Waterloo's Tri-Agency (CIHR,NSERC,SSHRC) CGS M timeline

Please note: Information and dates may be updated depending on further information received from Tri-Agencies and resources available.

August/September 2023:

Program details posted on tri-agency website and electronic application portal is activated.

Early September, the CGS M application becomes LIVE on the Tri-Agency research portal.
Students apply online using the agency’s electronic research portal.
Applicants request official transcripts from all current and previous post-secondary institutions and upload electronic copies to their application.
Deadline for students to request their Waterloo transcripts through Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA) is Friday, November 17, 2023 by using the CGS M applicant transcript request web form.

GSPA saves all applications and provides copies to proposed departments for review.

Departments can start to review applications for eligibility and completeness.
GSPA prepares spreadsheets for departments and will include cumulative average where available by end of day on January 2.

Departments continue reviewing their applications for eligibility and completeness and complete their spreadsheets.
Departments will email their CGS M applicants to remind them to apply for graduate admission by February 1, 2024.

Deadline for students, who wish to be considered for a CGS M and who are applying to a new program at Waterloo, to submit their application for graduate admission.

Departments confirm whether CGS M applicants have completed an application for admission to a Waterloo graduate program admission.
Departments conduct ranking meetings for applicants who are current Waterloo students or those who have applied for admission to a Waterloo graduate program by February 1, 2024.
Departments save their finalized spreadsheets for GSPA use by February 16, 2024.

GSPA prepares university-wide spreadsheets for institutional selection commitee.

Institutional selection committee members review applications and department rankings

Institutional selection committee members provide decisions regarding highly competitive applicants in preparation of institutional selection meetings.

Institutional selection committee meetings to determine CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC awardee and reversion lists.

GSPA to follow up with departments who have students with a pending admission decision.
GSPA reviews the applications selected to be offered a Tri-Agency award to confirm eligibility.
Before offering awards on April 1, GSPA will confirm admission status of students to be offered a CGS-M to ensure no offers are made to students who have been denied admission or withdrew their application for admission.

Following the initial acceptance deadline, based on declined awards, GSPA may make additional offers.

Revised September 6, 2023