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CGRS-D Funding: CAD $40,000 a Year for 36 Months

CAD $40,000 per year for 36 months is the only CGRS-D stipend the agencies publish. Here is how it compares with CGRS-M and CPRA, and which supplements sit on top.

ScholarshipUnion Editorial 3 min read Updated Oct 6, 2026

What the agencies actually publish

CGRS-D pays CAD $40,000 per year for 36 months. That is the only CGRS-D stipend the agencies publish. Do not mix it with the closed Vanier $50,000 figure. The other two suite members have their own values.

CGRS-D

$40,000 / year

36 months. Harmonized NSERC page and SSHRC 2026 competition page.

CGRS-M

$27,000

12 months. Official NSERC CGRS-M overview. Different program, different portal.

CPRA

$70,000 / year

24 months. Official NSERC CPRA overview. Postdoctoral, not doctoral.

Stipend planner

CGRS-D is $40,000 per year for up to three years. This slider is a planning estimate, not an official payment schedule.

3 years

Planning years

CAD $120,000

At CAD $40,000 / year

123 (36 months)

Official published value: $40,000 per year for 36 months. This calculator does not add unpublished living-cost figures. This is a planning tool, not an official agency decision.

Supplements that are not the core stipend

The Indigenous Scholars Awards and Supplements Pilot Initiative may offer meritorious Indigenous students (First Nations, Inuit and Métis whose nations or communities are in Canada) who applied through NSERC or SSHRC an Indigenous Scholars Supplement of $5,000 for one year, to the limit of available funding. CIHR uses an agency-specific mechanism instead. The Tri-agency Policy on Indigenous Citizenship and Membership Affirmation applies.

Each agency has up to 10 additional CGRS-D awards reserved for Black student researchers who self-identify and consent. Budget 2024 also funds extra offers aligned with listed priority research areas (advanced digital technologies, health/biotechnology, clean technology, climate and the Arctic, food and water security, democratic resilience, manufacturing, defence and dual-use). Alignment is identified in the application; it is not a second cash number on the overview page.

No invented numbers

This handbook does not invent monthly living-cost tables, tuition waivers, or travel amounts beyond what those official pages state. If a blog lists a different doctoral stipend, ignore it.

Quick money check

Money filters. Yes means you are using official CGRS-D numbers only.

0 of 4 answered

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Are you budgeting CAD $40,000 per year for up to 36 months — not a Vanier $50,000 figure?
2
Do you understand this is one CRTAS award, not stacked with CGRS-M or CPRA in the same year?
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If you hope for an Indigenous Scholars Supplement or a joint initiative, will you follow that agency’s extra form rather than inventing an amount?
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Have you planned living costs separately? The agencies do not publish a city-by-city top-up on this page.

You meet these published cutoffs

Your budget uses the published $40,000 × 36 months figure.

You may not be eligible on these rules

Replace unofficial stipend tables with the agency pages.

This is a planning tool, not an official CIHR, NSERC or SSHRC decision. Confirm the current wording on the agency sites.

Funding-file tracker

Only dollar amounts taken from official CRTAS pages.

Recorded $40,000 / year for 36 months — CGRS-D
Noted CGRS-M is $27,000 for 12 months — if you are choosing the master’s door instead
Noted CPRA is $70,000 / year for 24 months — postdoctoral suite member, not this application
Read the Indigenous Scholars Supplement — $5,000 for one year if offered through NSERC or SSHRC
Opened joint-initiative lists on the agency you chose — do not invent extra stipends

Progress: 0% (0 of 5). This is a planning tool, not an official agency decision. Combine it with the full checklist.