Waterloo encourages its students to apply for funding opportunities from
Canada’s three major research granting agencies.
Waterloo’s internal adjudication process of tri-council
scholarship applications information:
• NSERC
(Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council)
• SSHRC
(Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council)
• CIHR
(Canadian Institutes of Health Research)
Application procedures vary for these award competitions. In some cases,
students apply directly to the agency; in others, Waterloo is assigned a
quota, departments rank the applications followed by a university-wide ranking,
and then the university Graduate Studies Office forwards the recommended
applications to the appropriate agency.
It is the responsibility of the applicant to check the agency website for
complete details pertaining to eligibility, application forms and the application
instructions. Students should contact their graduate
department scholarship coordinator for details regarding deadlines.
Fall 2011 -- Faculty scholarship
information sessions
Students who are successful in the Tri-Council Scholarships (NSERC, SSHRC,
CIHR) competition and study at Waterloo will receive the
President’s Graduate Scholarship valued at up to
$10,000/year. For more details, visit
the President’s Graduate Scholarship website.
