Graduate awards

Find scholarships and awards relevant to graduate students using USask's scholarships and awards database. You will find information on eligibility, deadlines and how to apply. Search for keywords like master's, doctoral, PhD, plant breeding, etc.


Tri-Agency Doctoral National Competition

Value: Starting September 1, 2024, the annual amount is $40,000.
Number offered: Determined by Tri-Agency
Eligibility:

Consult the eligibility flowchart to confirm your eligibility.

At the time of application, the applicant must

  • be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada;
  • not have completed more than 24 months in their PhD program as of December 31, 2024 (there are other time in program requirements if you are Master’s to PhD transfer, are in a joint program, or are a direct-entry PhD student);
  • submit only one doctoral award application in a given academic year (nominations to the Vanier CGS program do not count towards this limit)
  • have not already received a doctoral-level scholarship or fellowship from CIHR, NSERC or SSHRC.

Refer to the Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral Program website for additional details on eligibility.
Donor:

The Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral (CGS D) program is a federal program of scholarships awarded through national competitions by the granting agencies: 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 of Canada (SSHRC).

The CGS D 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.
Apply:

Applicants should complete the agency application that is best aligned with their research subject matter to ensure that it is reviewed by experts in disciplines closest to their field(s) of study.

CIHR

NSERC

SSHRC

If you have any questions, or would like the staff at Graduate Scholarship and Awards Services to review your application before submitting it,, please contact Graduate Awards & Scholarships at gradstudies.awards@usask.ca.
Deadline: The call for applications for this award is distributed annually in the Fall term.

University of Saskatchewan 2024 internal deadline - Monday, October 7, 2024 at 7:00pm CST

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