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Canada Graduate Scholarships Master’s Awards

Careers

Medicine, Health sciences, any other discipline being attached to it

Description

The Canada Graduate Scholarships Master’s Awards administered by CIHR are intended to provide special recognition and support to students who are pursuing a Master's degree in a health related field in Canada. These candidates are expected to have an exceptionally high potential for future research achievement and productivity. (Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships - Master's Award)

Eligibility requirements

To be considered eligible to apply for support, a candidate must:

be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident;
at the time of the CIHR deadline for application (February 1st):
have completed or be in the last year of a Bachelor's degree; or,
have been registered for no more than ten months as a full-time student in a Master's program; or,
have been registered for no more than ten months as a full-time PhD student and were admitted to the PhD program directly from the Bachelor's degree.
be applying for support to pursue their first graduate degree (i.e., Master's or PhD). All previous studies at the graduate level, regardless of discipline, either course-based or research-based, will be included in determining eligibility; and
not have already held an award from SSHRC, NSERC, CIHR or any other federal source to undertake and/or complete a Master's or PhD degree.

To be considered eligible to hold support, a candidate must:

be registered full-time in the first or second year of a Master's or PhD program in which research is a major component (awards will not take effect until after proof of registration is received); and
not have already held, or hold, an award from SSHRC, NSERC, CIHR or any other federal source to undertake and/or complete a Master's or PhD degree.

Awards must be taken up within six months of the date of offer and must start September 1 or January 1 following the offer of award.

Amount

$17,500.00 per annum. This award is non-renewable.

Organization

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

Application deadline

Bursary will be displayed from December on the website for a deadline in February.

Applications must be sent to CIHR no later than February 1st.

This program is largely a university nomination-based program, therefore please refer to your current institution to confirm the institution application deadline which will be BEFORE the CIHR application deadline noted above. Most institutions will manage a pre-selection process to select which of their students' applications will be put forward to CIHR on the CIHR deadline date. Only applicants that are not registered at a university for the Fall semester prior to the CIHR application deadline will submit their applications directly to CIHR by the above deadline.

How to apply

See application guidelines at http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/39310.html

Informations available in ...

French/English

Website

http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca

For more information

Canada Graduate Scholarships Master's Awards Program
Delivery Coordinator
Research Capacity Development Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Telephone: (613) 946-0093
Fax: (613) 954-1800
Email: cgsma@cihr-irsc.gc.ca

This project was carried out with the financial participation of Canada Health