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NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship/
Canada Graduate
Scholarship Doctoral

Citizenship: Canadian citizens, Permanent Residents and Protected Persons

Degree: Doctorate

Deadline: October every year*

Field of study: Natural sciences and engineering

Overview

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Postgraduate Scholarships – Doctoral (PGS D) program provides financial support to high-calibre students who are engaged in an eligible doctoral program in the natural sciences or engineering. This support allows these scholars to fully concentrate on their studies and seek out the best research mentors in their chosen fields.

Applications to the NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship will automatically be considered for the Canada Graduate Scholarships – Doctoral (CGS D) award.

NSERC POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP

Eligibility Value Application Disbursement process

Eligibility

  • You must be a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident of Canada or a Protected Person.
  • You must have completed no more than 24 months of full-time study in your doctoral program by December 31 of the calendar year of application (no more than 36 months if transferred directly from a bachelor’s to a PhD or enrolled in a joint program).
  • You should not have already received a doctoral-level scholarship or fellowship from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) or the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

Value

$21,000 per year, for up to three years.

Application

* Concordia has an internal application deadline. Students registered in a Canadian university – including Concordia – during the calendar year (Jan 1 to Dec 31) of the application must apply by the internal deadline.

To apply to the NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship (PGS D) program, you must complete and submit an electronic application using the NSERC Online System and identify Concordia University as your ‘Organization to award the degree’. Concordia's internal adjudication committee pre-selects applications to be forwarded to the national competition.

Disbursement process

The Tri-Agency Award Holder’s Guide requires that you remain registered and in good academic standing in your  graduate program. Once Concordia University confirms this, recipients of Tri-Ancy scholarships and awards will have their payments deposited to their student account five working days after DNE deadline each term.

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