NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship/
Canada Graduate
Scholarship Doctoral

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).

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.