Astragalus

My understanding of this 'clawback' is that the institution deducts the cost of the external award from your guaranteed funding (usually in the form of a fellowship). So if you're fellowship is $15000, when you win SSHRC the institution would be off the hook for the total amount of your fellowship. As a small gesture they often provide externally funded students with a top up of $1000, or $1500 or something along those lines. From what I've heard this is not always the case (at some institutions external funding is just icing on the cake, you could say) but I know it is at UofT. Anyway, I'd assume as much from any institution, but it doesn't hurt to drop their Graduate Coordinator an email and confirm.