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Published: 03 Sep 2025 1,267 views
The Canada Graduate Research Scholarship — Doctoral (CGRS D) program recognizes and supports the next generation of outstanding innovators, knowledge workers, creative thinkers and researchers. By providing support for a high-quality research training experience to awardees, the program strives to foster impacts within and beyond the research environment
The CGRS D 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). The CRTAS aims to support the next generation of innovators by providing funding and high-quality research training, cultivating research skills, fostering creativity and empowering awardees to make significant contributions to Canada’s research ecosystem, economy and prosperity.
The CGRS 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. This support allows scholars to concentrate on their doctoral studies more fully, to seek out the best research mentors in their chosen fields and to contribute to the Canadian research ecosystem during and beyond the tenure of their awards. Doctoral scholarships are awarded through a selection process and administered by the three granting agencies.
| Application Deadline | 17 Oct 2025 |
| Value | $40,000 |
| Country to study | Canada |
| Type | PhD |
| Sponsor | Government of Canada |
| Gender | Men and Women |
Canada Graduate Research Scholarship provides $40,000 per year
To be eligible to apply, you must have completed no more than 36 months of full-time equivalent study in the doctoral program, the PhD portion of the joint professional undergraduate/PhD program (such as MD/PhD, JD/PhD, DVM/PhD) or the joint program (such as MA/PhD, MSc/PhD, MBA/PhD) for which you are requesting funding by December 31 of the calendar year of your application.
Note: If you are eligible to apply to the Canada Graduate Research Scholarship—Master’s (CGRS M) program, you may be able to maximize your potential period of funding by applying to the CGRS M program for your first year of doctoral funding instead of the CGRS D program. You are responsible for choosing the award program to which you apply. See Other restrictions below for more information
To complete the application process, see the appropriate agency’s website and instructions:
Your application must be complete to be considered in the competition.
You must submit your application electronically through the relevant agency’s platform.
For more details, visit Canada Graduate Research Scholarship webpage
