Canada Research Training Awards Suite – Research Travel Supplement (CRTAS – RTS)

Award type:
International experience awards

Award description:
The Canada Research Training Awards Suite – Research Travel Supplements (CRTAS-RTS) provide additional funding to active master’s and doctoral award holders to help offset the costs of undertaking research travel within Canada or outside Canada for a defined period. (This program has replaced the Canada Graduate Scholarship-Micheal Smith Foreign Study Supplement CGS-MSFSS.)

Full details can be found on the CRTAS-RTA web page.

Value:
$9000

Level:
Masters, Doctoral

Program:
Open to any program

Citizenship:
Canadian/Permanent resident

Eligibility & selection criteria: 

To be eligible to apply for this supplement, you must:

  • Be a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident of Canada, or a Protected Person under subsection 95(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada)
  • Have accepted or currently hold a master’s or doctoral award from CIHR, NSERC or SSHRC (including a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship)
  • Begin your proposed research travel on or after the application deadline date
  • Not have held or be currently holding a Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements (CGS-MSFSS)
  • Not hold a CRTAS-RTS more than once

Eligible master’s and doctoral programs include:

  • Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Doctoral program
  • Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Master’s program
  • Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral program
  • Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s program
  • CIHR Doctoral Foreign Study Award
  • NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships - Doctoral program
  • SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships program
  • Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships program

You must start your research travel:

  • On or after the application deadline date
  • During an active master’s or doctoral award
  • Within one year of receiving the notice of award for a CRTAS-RTS

Term:
Spring, Fall

Application deadline:
June 10

Selection process:
Application required

Additional instructions:
The Manager, Graduate Financial Aid and Awards Programs will circulate information each year when the applications open (typically in mid-April). The deadline is June 10; however, supplements will be awarded by the agency on a first-come, first-served basis. Should additional funding be available, the agencies may announce a second intake with a deadline of October 10, but that is not guaranteed.

Applicants submit directly to the agency through their Secure Site.

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