deliver the MINDS Scholarship Initiative.
This initiative offers research training awards and supplements to master’s and doctoral students and to postdoctoral researchers in the social sciences and humanities whose work is related to 1 or more of the MINDS Policy Challenges and/or Canada’s defence policy: Strong, Secure, Engaged.
MINDS Master’s Scholarships for Indigenous Students: $17,500 for 12 months
MINDS Scholarship Initiative Supplements: $10,000 for 12 months
For full details, visit Department of National Defence MINDS Scholarship Initiative.