Graduate Education

Student Award in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion—Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada

Overview This award will be offered annually to a woman university or college student* who advances equity, diversity and inclusion within and/or outside their institution through outstanding dedication and excellence or community outreach and activism. academic records. Value $4,000 Eligibility Women registered in Master’s or PhD programs at any Member Institution of Universities Canada within a designated […]

Graduate Student Award of Merit — Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada

Note: this award is not being offered in Ontario until 2023. Applications will be accepted late 2022. Overview Awards will be offered annually to the women graduate students who have demonstrated outstanding leadership in the university or general community while maintaining exemplary academic records. Value $3,500 Eligibility Women registered in Master’s or PhD programs at any Member […]

Mitacs Awards

Overview Mitacs is a national, not-for-profit organization that has designed and delivered research and training programs in Canada for 15 years. Working with 60 universities, thousands of companies, and both federal and provincial governments, Mitacs builds partnerships that support industrial and social innovation in Canada. Mitacs was founded in 1999 as a Canadian Network of Centres […]

W.L. Mackenzie King Memorial Scholarships

Overview The Mackenzie King Scholarships were established as an independent trust under the will of the late Rt. Hon. William Mackenzie King (1874–1950). Two classes of Mackenzie King Scholarship are available to graduates of Canadian universities: the Open Scholarship and the Travelling Scholarship. Both are to support graduate study. Value and Duration Eligibility Deadlines How […]

Trudeau Doctoral Scholarship

Overview The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship Program will help shape researchers into engaged leaders who are conscious of the impact of their research, connected to the realities of the communities in which they work, and open to non-conventional forms of knowledge. Up to 15 Trudeau Scholars are selected each year nationally to support outstanding […]

Governor General’s Gold Medals

Overview Lord Dufferin, Canada’s third Governor General after Confederation, created the Academic Medals in 1873 to encourage academic excellence across the nation. Over the years, they have become the most prestigious award that students in Canadian schools can receive. Medals are presented on behalf of the Governor General by participating educational institutions, along with personalized […]

Michael Smith CGS Foreign Study Supplements (CGSFSS)

Overview The CGS-MSFSS Program supports high-calibre Canadian graduate students in building global linkages and international networks through the pursuit of exceptional research experiences at recognized universities abroad. By accessing international scientific research and training, CGSMSFSS recipients contribute to strengthening the potential for collaboration between Canadian universities and affiliated research institutions and universities, or other research […]

SSHRC Impact Talent Award

Overview The Talent Award recognizes outstanding achievement by an individual who, at the nomination deadline, holds a SSHRC doctoral or postdoctoral fellowship or scholarship (including, but not limited to, a Canada Graduate Scholarship, Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship or Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship). Value and Duration $50,000 one year Eligibility Eligibility to Apply Deadlines and Application process […]

The John Charles Polanyi Prizes

Overview In honour of the achievement of John Charles Polanyi, recipient of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Government of the Province of Ontario has established a fund to provide annually up to five prizes to outstanding researchers in the early stages of their career who are continuing to post–doctoral studies or have recently […]

Ontario Trillium Scholarships (OTS)

Please note that this opportunity has been suspended and is not accepting any applications at this time. Overview Announced in November 2010, the Ontario Trillium Scholarships (OTS) program will help the best doctoral students from around the world to study in Ontario. Each OTS is worth $40,000 annually and is renewable for a maximum of […]