20 Waterloo Engineering doctoral students awarded $2.4M in the inaugural Canada Graduate Research Scholarships – Doctoral

Twenty Waterloo Engineering doctoral students share $2.4 million awarded in the first round of the Canada Graduate Research Scholarships – Doctoral, the federal program’s new doctoral award. Each recipient receives $120,000 over three years. Awardees were chosen equally on research potential and on experience and accomplishments inside and outside academia. The announcement notes that after the 2025 consolidation into the CRTAs, the program added 1,200 doctoral awards nationwide per year. In total, the University of Waterloo secured 50 of this year’s scholarships, representing $6 million.