Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements 2024

The Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements (CGS-MSFSS) are available to Canadian citizens, permanent residents of Canada or Protected Persons under subsection 95(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) who hold a Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS) at the master’s or doctoral level, or a Vanier CGS at the doctoral level.

• Table of Content
• About Canadian Government
• Canadian Government CGS-Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements
• Aim and Benefits of Canadian Government CGS-Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements
• Canadian Government CGS-Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements Courses
• Requirements for Canadian Government CGS-Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Canadian Government CGS-Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

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Canadian Government CGS-Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements

Application Deadline	10 Oct 2024
Value	$6,000
Country to study	Canada
School to study
Type	Postgraduate
Course to study	View courses
Sponsor	Canadian Government
Gender	Men and Women

Aim and Benefits of Canadian Government CGS-Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements

Supplements of up to $6,000 are available to active CGS (master’s or doctoral) or eligible Vanier CGS holders to help offset the costs of undertaking research studies outside Canada for a defined period.

The supplement will be paid to you through the Canadian institution where the CGS award is held. 

The supplement will cover costs associated with travel, living and other expenses (such as accommodation, meals, tuition, travel or study visas, insurance and other necessary costs) unrelated to research during the research study period abroad. Costs directly related to the research must be covered by other funding sources.

 

Canadian Government CGS-Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements Courses

Requirements for Canadian Government CGS-Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements Qualification

To be eligible to apply for this supplement, you must

• Have accepted or currently hold a CGS (master’s or doctoral) or eligible  Vanier CGS
• Undertake your proposed trip abroad no earlier than the competition deadline date
• Not hold, or have held, any other CGS-MSFSS during the course of your graduate studies

To remain eligible during the research study period abroad, you must

• Hold an active CGS at the time your research study period abroad starts
• Be registered in a graduate research studies program at a Canadian institution for the duration of your research study period abroad
• Take up the award within one year of receiving the notice of award for the CGS-MSFSS
• Return to complete your degree at your Canadian institution

Interview date, Process and Venue for Canadian Government CGS-Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements

Completed applications must be submitted to the faculty of graduate studies (or its equivalent) at the institution where your CGS award is held.

For CIHR candidates, if your CGS award is held at an affiliate institution, your CGS-MSFSS application must be submitted to that affiliate institution.

Institutions are required to establish an internal selection process to rank applications based on the selection criteria outlined below, and to set internal deadlines to facilitate this process. It is your responsibility to meet the institutional deadline. After the internal selection process, institutions will forward eligible applications to the appropriate agency (using the  Tri-agency Awards Extranet) by the agency deadline.

The agencies will review the applications received from institutions for eligibility and completeness, and supplements will be awarded through the institutions on a first-come, first-served basis.

Late and incomplete applications will be rejected.

Selection criteria

The internal selection process and review procedures adopted by the institution must evaluate applications using the selection criteria listed below:

• the linkage between the CGS research goals, the activities outlined for the proposed research study period abroad and your future research/career goals, considering
  • the significance, feasibility and merit of proposed activities at the foreign institution
  • the justification for the choice of host institution(s) and/or host supervisor(s)
  • the relevance and anticipated benefits of the proposed activities to your current graduate-degree training

The institution must notify you of the results of its internal selection process.

Notification of results

The agencies will notify you and the institutions of the results within two months following receipt of applications. CGS-MSFSS funds will be paid to the institutions, which will administer the supplements for the award holders on behalf of the agencies.

The agencies will publish the names (and other basic award information) of supplement recipients on their respective websites. For more information, refer to the  Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act.

Post-award

Upon receiving a CGS-MSFSS offer from one of the agencies, CGS-MSFSS recipients will be expected to abide by the terms of the award holder’s guide. This guide outlines the responsibilities of the award holder, including the steps required to make changes to the award and the requirement to submit an activity report following the research study period abroad.

Application Deadline

October 10, 2024

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Canadian Government on www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca to apply

Each agency has its own application form, instructions and consent forms, and care should be taken to ensure that the appropriate form is used.

You will be required to provide the following information:

• the name and contact information of your CGS or Vanier CGS research supervisor and of the proposed host supervisor
• the name and location of the proposed host institution
• a description of your intended research activities during your research study period abroad (including objectives, methodology, timelines and expected outcomes) and how they relate to your main graduate research topic, and a description of the potential benefits you will derive from the host institution in relation to your current research objectives (maximum two pages)
• a budget that provides estimates for costs of travel, living and other expenses during your research study period abroad
• a letter from your CGS or Vanier CGS research supervisor detailing their support for your research study period abroad and confirming that your proposed research aligns with the research from your CGS award (maximum one page)
• a letter from your host supervisor detailing their support for your research study period abroad and the resources they have available—financial (if any), supervision time, equipment, library access, etc.—to support your planned research activities (maximum one page)
• for CIHR,
  • 1)  Applicant consent form and
  • 2) Consent to disclosure of personal information form;
• for NSERC, Terms and conditions of applying form (fillable);
• for SSHRC, Consent to disclosure of personal information form.

For more detaills visit: CGS-MSFSS website.