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Barely slept, zzz.

I wonder if you could use the scholarship as leverage to get in the program... I think it's worth trying to contact the GPD.

Quite possible! Also read something on UofT's website about divisions; could be the different committees? But again, that's mere speculation to pass time. No idea how I'll fall asleep tonight!

OMG. I'm so tempted to drop by York tomorrow and politely ask with those eyes! By the way... googled without success the meaning of D3. Any clues?

@ROCOCO92Chinoiserie: Check out the Fulbright website specific to your country of origin (if you're Chinese, which you seem to be the case based on other posts, this link might help: http://beijing.usembassy-china.org.cn/for_chinese_citizens.html); you might find information more specific to your situation! @Cat Time: Definitively apply for the Traditional Student Award! It's one of the only awards/scholarships that Canadian PhD students can apply to (apart from SSHRC) if I'm not mistaken, and you can only apply to it before you set foot in the US for your studies given their residency requirement. The award rate is around 10% for students, depending of course on how many people apply for any given years. In terms of what they are looking for, I can't give you a definitive answer. I would assume that the epicenter of the application is the two statements. In my application (I got the award a few weeks ago), I emphasized two points: 1) leadership, specifically in terms of what I hoped to do in the US (beyond studying and attending seminars) while I'm holding the award, and how it will benefit both countries; 2) how my research speaks to the cultural exchange value of the program, which was tricky in my case, given that my ethnographic research will eventually lead me to Senegal in years 3, 4, or 5. Also, read carefully their application FAQs, as in many cases, it overrides the instructions on the Embark website.

As per their website (http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/programs-programmes/fellowships/doctoral-doctorat-eng.aspx), mojoliveshere is right that, unlike the fellowship, SSHRC only award CGS for 36 months... which means, indeed, that you would receive funding until you graduate or the award runs out. You're eligible for CGS until the end of your 16th month of doctoral studies as per their website again, so you should fall under the category of " Applicants who will have completed between 5 and 16 months," calculated based on December 31 of the year of your application. Good luck!