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**Reminder -听 Indigenous Scholars Awards and Supplements Pilot听Initiative **

The Indigenous Scholars Awards and Supplements Pilot Initiative will provide financial support to meritorious Indigenous students who have applied to the听听(颁骋厂听惭).

Meritorious applications include all applications that have received the status 鈥淥ffered鈥� or 鈥淎lternate鈥� in the Research Portal (see for more information):

• Offered: CGS M applicants who are offered and accept a CGS M award and who are eligible for the Indigenous Scholars Award will keep the CGS M award and will be offered the Indigenous Scholars Supplement, to the limit of available funding.
• Alternate: CGS M applicants who are not offered a CGS M award but whose application is deemed meritorious by being deemed an alternate candidate and who are eligible for the Indigenous Scholars Award will be offered, to the limit of available funding, both the Indigenous Scholars Award and the Indigenous Scholars Supplement.

Value & Duration

• Indigenous Scholars Awards : $27,000 (one year non-renewable)
• Supplements :听$5,000听(one year non-renewable)

Deadline

Student - December 02 (8:00 p.m. ET) - Submission of online application to

Eligibility

Applicants must:听

• be eligible to apply to the CGS听M program;
• self-identify as Indigenous for the purposes of this initiative;
• provide a one-page (3,000 characters maximum) personal statement; and
• have had their application deemed meritorious in the CGS听M review process.

How to Apply听(special added instructions)

Applicants who meet the eligibility requirements for this funding stream must apply through the听. (See "How to Apply" in the CGSM section below)

• Applicants select 鈥淚ndigenous Scholars Award and Supplement Pilot Initiative鈥� in the drop-down menu in the 鈥淪upplements/Joint Initiatives鈥� section of the application form, under the 鈥渟ocial sciences and/or humanities鈥� or 鈥渘atural sciences and engineering鈥� field of research.
• Applicants must also submit a personal statement. one-page (3,000 characters maximum) In their personal statement, applicants must describe how their proposed research project, career and/or education goals have been informed by their experience as a First Nations, Inuit and/or M茅tis person. If appropriate, applicants can discuss their existing connection, or efforts to develop or re-establish a link, with their Indigenous community.
• Applicants will be asked to self-identify as Indigenous. They will also be asked to consent to SSHRC and NSERC using this information as part of their application to the Indigenous Scholars Awards and Supplements Pilot Initiative. SSHRC and NSERC will听not听share self-identification information with institutional selection committees.

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**Reminder -听 Black student researchers听Initiative **

The Government of Canada has deployed additional funds to increase direct support for Black student researchers. CGS M applicants who self-identify as Black and provide consent in their application to be considered for funds designated for specific groups may be able to receive this funding through a scholarship as part of this initiative. Each agency has a limited number of additional CGS M awards reserved for this initiative.听 For more information, consult the .

Meritorious applications include all applications that have received the status听 鈥淎lternate鈥� in the Research Portal (see for more information):

• Alternate: CGS M applicants who are not offered a CGS M award but whose application is deemed meritorious by being deemed an alternate candidate and who are eligible for the Black student researcher initiative maybe offered, to the limit of available funding, a CGS M award.

Value & Duration

• Black student researchers Initiative - CGS M: $27,000 (one year non-renewable)

Deadline

Student - December 02 (8:00 p.m. ET) - Submission of online application to

Eligibility

Applicants must:听

• be eligible to apply to the CGS听M program;
• self-identify as a Black scholar for the purposes of this initiative;
• 听and have had their application deemed meritorious in the CGS听M review process.

How to Apply听(special added instructions)

Applicants who meet the eligibility requirements for this funding stream must apply through the听. (See "How to Apply" in the CGSM section below)

• After the fall deadline of the regular application process (02 December 2023), all applicants will be asked to provide self-identification information via a questionnaire. Applicants who self-identify as Black and provide their consent to be considered for funds targeted towards specific groups will be eligible.

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CGS Master's

The federal granting agencies (Canadian Institute of Health Research CIHR, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council NSERC, and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council SSHRC) have harmonized the Masters Canada Graduate Scholarship program.

All eligible students applying for a Canada Graduate Scholarship Masters (CGS M)听use the Research Portal (hosted by NSERC) and the Canadian Common CV via the institution where they are registered or intend to register.

For more information about the CGS Master鈥檚 competition, including a summary of eligibility criteria, see the听听website.

Value & Duration

• $27,000 (one year non-renewable)

Deadlines

Please be sure to communicate your Academic Unit's admissions deadline to your applicants!

鈥�NOTE: GPS does not require hardcopies of applications or other supporting documents for this competition.

NO EXCEPTIONS: Incomplete, incorrect, and late recommendations are not acceptable and will not be forwarded to the GPS Central Selection Committee.

Should an awardee鈥檚 student status change in any way during the course of the award, it is the responsibility of the awardee to notify the Academic Unit, GPS-Graduate Funding, and the Agency.