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Federal Awards
Students may only apply to one of the Federal Councils (NSERC, SSHRC or CIHR) in a given academic year.
Applications for federal awards are made through the graduate departments, and each department sets its own deadline. Deadlines and announcements are early in the fall trimester.
Students applying to SSHRC or NSERC only need to complete one application for a Doctoral award. Top applicants for the Doctoral Award are offered the CGSD award.
Student may hold a maximum of four years of funding from the federal councils (includes, NSERC, SSHRC and CIHR) at the postgraduate level.