Deadline Centre
IMPORTANT: These deadlines are specific to graduate students. There are additional deadlines in the UBC Academic Calendar that apply to all students.
Application deadlines can be found in the prospective student section as well as in each degree program profile.
| Name | Deadline | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Last Day for Final Doctoral Oral Examinations (Fall 2025 Graduation) | Friday, 19 September 2025 | Third of four deadlines for Fall 2025 graduation. Last day for doctoral final oral defence for Fall 2025 graduation. |
| Last day for application for November graduation | Friday, 03 October 2025 | Last day for applications for Congregation to be submitted by all graduate students expecting to graduate in November 2025. |
| CIHR Fellowship | Likely in October 2025 | Canada Research Training Awards Suite, CRTAS Important update: As part of a larger harmonization of Tri-Agency graduate and postdoctoral funding programs, the CIHR Fellowships program will be folded into the Canada Research Training Awards Suite (CRTAS) effective for the fall 2025 competition. This page will be updated with further details as they become available in summer 2025. The information below is from the previous competition,… |
| Simons Award in Nuclear Disarmament and Global Security | Likely in October 2025 | The Liu Institute for Global Issues in the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs offers this annual award to UBC students intending to undertake research on topics related to nuclear disarmament and global security. The award is funded by an endowment provided by The Simons Foundation Canada to advance the understanding of disarmament and arms… |
| John G. Bene Fellowship | Likely in October 2025 | Trees and People: Resilience in a changing climate, IDRC, CRDI, Bene Endowment Fund Justice for Women and Indigenous Peoples through Climate-resilient Forests and Food Systems - John G. Bene Fellowship 2024 Funded by the Bene Endowment and IDRC, the Bene fellowship is offered annually to Canadians and permanent residents of Canada pursuing master’s or doctoral studies at a Canadian university. Candidates should have an academic background that combines an interest in forests… |
| Last Day for Submission of Exam Copies of Doctoral Dissertations (December 31, 2025 Program End Date) | Wednesday, 15 October 2025 | Second of four deadlines for December 31, 2025 Program End Date. Last day for submission of exam copies of Doctoral Dissertations to Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral… |
| Last Day for Acceptance of Final, Approved Doctoral Dissertation (Fall 2025 Graduation) | Friday, 17 October 2025 | Fourth of four deadlines for Fall 2025 Graduation. Last day for acceptance of final, approved doctoral dissertation by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for… |
| Last day for G+PS approval of final master’s theses and doctoral dissertations for November graduation | Friday, 17 October 2025 | Last day for final master's theses and doctoral dissertations to be approved by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for November 2025 Congregation. Must be approved and accepted (not just submitted) by 4:00 pm. Students are expected to submit 3-5 days before this approval deadline in order to have time for corrections. |
| Last day for students to complete all program requirements for November graduation | Friday, 17 October 2025 | Last day for students to complete all program requirements (including major papers) for non-thesis master's degrees for November 2025 Congregation. |
| DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst) Scholarships and Research Grants | Likely in October 2025 | Study Scholarships and Research Grants are available for highly qualified graduate students, PhD candidates, and post-doctoral researchers in all disciplines to study and carry out research at universities or research institutes in Germany. Study Scholarships: Highly qualified final year undergraduate students or those who have received an undergraduate degree of all disciplines may apply… |
| Transdisciplinary Understanding and Training on Research - Primary Health Care (TUTOR-PHC) | Likely in November 2025 | Transdisciplinary Understanding and Training on Research - Primary Health Care (TUTOR-PHC) is a one-year national interdisciplinary training program funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF) with representation from the disciplines of Family Medicine, Nursing, Psychology, Epidemiology, Social Work, Sociology, Education… |
| Canada-US Fulbright Program | Likely in November 2025 | The Canada-US Fulbright Program is a bi-national program of educational exchange, with a mandate to enhance mutual understanding between the people of Canada and the people of the United States of America. Available to graduate students, faculty, professionals and independent researchers, successful applicants conduct research, lecture, or enroll in formal academic programs in the United States… |
| John W. Davies Memorial Award | Saturday, 01 November 2025 | One award of $3,000 is offered by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, Arctic Section in memory of John W. Davies, a former Chairman of the Artcic Section. The competition is open to any full time graduate student at a recognized University in Canada or the US State of Alaska whose research will assist in providing solutions to problems encountered in the Arctic or in cold… |
