The Canada Graduate Research Scholarships – Master’s (CGRS M) is a scholarship in the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) administered by 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 (SSHRC).

It supports outstanding graduate students and postdoctoral researchers in developing their research skills and provides the funding and flexibility needed to support their contributions to building world-class research capacity and to Canada’s prosperity and competitiveness.

The CGRS M program supports up to 3,298 students annually in all disciplines and is administered jointly by Canada’s three granting agencies.

ELIGIBILITY:

T the internal deadline to apply for admission for your intended program of study—contact the faculty of graduate studies (or its equivalent) at the selected Canadian institution(s) for more detailed information

Have completed, as of December 31 of the year of application

Either between 0 and 12 months of full-time study (or equivalent), including summer months, in the program for which you are requesting funding, which may be one of the following:

A master’s program

A doctoral program that you are entering directly from a bachelor’s program without having ever been registered in any graduate programs (direct-entry)

A combined master’s-doctoral program

A master’s program that will transition to an eligible doctoral program, either before or after award activation, with no master’s degree conferred (fast-track)

A master’s program for which the degree requirements will be completed before the end of the award, allowing the award to continue into an eligible doctoral program

Or between 4 and 12 months of full-time study (or equivalent), including summer months, in an eligible master’s program for which the degree requirements will be completed before activation of the award at that same institution, allowing it to be activated during the first 12 months of the subsequent doctoral program for which you are requesting funding

Note:

The agencies count all studies toward the program for which funding is requested, whether or not they were completed at the same institution.

Part-time studies are calculated proportionally according to the percentage of the full‑time course load. For example, two terms of part-time study where the course load is 50% of a full course load count as one term of full-time study.

Not have held or be currently holding a Master’s-level scholarship from CIHR, NSERC or SSHRC

Not have held or be currently holding an Indigenous Scholars Award and/or Supplement

Not have held or be currently holding designated funding for Indigenous researchers at the Master’s level at CIHR

Have achieved a first-class average as determined by the host institution(s), in each of the last two completed years of study (full-time equivalent)

Note: Institutions may, at their discretion, accept CGRS M applications from individuals who have not obtained a first-class average; contact your proposed host institution(s) to determine their use of this eligibility criterion

Apply to only one CRTAS program per academic year through CIHR, NSERC or SSHRC. If you apply to more than one program, only the first eligible application submitted to the agencies will be retained

BENEFIT:

Value and duration: $27,000 for 12 months