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.
Contact person:
- For further information about this award, please contact the applicable:
Manager, Graduate Financial Aid and Awards Programs in Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA)