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 |
|---|---|---|
| Killam Connection | Likely in September 2024 | The Killam Connection program provides up to $25,000 to enable UBC faculty to host an interdisciplinary research forum and graduate course. |
| Killam Awards for Excellence in Mentoring | Likely in September 2024 | The Killam Awards for Excellence in Mentoring recognize outstanding mentorship of numerous graduate students over many years. |
| Karl C. Ivarson Scholarship for Students in Soil Science and Related Studies | Likely in April 2024 | Dr. Karl C. Ivarson Scholarship provides financial support to students entering second or subsequent year of graduate studies in soil science (agriculture, agro-ecology, resource management, environment, geology or other related disciplines). 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. |
| Karl C. Ivarson Agricultural Scholarship | Likely in November 2024 | 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. |
| Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation of Canada Scholarship for Canadian Women | Likely in March 2025 | The Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation of Canada offers a graduate scholarship to female Canadian citizens pursuing PhD studies. |
| John W. Davies Memorial Award | Likely in June 2024 | 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 Arctic Section. The competition is open to any full time graduate student whose research will assist in providing solutions to problems encountered in the Arctic or in cold ocean environments. |
| John Peters Humphrey Fellowship | Likely in September 2024 | Provided by the Canadian Council on International Law (CCIL), the John Peters Humphrey Fellowship in International Human Rights or International Organization is awarded to outstanding students to support them in the pursuit of full-time graduate studies in the fields of international human rights or international organization. This fellowship is made in honour of John Peters Humphrey, a renowned Canadian international lawyer. |
| John G. Bene Fellowship | Likely in July 2024 | Trees and People: Resilience in a changing climate – John G. 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 with social sciences (e.g., forestry/agroforestry/natural resources management/environmental sciences). |
| J.A. Campbell Young Investigator Award | Likely in February 2025 | The 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. |
| J.A. Campbell Research Award | Likely in February 2025 | A grant to a maximum of $25,000 is offered 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 research and is not restricted to medical research. |
| IODE War Memorial Scholarship | Likely in October 2024 | The National Chapter of Canada IODE initiated War Memorial Doctoral Scholarships in 1918 to commemorate Canadians who sacrificed their lives for peace and freedom. Initially, bursaries were granted to children of men and women who lost their lives or who were permanently disabled while fighting for Canada. Today, applicants are judged on academic excellence and potential. Applicants must be Canadian citizens and in at least their second year of doctoral program at a Canadian or Commonwealth university. |
| International Tuition Award | Likely in December 2024 | The International Tuition Award assists international graduate students with their tuition fees if they are registered full-time in research-oriented master’s and doctoral programs. |
| International Policy Ideas Challenge | Likely in May 2024 | |
| International Doctoral Fellowship | Discontinued | Provides five years of funding for top incoming international doctoral students. |
| International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Research Awards | Likely in February 2025 | 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. Research award recipients will undertake a one-year paid program of research focused on at least one developing country. |
| Indigenous Graduate Fellowships (IGF) Research & Engagement Award | Likely in February 2025 | Funding in support of research and travel expenses is awarded to current holders of the Indigenous Graduate Fellowship award in full-time Master's or Doctoral Programs in any discipline, whose work will contribute directly or indirectly to community engagement and relationship building with Indigenous communities. |
| Indigenous Graduate Fellowships (IGF) 5th Year Award | Likely in February 2025 | An $18,200 per annum stipend plus tuition is awarded on the recommendation of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies to full-time Indigenous Doctoral students from all disciplines to fund their 5th year of study. |
| Indigenous Graduate Fellowships | Likely in February 2025 | Multi-year fellowships are offered to Indigenous graduate students. |
| IDRC Doctoral Research Awards | Likely in June 2024 | The IDRC Doctoral Research Award supports field research aligned with IDRC’s mandate. Proposed research must fit within the priorities of the Agriculture and Environment, Inclusive Economies, or Technology and Innovation program areas. The award supports field research conducted in one or more countries in the Global South |
| IBM PhD Fellowship Award | Likely in November 2024 | 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. |
| Hugh C. Morris Experiential Fellowship | Likely in February 2025 | The Hugh C. Morris Experiential Fellowship will be awarded to a Masters or Doctoral student who exhibits excellence in research and seeks to further their knowledge through a program of experiential learning. |
| Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme | Likely in December 2024 | The Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme aims at attracting the best and brightest students in the world to pursue their PhD studies in Hong Kong's institutions. |
| Heart & Stroke Foundation Personnel Awards for Indigenous Scholars | Likely in September 2024 | Indigenous, Heart & Stroke, Heart and Stroke Foundation, Personnel Awards for Indigenous Scholars, Heart health, brain health, CIHR, Brain Canada, First Nations, Inuit, Métis |
