For awards provided by SFU, you must provide DGS with the:

• signed and dated Award Acceptance Form (you will have received this via email)
• completed Direct Deposit Form & void cheque

For Donor Designated awards: you must provide DGS with the:

• award letter as provided by the agency (outlining the award dates and value)
• completed Direct Deposit Form & void cheque

Please submit the following documents to activate your CIHR Award:

• a copy of the CIHR Offer of an Award, which includes the award name, start date, duration and value
• a copy of the CIHR Response to an Offer of Award
• CIHR Confirmation of Commencement, signed by award-holder and supervisor
• CIHR Master's Awards Confirmation of Registration Form. Award-holders are required to submit this form to DGS for completion - the completed form will be sent to CIHR on your behalf.
• signed Tri-Council Payment Authorization Form (sent to you by DGS after the remaining documents above have been submitted and processed)
• completed Direct Deposit Form & void cheque

Send directly to CIHR the following:

• Response to the Offer of Award
• Read the award-holders guide or access your CIHR account through CIHR Research Net

Please submit to DGS via paper or email, the following documents to activate your NSERC Award:

• A copy of the Award Letter including the page which shows the award amount and duration
• NSERC Payment Activation Form 1B Part I
• completed Direct Deposit Form & void cheque
• signed Tri-Council Payment Authorization Form (sent to you by Graduate Studies after the remaining documents above have been submitted and processed)

Send directly to NSERC via paper, email or fax, the following:

• NSERC Acceptance or Refusal of Award Form 1A
  
• NSERC Payment Activation Form 1B Part II
• other forms as required (Request to Change University, Request for Deferment, etc). The Dean of Graduate Studies Office requires a copy of these forms.

Please submit to DGS the following documents to activate your SSHRC award:

• copy of your 'Notice of Award'
• SSHRC Payment Activation Form Part I & Part II
• signed Tri-Council Payment Authorization Form (sent to you by DGS after the remaining documents above have been submitted and processed)
• completed Direct Deposit Form & void cheque

The steps for initiating the payment for Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) is as follows:

• Accept the award by returning the Award Acceptance Form to DGS
• Submit the Personal Data Form and voided cheque to the department in which you will be holding the USRA
• The department will create a Student Research Appointment Form (FPP4 — for the Supervisor's portion of the award) and forward it, together with your personal data form and cheque to Payroll
• The department is required to send a copy of the FPP4 to the Dean of Graduate Studies office