Scholarship Information and Application Strategy Sessions
2024-2025 Funding Deadlines
| Award Name | SGS Deadline | External Award Deadline |
|
Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships |
July 19 | September 17 at 8 p.m. ET |
| Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships $50,000 per annum |
August 26 | October 30 at 8 p.m. ET |
| CGS-D - Tri-Council Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral $40,000 per annum |
September 27 | November 21 at 8 p.m. ET |
| CGS-M - Tri-Council Canada Graduate Scholarships - Master's $27,000 per annum |
N/A (you apply directly) | December 1, at 8:00 PM EST |
| Pierre Elliott Trudeau Scholarship | N/A (you apply directly) | November 25, 2024, at 4:00 PM EST |
|
See our Scholarship Database for how to apply to our internal competition. |
To be determined | To be determined |
Common Resources
Proposal Writing Guidelines
Dr. Danine Farquharson has prepared some guidelines to help you in writing your proposal for the CGS-D and/or Vanier applications.
CGS-M Master's Fellowships 2024 Competition
Memorial Internal Process and Timeline for 2024-2025
October 2, 2024 (12:00 pm-1:00pm): Information Session for Applicants (Meeting link)
November 6, 2024 (1:00 pm-2:00pm): Virtual Grant Proposal Writing Workshop for CGS-M Applications, offered by the School of Graduate Studies and hosted by Dr. Danine Farquharson.
- To confirm your attendance, please RSVP through the on-line form: https://mun.jotform.com/242945771538266
- Please note that participants need to bring a draft proposal to the workshop.
December 1, 2024 (before 8:00 pm ET): Deadline for submission of complete CGS-M application packages.
- Applications are prepared and submitted by the student directly to the agency through the Research Portal. Please refer to the Tri-agency website for application forms and instructions.
- Note: Students applying for CGS-Ms should submit their application for admission to Graduate Studies to support their CGS-M application.
Winter 2025: The Memorial CGS-M committees complete the internal review of applications, and submit recommendations to Tri Councils by March 31, 2025.
April 1, 2025: Offers of awards will be available in the Research Portal as of April 1. Alternate offers may be made up until January 31 of the next calendar year.
- It is your responsibility to regularly check the Research Portal between April 1 and January 31 for the results of the competition.
- For more information on the notification of results, refer to the instructions for completing an application web page.
CGS-M Application Eligibility and Guide
Please refer to the CGS-M tri-agency website for detailed information regarding eligibility and application requirements.
If you have any questions about applying for a CGS-M and would like any clarification on the information provided above, please contact our Scholarships Officer, Tammy Power-Taylor (sgs@mun.ca).
MUN CGS-M Resources
- CGS-M How to Apply/Research Portal (YouTube)
- CGS-M Information Session 2024
- CGS-M Program Information (YouTube)
- CGS-M Template for Applicant Proposals
CGS-M Q&A Sessions
NSERC is hosting the following question and answer sessions for the CGS-M program:
- Thursday, November 7, 2024 / 1-3p.m. ET / English - CIHR and SSHRC staff will join. Click here to join this session
- Wednesday, November 13, 2024 / 11a.m.-1p.m. ET / French - Click here to join this session
- Friday, November 15, 2024 / 10a.m.-12p.m. ET / English - CIHR and SSHRC staff will join. Click here to join this session
- Tuesday, November 19, 2024 / 11a.m.-1p.m. ET / English - CIHR and SSHRC staff will join. Click here to join this session
- Thursday, November 21, 2024 / 1-3p.m. ET / French - Click here to join this session
These sessions will be hosted as live Q&A events over Microsoft Teams, and supported by a series of informational videos available on the NSERC YouTube channel. These videos are intended to replace the presentation portion of the NSERC sessions, allowing NSERC and/or tri-agency staff and applicants to engage in a more in-depth and detailed Q&A session. Participants should watch these videos in advance, and come to the Q&A session with specific questions in mind.
We invite you to attend the session that is most convenient for you - no registration required.
CGS-D Doctoral Fellowships 2024 Competition
Memorial Internal Process and Timeline for 2024-2025
July 16, 2024: Information Session for Applicants
- You can find the presentation here: CGS-D Information Session 2024
September 27, 2024: Deadline for submission of complete CGS-D application packages. Applications are prepared by the student, and submitted to the nominating institution by their internal deadline. Please refer to their website for agency-specific application forms and instructions.
- NSERC: Online system and instructions
- CIHR: ResearchNET and instructions
- SSHRC: Online system and instructions
Mid-October 2024: The Memorial CGS-D committees complete the internal review of applications and submit recommendations to SGS.
October 30, 2024: Notification of successful and unsuccessful applicants. SGS will provide a summary of the feedback from the internal review committee to successful applicants.
November 8, 2024: Final deadline for submission of complete CGS-D application packages. Successful applicants are responsibile for submitting their final applications using the ResearchNet, CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC Portals.
Mid-November 2024: Final checks completed by SGS for successful applications.
November 21, 2024: SGS submits finalized applications to the appropriate Tri-Council.
CGS-D Application Eligibility and Guide
Please refer to their website for detailed information regarding eligibility and application requirements.
If you have any questions about applying for a CGS-D Doctoral Fellowship, or would like any clarification on the information provided above, please contact our Scholarships Officer, Tammy Power-Taylor (sgs@mun.ca).
MUN CGS-D Resources
Vanier Scholarship 2024 Competition
Memorial Internal Process and Timeline for 2024-2025
July 9, 2024 (1:00 pm-2:00 pm): Information Session for Applicants
- You can find the presentation here: Vanier Information Session 2024
August 26, 2024: Deadline for submission of complete Vanier application packages. Applications are prepared by the student and submitted to the nominating institution by their internal deadline using the ResearchNet application system. SGS will check application packages for completeness and eligibility of applicants.
Late September to early October 2024: The internal review committee completes the internal review of applications, and submits recommendations to SGS.
Early October 2024: Notification of successful and unsuccessful applicants. SGS will provide a summary of the feedback from the internal review committee on the Vanier application to successful applicants.
October 7 to October 18, 2024: Nomination letters drafted by the academic unit heads and reviewed and signed by the signatory.
October 18, 2024 (20:00 EDT): Application submission deadline; Applicants are responsible for submitting their final in ResearchNet using the ResearchNet application system.
Mid-October 2024: Final checks completed by SGS for applications going forward.
October 30, 2024 (20:00 EDT): Application submission deadline; SGS forwards recommended nominations to the Vanier-Banting Secretariat by October 30, 2024 (20:00 Eastern Time).
Vanier Application Eligibility and Guide
Please refer to the Government of Canada Vanier website for detailed information regarding eligibility and application requirements.
If you have any questions about applying for a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship or would like any clarification on the information provided above, please contact our Scholarships Officer, Tammy Power-Taylor (sgs@mun.ca).