To be eligible to apply to each of the funding streams, applicants must be working in research areas that are related to one or more of the MINDS Policy Challenges and/or Canada’s defence policy Strong, Secure, Engaged (PDF, 13.5 MB). The eligibility requirements listed below for each stream also apply. For the MINDS Master’s Scholarships for Indigenous Students, applicants must: first be eligible to apply to the CGS M competition, under the “social sciences and/or humanities field of research” stream; and self-identify as Indigenous. For the MINDS Initiative Doctoral Awards, applicants must: first be eligible to apply to the SSHRC Doctoral Awards competition. For the MINDS Initiative Postdoctoral Fellowships, applicants must: first be eligible to apply to the SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships competition. For the MINDS Scholarship Initiative Supplements, applicants must: first be eligible to apply to one of the following funding opportunities: CGS M competition (under the “social sciences and/or humanities field of research” stream); SSHRC Doctoral Awards competition; or SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships competition.