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CIHR Doctoral Award - Tri Council

Awards are to provide recognition and funding to students early in their academic research career, providing them with an opportunity to gain research experience; to provide a reliable supply of highly skilled and qualified researchers.

Student Status
full-time
Scholarship Value
$40,000 per year, for up to 3 years (amount is pending Federal Budget increase); Plus, a bonus from FGSR of a lump sum payment valued at $5,000 at the beginning of each year of your award.
Application Type
external
Citizenship
Canadian/PR
Areas of Study
Biology , Kinesiology and Health Studies , Psychology , Johnson-Shoyama School of Public Policy , Nursing
Scholarship Type
National Scholarships
Deadline
Online at ResearchNet--Internal Deadline of NOON on Friday, September 20 Saskatchewan time

Eligibility

To be considered eligible for support, as of the application deadline date, you must: Be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident of Canada or Protected Person under subsection 95(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada).

FULL ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:    

https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PG-CS/CGSD-BESCD_eng.asp#a4

Note: You may submit only one application per year to one granting agency (NSERC or CIHR or SSHRC). Nominations to the Vanier CGS program do not count towards this limit.

Indigenous students are strongly encouraged to self-declare on their application as they can be nominated over and above our quota. Please see the General application process instructions: https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/38887.html

Application Information

You must submit your application online on ResearchNet. Full application information found here:

https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/38887.html

and here: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PG-CS/CGSD-BESCD_eng.asp

TRANSCRIPTS: You MUST SUBMIT UP TO DATE, OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS with your application.  Order ALL of your undergraduate and graduate transcripts as soon as possible from every university that you have attended, including the University of Regina (even if this is your first semester). You must include all Transfer Credit also. Transcripts must be submitted with your application by the deadline, in order to be considered.

If you have attended universities outside of North America, please formally request your international transcripts TWO weeks in advance by filling out the Request for Transcripts other than University of Regina form. The form can be found on our FGSR FORMS page, under Student Request Forms: https://www.uregina.ca/graduate-studies-research/current-students/forms.html

Please email the transcript request to Graduate.Studies@uregina.ca. Late requests (less than 2 weeks notice) cannot be granted.

CIHR Student Information Session on June 11. You are strongly encouraged to attend to ask questions and be clear on the application process. To log in to these student sessions, please visit the CIHR website: https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/45096.html.

If you missed the session:

Canadian Common CV (CCV):  Students are required to complete a Common CV (CCV) which they will be required to attach to their application. 

Please find the CIHR CCV How To’s for creating a CCV here: https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/45641.html

For CCV CIHR FAQ’s: https://cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/45688.html

CIHR CCV Contact: 1-888-603-4178 or email: support@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

Please email us at grad.funding@uregina.ca and we can send you our CCV How To Cheat Sheet.

The Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (FGSR) will award the top three ranked CIHR Doctoral applications with a $500 FGSR Scholarly Award.

Please see the Memorandum for full details on this competition.

Website

http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PG-CS/CGSD-BESCD_eng.asp