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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
| Affiliated Fellowships Master's Program | December 1, 2025, 5:00PM PT | 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). |
| Canada Graduate Research Scholarships Master’s (CGRS M) Program | December 1, 2025, 5:00PM PT | The objective of the Canada Graduate Research Scholarships-Master's (CGRS M) Program is to help develop research skills and assist in the training of highly qualified personnel by supporting students who demonstrate a high standard of achievement in undergraduate and early graduate studies. The CGRS M Program provides financial support to high-calibre scholars who are engaged in eligible master's… |
| 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. |
| WorkSafeBC Research Training Awards | January 16, 2026, 4:00PM PST | WCB Research Training Awards are available to highly-qualified graduate students at the master’s and doctoral level. To qualify, applicants need to be engaged in a full-time graduate studies program with a B.C. university. International students are welcome to apply. These awards enable students to undertake research training with a focus on workplace health and safety. Awards include a $20,000… |
| 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… |
| BPOC Graduate Excellence Award | Likely in January 2026 | BPOC, Black, Persons of Colour Awards have been made available by the University of British Columbia for outstanding graduate students who identify as Black or as a Person of Colour, with preference for domestic students and for incoming research Master’s students. The award is intended to recognize excellence in research and scholarly performance by BPOC (Black and People of Colour) graduate students and to address systemic… |
| Mackenzie King Memorial Scholarships | Likely in February 2026 | The Mackenzie King Scholarships were set up under the will of the Rt. Hon. W.L. Mackenzie King (1874-1950), who was Prime Minister of Canada 1921-26, 1926-30, and 1935-48. 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. The Open Scholarship is… |
| Canadian Water Resources Association Scholarship | Likely in February 2026 | Canadian Water Resources Association Scholarships in Water Resources, CWRA The Canadian Water Resources Association (CWRA) annually offers five scholarships to graduate students whose programs of study focus on applied, natural, or social science aspects of water resources. All applicants receive a one-year membership in the Canadian Water Resources Association. |
| International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Research Awards | Likely in February 2026 | The IDRC Research Awards are offered to Canadians, permanent residents of Canada, and citizens of developing countries enrolled in a master’s or a doctoral degree at a recognized university OR who have completed a master’s or a doctoral degree at a recognized university (within the last three years). Research award recipients will join IDRC for a one-year paid program to undertake research on… |
| NSERC Foreign Study Supplements in Taiwan | Likely in February 2026 | FSS, MOST, NTHU Foreign Study Supplements in Taiwan provide graduate students in the natural sciences and engineering with first-hand research experience in an international setting. The primary goals of this program are to introduce students to science and engineering in Taiwan through a research laboratory environment, and to develop personal relationships that will improve their collaboration with their… |
| BC NEIHR Indigenous Graduate and Postdoctoral Funding | Likely in February 2026 | To develop research skills and assist with student burdens related to financial, family, community and cultural responsibilities, the BC NEIHR supports Indigenous (First Nations, Métis and Inuit) graduate students and postdoctoral fellows by annual competitions for Master’s and Doctoral scholarships and biennial (every two years) for Post-Doctoral fellowships. Scholarships include: BC NEIHR… |
| Last Day for Submission of Exam Copies of Doctoral Dissertations (April 30, 2026 Program End Date) | Friday, 06 February 2026 | Second of four deadlines for program completion by April 30, 2026. Last day for submission of exam copies of Doctoral Dissertations to Faculty of Graduate Studies for… |
| Indigenous Graduate Fellowships | Likely in February 2026 | IGF, AGF, First Nations, Metis, Indigenous, Inuit, Aboriginal Please note that the Indigenous Graduate Fellowship was known as the Aboriginal Graduate Fellowship until 2023. The University of British Columbia offers multi-year fellowships to master's and doctoral Indigenous students. Award winners are selected on the basis of academic merit through an annual competition administered by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. Effective… |
| J.A. Campbell Research Award | Likely in February 2026 | A grant to a maximum of $25,000 is offered by the Canadian Celiac Association for research projects in Canada of a scientific, applied science, and/or medical nature relevant to celiac disease, dermatitis herpetiformis, and/or non-celiac gluten sensitivity, or the socio-economic implications of delayed diagnosis and/or living with this conditions. The CCA is open to all types of relevant… |
| J.A. Campbell Young Investigator Award | Likely in February 2026 | The Dr. J. A. Campbell Young Investigator Award of $5,000 for any kind of research into Celiac Disease and / or Gluten Sensitivity is available to students and those who have recently completed degrees. |
| Indigenous Graduate Fellowships (IGF) 5th Year Award | Likely in February 2026 | IGF, Indigenous Graduate Fellowships, 5th Year Award, 5th Year Funding The University of British Columbia offers opportunities for eligible Indigenous PhD students to apply for a fifth year of funding, in line with the University’s core commitments to Indigenous engagement and student support. In recognition of the significant community engagement often required for research projects undertaken by Indigenous graduate students, this award is intended to provide… |
| Indigenous Graduate Fellowships (IGF) Research & Engagement Award | Likely in February 2026 | Indigenous Graduate Fellowships, IGF, Research and Travel Award, Research funding, Research and Engagement The University of British Columbia offers opportunities for eligible Indigenous research Master’s and PhD students to apply for research and travel funding, in line with the University’s core commitments to Indigenous engagement and student support. In recognition of the significant community engagement often required for research projects undertaken by Indigenous graduate students, this award… |
| Hugh C. Morris Experiential Fellowship | Likely in February 2026 | Hugh C. Morris Experiential Learning Fellowship The Hugh C. Morris Experiential Fellowship is designed to commemorate the life work and contributions to the fields of Geosciences, Climate Change, and Mathematics in Canada by Dr. Hugh C. Morris. This Fellowship, valued at $40,000, is open to any graduate student studying in Canada who is working in a field related to earth, geosciences, environment, alternative energy, water, climate change,… |
| Canadian Cancer Society Research Training Awards | Likely in February 2026 | CCS, Canadian Cancer Society, Cancer, Research Training Awards, Black, Indigenous The Canadian Cancer Society’s (CCS) Research Training Awards program aims to support growth and innovation in the next generation of diverse cancer researchers across Canada at the master's, doctoral, and postdoctoral levels. This program seeks to build inclusive capacity in all areas of cancer research, while fostering interdisciplinary learning, knowledge translation, mentorship, and engagement… |
| Maple Leaf Scholarship in Food Insecurity | Likely in February 2026 | Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security The Centre provides scholarships that recognize the contribution of David Emerson, Wallace McCain, Purdy Crawford, and W. Geoffrey Beattie as past Chairs of the Maple Leaf Foods’ Board of Directors. Four scholarships are scheduled to be awarded in the summer of 2024 to support Master or PhD students who propose to advance a better understanding of food insecurity in Canada. |
| Canadian Liver Foundation Graduate Studentships | Likely in March 2026 | The objective of the Canadian Liver Foundation (CLF) is to provide support for research and education into the causes, diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases of the liver. Graduate Studentship grants are intended for scientists-in-training who are working towards obtaining their master's or doctoral degree and whose research projects are related to liver diseases. |