| Karl C. Ivarson Agricultural Scholarship | Likely in November 2025 | This scholarship is open to agricultural science students from the province of Alberta. Students may be enrolled in any post‐secondary institution within or outside the province of Alberta. Candidates must hold Canadian Citizenship or Permanent Residence status in Canada and be enrolled in their graduate program for at least one semester beyond the application deadline. |
| Zonta International Amelia Earhart Fellowship | Likely in November 2025 | Zonta International’s Amelia Earhart Fellowships memorialize famed air pioneer and Zontian, Amelia Earhart, who disappeared over the Pacific in 1937. By remembering Amelia Earhart through this fellowship, Zonta International encourages and supports women to expand their horizons by pursuing degrees and careers in aerospace-related sciences or aerospace-related engineering. |
| PEO Scholar Award | Likely in November 2025 | The P.E.O. Scholar Awards are one-time, competitive, merit-based awards intended to recognize and encourage academic excellence and achievement by women in doctoral-level programs. These awards provide partial support for study and research. P.E.O. Scholars have demonstrated their ability to make significant contributions in their chosen field of study, having assumed leadership positions in… |
| IBM PhD Fellowship Award | Likely in November 2025 | Since 1951, the IBM PhD Fellowship Program has collaborated with faculty, students and universities by recognizing and supporting exceptional PhD students that address focused areas of interest in technology. Interested applicants must be nominated by a doctoral faculty member. The nominator provides the supporting documentation (CV, dissertation description, etc.), categorizes the… |
| Nominations for External Examiner form (Spring 2026 Graduation) | Friday, 14 November 2025 | First of four deadlines for Spring 2026 graduation. Last day for Supervisors to submit Nominations for External Examiner form to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies… |
| Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship | Monday, 17 November 2025 | The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship Program offers a three-year program designed to train engaged leaders with the skills required to turn their ideas into actions and contribute concretely to addressing the challenges of their communities, Canada, and the world.While the Foundation continues to seek scholars with the greatest intellectual capacity and a track record of… |
| Future Forests Fellowship | Likely in November 2025 | An annual $70,000 fellowship has been established by a private grant-making foundation. This prestigious fellowship will be awarded to an incoming PhD student in the Faculty of Forestry whose intended studies fit within one of the following areas of excellence within the Faculty: Forest Products Biotechnology; Bioenergy; Forest Genomics; Climate Change; Urban Forestry; Forest Management;… |
| Linda Michaluk Scholarship | Likely in November 2025 | The Linda Michaluk Scholarship (LMS) is a scholarship of $2,500 established to honour the contributions to the College of Applied Biology by the founding Chief Executive Officer (Executive Director). The College of Applied Biology is the regulatory body for applied biology professionals working with natural resources in British Columbia. The purpose of the scholarship is to provide financial… |
| Robert Caton and David Bates Scholarships | Likely in November 2025 | Funding is available through the Robert Caton and David Bates Scholarships to support graduate level students with high ideals, demonstrated interest in studies relating to atmospheric sciences, air quality and health or policy and specific goals leading to future work in that field. |
| Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme | Likely in December 2025 | The Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS) aims at attracting the best and brightest students in the world to pursue their PhD studies in Hong Kong's institutions. The Fellowship provides an annual stipend of HK$309,600 (approximately US$39,700) and a conference and research-related travel allowance of HK$12,900 (approximately US$1,700) per year for each awardee for a period up to… |
| Strengthening Mothers through Perinatal Research Award | Likely in December 2025 | A $1,650 award is offered annually by Beverley O’Brien for graduate students pursuing research into woman-centered, holistic and physiologic maternity care. Beverley O’Brien is a UBC Nursing alumna, Professor Emerita in the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Nursing, and a Registered Midwife. |
| Canada Graduate Scholarships Master’s (CGS M) Program | Likely in December 2025 | CGSM, CGS M, CGS-M, CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC, Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Master’s, CGRS M, CGRS-M Important update: As part of a larger harmonization of Tri-Agency graduate and postdoctoral funding programs, the CGS-Master’s program will become the Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Master’s (CGRS M) effective for the fall 2025 competition. The value, eligibility and selection criteria, and application procedures will remain largely unchanged from previous years. This page will be… |
