Canada Graduate Research Scholarship-Doctoral (CGRS D) Program

Purpose

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). Scholarships are awarded through national competitions by these three granting agencies.

The CGRS D program supports and promotes research excellence in a wide variety of disciplines and broad fields of natural sciences and engineering, health 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.

Note: CGRS D replaced the former CGS doctoral, agency specific doctoral awards, and Vanier CGS

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Eligibility

Please refer to the Tri-Agency CGRS D website for complete eligibility requirements.

Submission

Students registered in a U of T degree program at any time between January 1- December 31 in the year of application, or on an approved leave of absence must complete the appropriate agency’s online application form and submit through their current or proposed graduate program at the University of Toronto. Applicants are to contact the unit’s graduate administrator directly regarding the submission deadline and process.

NOTE: Agency-specific award competitions (SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship, NSERC PGS D) have been discontinued.

Applicants must access the online application through the respective granting agency’s portal:

• CIHR CGRS D: ResearchNet; see CIHR instructions.
• NSERC CGRS D: NSERC Online System; see NSERC instructions.
• SSHRC CGRS D: SSHRC Online System; see SSHRC instructions.

Applicants are encouraged to email their graduate unit with a screenshot of their application status after they have submitted, to ensure that their unit is aware of their submission.]

Results

Graduate units will inform their internal applicants of the unit/departmental competition results. The SGS Graduate Awards Office will notify those who were forwarded to SGS of the University competition results in late November. The results of the national competition will be communicated directly by the Tri-Agency in April 2026.