CIHR Doctoral Research Awards

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Doctoral Research Awards provide special recognition and support to students who are pursuing a doctoral degree in a health-related field. Two types of awards are available. Please be advised that an applicant can only apply to one competition in the same year:

• Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship Doctoral Awards (CGS-D) for students pursuing a doctoral degree in a health-related field in Canada
  • UBC application deadline: 14 September 2021 at 12:00 pm PDT
• Doctoral Foreign Study Award (DFSA) for students pursuing a doctoral degree in a health-related field abroad (outside Canada)
  • CIHR application deadline: 19 October 2021 (apply directly to CIHR)

Please note that if successful, an applicant cannot change the proposed location or institution paid from a Canadian institution (CGSD application) to a foreign institution (DFSA application) since the purpose of these competitions are different.