Notes:

1. For reasons of brevity, the Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship-Doctoral will be referred to as “CGS D” in this document, and the NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship-Doctoral will be referred to as “PGS D’’.
2. If you are interested in a CGS D, apply for a PGS D. There is no separate application form (or process) for the CGS D Program. The highest-ranked PGS D applicants will automatically be considered by NSERC for a CGS D.
3. Applications must be received at NSERC by the deadline date.

 

To be considered eligible for support, as of the application deadline date, you must:

• be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada;
• hold, or expect to hold (at the time you take up the award), a degree in science or engineering from a university whose standing is recognized by NSERC (if you have a degree in a field other than science or engineering, NSERC may accept your application at its discretion);
• intend to pursue, in the following year, full-time graduate studies and research at the doctoral level in an eligible program (see Eligibility Criteria) in one of the areas of the natural sciences and engineering supported by NSERC; and
• have obtained a first-class average (a grade of “A-“) in each of the last two completed years of study (full-time equivalent).

You are not eligible to receive scholarship support while you are in a qualifying year of study.

For degree programs you have completed, provide the date on which all the requirements of your degree were met, including the successful defence and submission of the corrected copy of your thesis (in accordance with your university’s regulations). It is not the conferred or convocation date indicated on your transcript. The Scholarship Liaison Officer may be asked to confirm the date the degree requirements were met.

Note: You may submit only one application per year to one granting agency (NSERC or the Canadian Institutes of Health Research [CIHR] or the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council [SSHRC]).

Application Deadlines

There are different application deadlines to keep in mind.

University Deadlines

If you are applying through your university, there is an internal deadline that your department sets for receiving applications. It would be the earliest of the deadlines, since the department will review applications before passing them along.

If you are applying through your university, the next deadline is the date when the university Faculty (School) of Graduate Studies must receive your application through the NSERC On-line System. The university will review all applications received from the departments, rank them and then send recommended applications to NSERC. The university is responsible for notifying you if your application is not forwarded to NSERC. For more information about departmental and university application deadlines, contact your current or former department, or the Faculty (School) of Graduate Studies.

NSERC Deadlines

• NSERC must receive all applications from Canadian universities by November 25 of each year.
• If you are applying directly to NSERC, your application must be submitted electronically to NSERC before 8:00 p.m. (ET) on October 15.

For more information, please visit Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada official website