Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Master’s program 2027

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). The CRTAS includes the following programs: the CGRS M, the Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Doctoral (CGRS D) and the Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA). The CRTAS recognizes and empowers the next generation of highly qualified innovators, knowledge workers and creative thinkers. 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. The selection process and post-award administration are carried out at the institutional level under the guidance of the three agencies. Students submit their application to the institution(s) at which they intend to hold their award using the Research Portal .

• Table of Content
• About Canadian Government
• Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Master’s program Master's Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Master’s program Master's Scholarship
• Requirements for Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Master’s program Master's Scholarship Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Master’s program Master's Scholarship
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Master’s program Master's Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Master’s program Master's Scholarship

• $27,000 for 12 months

Requirements for Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Master’s program Master's Scholarship Qualification

Applications must be complete and meet all the eligibility criteria to be considered.

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 registered in, have applied for or will apply for admission to an eligible graduate program at the master’s or doctoral level that can be started within the eligible dates of the competition year at a Canadian institution with a CGRS M allocation
• respect 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

Program of study

• An eligible graduate program must be predominantly research oriented, leading to the completion of a thesis, major research project, dissertation, scholarly publication, performance, recital and/or exhibit that is merit-reviewed by a panel of experts at the institution as a requirement for completing the program. If the program requires additional admission into the major research component stream, this acceptance must be confirmed before you can hold the award.
• Joint programs with a professional degree (for example, MD/PhD, DVM/PhD, JD/MA, JD/PhD, MBA/PhD, MA/MBA) as well as clinically oriented programs of study, including clinical psychology, are eligible if they have a significant autonomous research component, as described above.
• Master’s programs that are based only on course work are typically not eligible since they do not include a significant research component, as described above.
• Given the specific requirements of certain disciplines, institutions are invited to contact the appropriate agency for guidance on the eligibility of programs of study.

Locations of tenure

• Without exception, CGRS M awards are tenable only at eligible Canadian institutions.

Field of research and subject matter eligibility

• CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC support and promote high-quality research in a wide variety of disciplines and areas, which are divided into broad fields of research (health, natural sciences and engineering and social sciences and humanities). This includes research that bridges two or more disciplines or that requires the skills of several disciplines.
• You must ensure that you are submitting your application to an institution that has an allocation for the field of research you intend to pursue. Applications deemed by a host institution to have been labelled incorrectly will be re-labelled according to the agency’s research subject matter guidelines (refer to Selecting the appropriate federal granting agency ). You should contact the faculty of graduate studies (or its equivalent) at the institution(s) where you intend to hold the award for further guidance on subject matter eligibility.

Interview date, Process and Venue for Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Master’s program Master's Scholarship

The merit review of CGRS M applications will be carried out by institutions with an allocation and will be based on the following criteria:

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Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more information, kindly visit Canada Graduate Research Scholarship webpage.