Canada Graduate Research Scholarship 2026

Summary:

The Canada Graduate Research Scholarship — Doctoral (CGRS D) program recognizes and supports the next generation of outstanding innovators, knowledge workers, creative thinkers, and researchers.

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.

By providing support for a high-quality research training experience to awardees, the program strives to foster impacts within and beyond the research environment.

Eligibilities:

To be considered for the Government of Canada Scholarship, you must:

• Be Canadian citizens, permanent residents, or protected persons.

• Be an international student currently enrolled in a PhD program at a Canadian university.

• have completed no more than 36 months of full-time doctoral study (including summer semesters) by December 31 of the year you apply.

Even those enrolled in joint programs (e.g. MD/PhD, MA/PhD, MBA/PhD) are eligible, as long as the program includes a significant research component such as a thesis or dissertation.

Benefits:

The Canada Graduate Research Scholarship offers an annual grant of $40,000 per year for 36 months. 

Deadline: October 17, 2025

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