The Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships-Doctoral Program (CGS-D) and NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships-Doctoral Program (PGS-D)

The Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships-Doctoral Program (CGS D) is valued at $35,000 a year (for two or three years). The NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships-Doctoral Program (PGS D) is valued at $21,000 a year (for two or three years).

The CGS-D is available to students studying in Canada while the PGS-D is available to students studying both in and outside of Canada.

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

• be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada;
• intend to pursue, in the following year, full-time graduate studies and research at the doctoral level in an eligible program in one of the areas of the natural sciences and engineering supported by NSERC. For more information, please consult the Eligibility Criteria for Students and Fellows.

Note: For degree programs you have completed, provide the date on which all the requirements of your degree were met, including the successful defense and submission of the corrected copy of your thesis (in accordance with your institution's regulations). It is not the conferred or convocation date indicated on your transcript. The Scholarship Liaison Officer (SLO) 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.

How to Apply

Applicants who have been registered at a post-secondary institution within the calendar year are required to submit their applications through the University at which they were registered.

Applicants who were not registered at a post-secondary institution in the calendar year are required to make a direct application to the agency via the On-line System. The deadline for direct applications is set by the funding agency and their website should be consulted.

To apply for these scholarships, you must complete and submit Form 201 online. Read the instructions on how to complete Form 201.

There is one application and selection process for the CGS D and the PGS D. The top-ranked applicants will be offered a CGS D, and the next tier of meritorious applicants will be offered a PGS D.

If you are offered a CGS D, but decide to take your award to an eligible foreign institution and are eligible to do so, you must decline the CGS D and accept a PGS D award in its place.

How you apply depends on your status at the application deadline date and/or your registration status in the year of application. You must apply either through a Canadian institution or directly to NSERC. For information, please consult the "How do you apply for a scholarship" section on the NSERC website.

Incomplete applications will be rejected.

There are multiple application deadlines to keep in mind:

Institution deadlines
If you are applying through your institution, there is an internal deadline that your institution sets for receiving applications. The deadline for applications submitted through the University of Winnipeg is October 17.

If you are applying through your institution, the Faculty of Graduate Studies must receive your application through the NSERC On-line System. The institution will review all applications, rank them, and then send recommended applications to NSERC. The institution is responsible for notifying you whether your application is forwarded to NSERC.

NSERC deadlines
If you are making a direct application NSERC, your application must be submitted electronically to NSERC before 8:00 pm (ET) on October 17.

For more information, please consult the "Application Deadlines" section of the NSERC website.