| Affiliated Fellowships Master's Program | Likely in December 2025 | The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies offers approximately 50 Affiliated Fellowships each year to meritorious students for full-time study and/or research leading to a graduate degree. Awards are made on the basis of academic excellence, with applications open to current and prospective full-time UBC graduate students. Fellowship values range from $175 to $16,000. |
| Google Lime Scholarship | Likely in December 2025 | The Google Lime Scholarship provides funding and networking retreats for computer science students with disabilities. Candidates will also be considered for software engineering internship opportunities with Google. Scholarships will be awarded based on the strength of candidates' academic background and a demonstrated passion for computer science - $10,000 for those studying in… |
| PEO International Peace Scholarship | Likely in December 2025 | IPS The International Peace Scholarship Fund, established in 1949, is a program which provides scholarships for selected women from other countries for graduate study in the United States and Canada. Members of the P.E.O. believe that education is fundamental to world peace and understanding. |
| Tri-Agency Indigenous Scholars Awards and Supplements Pilot Initiative | Likely 1 December 2025 | CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC, Indigenous The Indigenous Scholars Awards and Supplements Pilot Initiative will provide financial support to meritorious Indigenous students who have applied to the Canada Graduate Scholars—Master’s program (CGS M). |
| Nominations for External Examiner form (April 30, 2026 Program End Date) | Friday, 05 December 2025 | First of four deadlines for program completion by April 30, 2026. Last day to submit Nominations for External Examiner form to the Faculty of Graduate Studies for April 30, 2026 program end date… |
| Last Day for Final Doctoral Oral Examinations (December 31, 2025 Program End Date) | Monday, 15 December 2025 | Third of four deadlines for December 31, 2025 Program End Date. Last day for doctoral final oral defence for December 31, 2025 Program End Date. |
| Department Awards | Likely in December 2025 | UBC graduate programs nominate graduate students for a number of awards funded by donors and the university. Nominees are selected by graduate programs from applications submitted by students through an open competition or from nominations submitted by faculty members. Award descriptions can be reviewed via the searchable awards database administered by the Student Financial Assistance and… |
| Four Year Doctoral Fellowship (4YF) | Likely in December 2025 | The Four Year Doctoral Fellowship (4YF) program will ensure UBC's best PhD, DMA, and MDPhD students are provided with financial support of at least $18,200 per year plus tuition for up to four years of their doctoral studies. This program allows UBC to continue to attract and support outstanding domestic and international doctoral students, and provide those students with stable, base-level… |
| International Tuition Award | Likely in December 2025 | International Partial Tuition Scholarship, IPTS, ITA International Tuition Awards assist international graduate students with their tuition fees if they are registered full-time in research-oriented master’s and doctoral programs at UBC - Vancouver campus. |
| Graduate Student Travel and Research Dissemination Fund | Likely in December 2025 | Research Dissemination; Travel & Research Dissemination Fund, Graduate Student Travel Fund, Travel Fund, GSTF Graduate students are eligible to receive the Graduate Student Travel and Research Dissemination Fund once per degree program. The Travel and Research Dissemination Fund provides funding support of $500 per graduate student. Travelling outside of Canada: When students are planning travel outside of Canada for university purposes, they have obligations under UBC’s Student Safety Abroad… |
| Graduate Support Initiative (GSI) Awards | Likely in December 2025 | The Graduate Support Initiative is a program for funding graduate students through entrance scholarships, multi-year funding packages, tuition awards and scholarship top-ups. GSI funding cannot be used as payment for employment; nor will it replace funding for TA-ships. Approximately $6.5 million in GSI funding is awarded each year across all UBC graduate programs. Departments: Please refer to… |
| Killam Fellowship Travel and Research Allowance | Likely in December 2025 | Killam The UBC Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Fund for Advanced Studies provides continuing Killam Doctoral Scholars and Postdoctoral Research Fellows with an allowance to promote travel for research and to attend and/or present at academic meetings. Recipients of doctoral and postdoctoral funding offers made in 2024 onward are not eligible for the allowance; instead, those recipients receive a higher… |
| Doctoral Recruitment Fellowship | Discontinued | DRF, Doctoral Recruitment Award, DRA The Doctoral Recruitment Fellowships (DRF) enable new UBC-V Assistant Professors to recruit outstanding doctoral students. The two-fold purpose is achieved as follows: DRF slots are allocated to disciplinary Faculties, to be included in select faculty recruitment packages to (i) attract outstanding faculty to UBC. These DRF slots then provide a head start to new faculty by supporting them to (ii… |
