MadImmunologist

It depends on your institution/department regulations and your supervisor. I know for some departments (at UBC) that they do what they're doing with you... the CGS-M replaces their internal funding, and the university only gives them enough money to bring them up to the minimum funding (I.e. $17500 from CGSM + another $6500 from UBC to bring them to UBC's minimum $24000 funding). I know other departments within UBC that allows the student to keep the internal funding AND the CGS-M. I also know other students who were only accepted into their program IF they got the CGS-M. So it is highly variable... and if you have any concerns, you should raise them with your department right away!

Got a CIHR CGS-M at UBC! Was waitlisted (alternate) last year and never got off the list, so I'm very happy to have gotten it this time around. Last year, I was never told my ranking or any feedback (the Faculty declined). I know that UBC has a large number of allocations, and through the grapevine I learned that they waitlist around 15-25% of their allocation numbers. Good luck everyone! EDIT: Also through the grapevine - UBC (at least the Faculty of Medicine) does rounds of offers after each round expires... I.e. every 3 weeks. So you can save yourself the constant refreshing