Information on this page is subject to change pending updates from the agency.
August 2024:
- Program details available on the SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships website and CGS D Program website.
- SSHRC’s Online Application System is open.
As soon as possible - September 11, 2024:
- Applicants request official transcripts through the Tri-Agency Doctoral Scholarships Transcript Request Form (webform) for all current and previous post-secondary institutions and upload a merged electronic file to their application.
- Deadline for students to request their transcripts through Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA) is Wednesday September 11.
September 11, 2024 – October 4, 2024:
- Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA) locates all requested transcripts using Waterloo’s online applicant system and merges all transcripts into one PDF document. This is then emailed to the applicant to upload to their application.
Note: Students are unable to submit their application until they upload their transcripts.
October 7, 2024 at 8:00 p.m. (ET)* Deadline Extended to October 10, 2024 at 8:00 p.m. (ET) due to SSHRC’s intermittent technical difficulties with their application portal*:
- DEADLINE TO SUBMIT APPLICATION THROUGH SSHRC online system PORTAL – Applications submitted after this deadline will not be considered, even though the system may allow it.
- Applicants are unable to submit their applications until they are complete (which includes CV, transcripts, and references letters). Applicants must “submit” to complete the application process.
*Note: This is prior to SSHRC’s deadline for direct applicants; refer to Step 2: Confirm where your application should be considered.
As soon as possible - October 9, 2024:
- GSPA saves each SSHRC application to department folders in SharePoint.
- GSPA prepares spreadsheets for departments by end of day on October 9, 2024.
October 9 – 21, 2024:
- Departments review and rank their applications in SharePoint.
- NOTE: GSPA will only be confirming eligibility for those applications recommended for endorsement by the university-wide scholarship selection committee.
- Departments complete and save a copy of their ranking sheets to SharePoint for GSPA use by October 21, 2024.
October 21, 2024:
- Deadline for departments to upload their completed spreadsheets with rankings to SharePoint.
October 25 – November 1, 2024:
- GSPA gives access to the institutional selection committee members to review the applications that will be discussed at the institutional scholarship selection meeting on November 8, 2024.
- Selection committee members complete and save a copy of their ranking sheets to SharePoint for GSPA use by November 1, 2024.
November 8, 2024:
- Institutional selection committee meeting to determine applicants selected for endorsement.
November 8 - 20, 2024:
- GSPA to confirm eligibility of endorsed applicants and notify applicants of corrections required.
November 21, 2024:
- GSPA to forward recommended applications to agency based on SSHRC-assigned quota.
November 22 - December 2024:
- GSPA to notify department graduate co-ordinators and applicants of the application status.
By end of April 2025:
- SSHRC to release results to applicants via the SSHRC Extranet and to institutions as well.