Affiliated Fellowships Doctoral Program

Applicants must meet all eligibility requirements.

Applicants who plan to be registered in a Master's program in September 2020, should refer to Affiliated Fellowships Master's Program.

Citizenship

All students regardless of citizenship are eligible to apply. Canadian citizens and permanent residents are required to apply to the Tri-Agency CGS D program, if they are eligible to do so. 

Effective fall 2019, Canada’s three federal granting agencies (CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC) have now harmonized the Canada Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral program. Please visit the new CGS D Program page for the harmonized application process and timeline. In addition to the CGS D, each agency has its own doctoral awards. Refer to the appropriate literature for CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC for further details.

Fields of Study

With the exception of those program listed below, students in all fields of graduate study are eligible to apply. Exceptions:

•   Master of Business Administration
•   Master of Management
•   Master of Engineering (in Faculty of Applied Science)
•   Doctor of Pharmacy

Student Status

Applicants who plan to be registered full-time graduate students at UBC's Vancouver campus as of September 2020 are eligible to apply.

Months of Graduate Funding

Doctoral-level Funding

To be eligible, applicants must have completed, as of December 31, 2019:

• between zero and 36 months of full-time (or full-time equivalent) doctoral studies, if they have undertaken Masters-level studies (whether completed or not). In cases where a student has transferred directly from a Master’s program into a doctoral program without receiving a Master’s degree, eligibility for doctoral funding will be counted from the effective date of transfer to the doctoral program.
• between zero and 48 months of full-time (or full-time equivalent) doctoral studies, if they have proceeded directly from a Bachelor’s or equivalent program to their doctoral program and have not held four years of combined doctoral funding from Tri-Agency scholarships, Affiliated Fellowships, Four Year Fellowship, and other mutli-year UBC fellowships (e.g., Aboriginal Graduate Fellowship, International Doctoral Fellowship, and Graduate Global Leadership Fellowship).

Please note that:

• all previous studies at the graduate level, regardless of institution and discipline, will be included in determining months of study eligibility. For example, a prior PhD's months of study would count towards the applicant's total months of study.
• successful applicants for doctoral-level funding who have undertaken Masters-level studies (first point immediately above) will not receive funding past the end of their 48th month of doctoral-level study
• successful applicants for doctoral-level funding who have proceeded directly from a Bachelor’s or equivalent program (second point immediately above) will not receive funding past the end of their 60th month of doctoral-level study
• Students registered in a fast-track program (accelerated from a Master’s program into a doctoral program without obtaining the Master’s degree) or a direct-entry doctoral program (no Masters-level studies) who have completed between zero and 12 months of graduate-level studies by December 31, 2019 may choose to submit their application to the Masters-level funding competition. This will result in their application being ranked against applications from other students at a similar point in their graduate career. Should they submit their application to the Masters-level funding competition, any funding offer will be restricted to a maximum of 12 months and they will not be considered for doctoral-level funding such as a Killam Doctoral Scholarship. They can subsequently apply to future doctoral-level competitions for further funding.