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In addition to these awards, the University supports graduate students through teaching, research, and service fellowships and assistanceships. For these, contact your graduate chair or administrator for details.

Canada Graduate Scholarships - Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements

Value: Up to $6,000
Number offered: A total of 250 awards are available Canada-wide each year.
Eligibility:

The Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements (CGS-MSFSS) are available to Canadian citizens or permanent residents who hold a CIHR, NSERC, or SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship at the Master's or PhD level (CGS-M or CGS-D), or a Vanier scholarship.

To be eligible to apply for this funding opportunity, 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

 For more information visit the Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement website or contact gradstudies.awards@usask.ca.
Donor: The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) funds visionaries, explorers and innovators who are searching for the scientific and technical breakthroughs that will benefit our country. We are Canada’s largest supporter of discovery and innovation. We work with universities, colleges, businesses and not-for-profits to remove barriers, develop opportunities and attract new expertise to make Canada’s research community thrive. We give Canadian scientists and engineers the means to go further because we believe in research without borders and beyond frontiers.
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)

Required forms for
Deadline: The call for applications for this award will open in the Spring and Fall terms.

2024 deadline - Monday, September 23, 2024 at 4:30pm CST

2025 deadline - Monday, May 26, 2025 at 4:30pm CST