Awards & Funding

For awards and funding opportunities

Friedman Award for Scholars in Health – Apply by Mar 13, 2024

Friedman Award for Scholars in Health The Friedman Award for Scholars in Health is open to any UBC graduate student or medical resident studying in the area of health. ‘Health’ is interpreted very broadly, and includes health promotion and disease prevention, mental health research, laboratory sciences related to medicine or health, public health, health services research, or […]

Indigenous Graduate Fellowships competition – Apply by: Feb 16, 2024

Indigenous Graduate Fellowships competition Each fellowship provides a stipend of $18,200 per year for Doctoral students or a stipend of $16,175 per year for Master’s students. Additionally, IGF recipients are eligible to receive tuition funding. Tuition funding will not exceed the current value of the standard Doctoral or Master’s degree tuition fees. In all cases, continued fellowship support is conditional on […]

Mackenzie King Memorial Scholarships – Apply by: Feb 1, 2024

Mackenzie King Memorial Scholarships The Mackenzie King Open Scholarship is open to graduates of any Canadian university who engage in (commence or continue) graduate study (master’s or doctoral) in any field, in Canada or elsewhere. One Open Scholarship is awarded annually. The value has lately been $12,000 but is subject to change. The Mackenzie King […]

Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarships – Apply by: Dec1, 2023

Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarships The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship Program offers a three-year leadership program designed to train Engaged Leaders, equipping doctoral candidates with the skills to translate their ideas into action, for the betterment of their communities, Canada, and the world.  At least 12 doctoral Scholars are selected each year and receive generous funding for […]

Affiliated Fellowships-Master’s and CGS-M Competitions – Apply by: Dec 1, 2023

The following three awards are related; the Affiliated Fellowships and the Indigenous Scholars Awards and Supplements Pilot Initiative are open to eligible applicants to to the Tri-Agency Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s (CGS-M). UBC Affiliated Fellowships-Master’s The UBC Affiliated Fellowships Master’s competition runs in concert with the Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s (CGS-M; see below) competition. Approximately 50 fellowship with […]

McElhanney M-POWER Scholarship Program – Apply by: Nov 3, 2023 (Undergrad+Grad)

McElhanney M-POWER Scholarship Program This is an external award, not affiliated with UBC or the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Application Deadline: Nov 3, 2023 (Indigenous Peoples Scholarship is open year-round) Value: various Degree level: undergraduate + graduate students The McElhanney M-POWER Scholarship Program is intended to empower, support, and recognize young professionals of all backgrounds […]

Call for Applications: Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation Grant – Due: Oct 1

Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Foundation Grant The Tyler Lewis Clean Energy Research Grant was established to provide financial support and promote graduate student research in the field of clean energy at Canadian Universities. An award of $10,000 will be granted on an annual basis to one eligible student. Up to two additional grants ($10,000 […]

Call for Nominations: ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award – Due: Sep 22, 2023 (8AM)

ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award ACM established the Doctoral Dissertation Award program to recognize and encourage superior research and writing by doctoral candidates in computer science and engineering. The award is presented each June at the ACM Awards Banquet and is accompanied by a prize of $20,000 plus travel expenses to the banquet.  As of January […]

Call for Applications: Tri-Agency CGS-D / Affiliated Fellowships Doctoral Competitions – Deadline: Sept 12, 2023

Tri-Agency Canada Graduate Scholarships-Doctoral (CGS-D) Applicants applying through UBC will either be: currently registered in, or are on an approved leave of absence from, a degree program at UBC not currently registered anywhere but was registered at any other time during the year of application (2023) in a degree program at UBC If a student […]

Call for Applications: Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowships – Deadline: Oct 16, 2023

Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowships The UBC Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowships are provided annually from the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Fund for Advanced Studies and are available for most fields of research. The number of awards offered presently varies between three and five per year. Value: Annual stipend of $50,000 for a maximum of two years plus a […]