| President's Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award | Ongoing | PAEI, PAEIPA President's Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Awards (PAEIPA) totalling approximately $4.3 million per year are provided to recognize the significant contributions of PhD students to the research activities of the university. The awards are available to all new and continuing PhD students, except Joint PhD students who are not being assessed tuition at UBC for the term (see "Eligiblity" for… |
| Globalink Graduate Fellowship | Likely in January 2026 | MITACS Globalink The Globalink Graduate Fellowship provides financial support to former Globalink Research Interns to return to Canada for graduate studies at select Mitacs university partners, including UBC. The fellowship provides $15,000 for two academic terms. |
| Mitacs Globalink Research Award | Likely in January 2026 | The Mitacs Globalink Research Award helps faculty members and students at Canadian universities build an international research network and undertake research abroad. The award provides $6,000 for senior undergraduate and graduate students to undertake 12- to 24-week research projects supervised by professors at accredited universities overseas. The award is open to all disciplines. Please note… |
| Last Day for Acceptance of Final, Approved Doctoral Dissertation (December 31, 2025 Program End Date) | Friday, 09 January 2026 | Fourth of four deadlines for December 31, 2025 Program End Date. Last day for acceptance of final, approved doctoral dissertation by the Faculty of Graduate and… |
| Last day for G+PS approval of final master’s theses and doctoral dissertations for December 31 end date | Friday, 09 January 2026 | Last day for final master's theses and doctoral dissertations to be approved by the Faculty of Graduate Studies for December 31 2025 program end date. Must be approved and accepted (not just submitted) by 4:00 pm. Students are expected to submit 3-5 days before this approval deadline in order to have time for corrections. Students who meet this deadline will not be assessed… |
| Last day for students to complete all program requirements for December 31 end date | Friday, 09 January 2026 | Last day for students to complete all program requirements (including major papers) for non-thesis master's degrees for December 31 2025 program end date. Students who meet this deadline will not be assessed tuition and student fees for Winter Session Term 2. |
| Last Day for Submission of Exam Copies of Doctoral Dissertations (Spring 2026 Graduation) | Friday, 16 January 2026 | Second of four deadlines for Spring 2026 graduation. Last day for submission of exam copies of Doctoral Dissertations to Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for… |
| Canadian Northern Studies Trust Awards | Likely in January 2026 | CNST, Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies, ACUNS, Garfield Weston, Archaeology, Northern Research, POLAR, Northern Resident, Jim McDonald, Gunther Abrahamson The Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS) established its scholarship program, the Canadian Northern Studies Trust (CNST) in 1982 to advance knowledge and understanding of Canada’s North. The purpose of the CNST is to develop a cadre of scholars and scientists with northern experience and, at the same time, to enhance the educational opportunities available for… |
| Parliamentary Internship Programme | Likely in January 2026 | The Parliamentary Internship Programme (PIP) provides a unique opportunity to learn about Canadian Parliament first-hand by working one-on-one with a government and an opposition Member of Parliament. Providing private Members of the House of Commons with highly qualified assistants, this 10-month internship is administered through the Canadian Political Science Association and is not associated… |
| Soroptimist Foundation of Canada Grants for Women Graduate Students | Likely in January 2026 | The Soroptimist Foundation of Canada annually offers several $8,500 grants to female graduate students in Canada to assist them with university studies that will qualify them for careers that will improve the quality of women’s lives. Examples include but are not limited to: providing medical services, providing legal counselling and assistance, counselling mature women entering or re-… |
| Dr. Jim McDonald Scholarship for Northern Research | Likely in January 2026 | The Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Research (ACUNS), with the support of the family of the late Dr. Jim McDonald, is sponsoring one scholarship valued at $5,000 for Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada currently enrolled in graduate studies in the social sciences and humanities as these pertain to Canada’s north and its inhabitants. Community-based-research,… |
| TELUS Graduate Fellowship on Telecommunications Policy | Likely in January 2026 | TELUS is proud to announce the TELUS Graduate Fellowship on Telecommunications Policy. The objective of the Fellowship is to support excellence in public policy research and develop leadership and expertise within Canada on issues of telecommunications policy. The Fellowship will support graduate students who wish to undertake independent, innovative research on issues related to… |