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Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Doctoral program

The Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Doctoral (CGRS D) program supports outstanding doctoral students in health, natural sciences and engineering, and social sciences and humanities, including interdisciplinary research. It provides funding and flexibility to help scholars concentrate on their doctoral studies and contribute to the Canadian research ecosystem. The program is part of the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) administered by CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC.

Up to CA$40,000 ~36 months Deadline 2026-10-17

Data last verified 2026-08-14 · sources & verification

Eligibility

Structured dimensions read from the official page. What do these mean? ↗

Career stage

Student

Applicant type

Individual

Host country

CA

Organization type

University, Research Institute

Previous funding

You cannot have already received a doctoral-level scholarship from CIHR, NSERC or SSHRC (including a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship).

Exclusivity

One award / no concurrent equivalent

Consortium

Not required

Evidence: every dimension above is read from this scheme's official page — official page ↗.

Full eligibility text

Applicants must have completed no more than 36 months of full-time equivalent study in their doctoral program by December 31 of the application year. Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or protected persons may hold the award at eligible institutions outside Canada; international applicants must be registered at an eligible Canadian institution by the deadline. Applicants can apply a maximum of three times and cannot have already received a doctoral-level scholarship from CIHR, NSERC, or SSHRC.

Deadline

2026-10-17

Application form effort

4 form file(s) downloaded; 10 writing prompts; 24 fields/sections; moderate — substantial written sections

Application form preview sample questions, page & word limits from the application form Back to browse
Data sources & verification (for research-office review)

Where each item on this page was read from, so every claim can be verified against the original. Several values often come from the same official page — that page is named in the Source column. Anything we could not reach or parse is listed under Not captured / obstacles below.

Curated itemValue in this recordSource
Funding agency NSERC nserc-crsng.canada.ca ↗
Country / funding source CA · NSERC / Tri-Agency same page as above — nserc-crsng.canada.ca ↗
Deadline 2026-10-17 — read from the official page same page as above — nserc-crsng.canada.ca ↗
Funding amount Up to CA$40,000 same page as above — nserc-crsng.canada.ca ↗
Eligibility 7 structured dimensions — see the eligibility panel above same page as above — nserc-crsng.canada.ca ↗

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Not captured / obstacles

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