| Health System Impact Fellowship | Likely in February 2025 | The Health System Impact (HSI) Fellowship provides doctoral students and post-doctoral fellows studying health services and policy research, or related fields, a unique opportunity to apply their research and analytic talents to critical challenges in health care. |
| Gustave O. Arlt Award in the Humanities | Likely in April 2025 | Named in honor of the first president of the Council of Graduate Schools and first presented in 1972, this award is made annually to a scholar-teacher in the humanities. The recipient must be teaching in a North American university, have earned a doctorate within 7 years of the award date, and have written a book of scholarly importance. Subjects fields are selected annually. |
| Graduate Support Initiative (GSI) Awards | Likely in December 2024 | The Graduate Support Initiative (GSI) is a program for funding graduate students through entrance scholarships, multi-year funding packages, tuition awards and scholarship top-ups. |
| Graduate Student Travel and Research Dissemination Fund | No deadline; applications accepted throughout the year | The Travel and Research Dissemination Fund provides funding support to a combined maximum of $500 per graduate student. |
| Graduate Research Stipend | Ongoing | To support the research undertaken by students who have been unable to travel to Canada due to COVID-19 restrictions, a Graduate Research Stipend (GRS) distribution process is being made available to allow supervisors to provide funding to these graduate students. |
| Graduate Research Awards for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation | Likely in March 2025 | Graduate Research Awards for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation are offered by The Simons Foundation and The International Security Research and Outreach Programme (ISROP) of Global Affairs Canada (GAC) with a primary objective to enhance Canadian graduate level scholarship on disarmament, arms control and non-proliferation issues. |
| Graduate Global Leadership Fellowship | No longer accepting applications | Fellowships for international students with leadership in humanitarian and development work in their home country |
| Graduate Covid Program Delay Tuition Award | Likely in May 2024 | Graduate Covid Program Delay Tuition Awards are provided to support graduate students whose academic and/or research progress was delayed by disruptions due to the Covid-19 pandemic. |
| Governor General's Gold Medal | Likely in March 2025 | Gold medals are awarded to the graduating students with the most outstanding academic records in a doctoral degree and in a Master's degree with thesis. |
| Google Lime Scholarship | Likely in December 2024 | The Google Lime Scholarship provides funding and networking retreats for computer science students with disabilities. |
| Globalink Graduate Fellowship | Likely in January 2025 | 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. |
| Global Scholarship Programme for Research Excellence | Likely in April 2025 | The programme provides accommodation support to UBC PhD students to undertake short-term research visits at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). |
| Future Forests Fellowship | Likely in November 2024 | An annual $70,000 fellowship has been established by the Moss Rock Park 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; Conservation; Forested Landscapes; Salmon Ecology; Forest Health; Forests and Indigenous Peoples; Forests and Human Health. The fellowship holder will receive this funding for up to four years and only one student may be in receipt of the fellowship at a time. The fellowship will be awarded on the recommendation of the Faculty of Forestry in consultation with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. |
| Friedman Award for Scholars in Health | Likely in March 2025 | The Friedman Award for Scholars in Health supports learning and research opportunities for graduate students or medical residents working in the broad area of health, to bring new perspectives to their education and further their career. |
| Four Year Doctoral Fellowship (4YF) | Likely in December 2024 | The Four Year Doctoral Fellowship (4YF) program provides funding for UBC's best PhD, DMA, and MDPhD students of up to $18,200 per year plus tuition. |
| Foreign Government Awards Program - Korea | Likely in March 2025 | The Government of Korea through the National Institute for International Education Development offers scholarships to Canadians for study/research at the graduate level. |
| Flaherty Research Scholarship | Likely in May 2024 | The Flaherty Research Scholarship supports emerging research scholars, whose work has the potential to link Canada and Ireland. |
| Elizabeth Henry Scholarship for Communities and Environmental Health | Likely in May 2024 | The Elizabeth Henry Scholarship for Communities and Environmental Health supports graduate students working on research projects in partnership with BC communities that are addressing environmental health issues and promoting environmental sustainability through cooperative community initiatives. |
| Edwin S.H. Leong CSC UBC Postdoctoral Fellowship | Likely in October 2024 | Renewable postdoctoral fellowships of $50,000 per year for up to three years are offered annually by the Tai Hung Fai Charitable Foundation, in partnership with the China Scholarship Council (CSC). To be considered, candidates must be citizens of the mainland of the People's Republic of China who demonstrate academic excellence and who are undertaking postdoctoral research at the UBC Vancouver campus in one of the following areas: health, natural sciences, natural resources, economics or business. |
| Edwin S.H. Leong CSC UBC PhD Scholarship | Likely in October 2024 | Renewable doctoral scholarships of $35,000 per year for up to four years are offered annually by the Tai Hung Fai Charitable Foundation, in partnership with the China Scholarship Council (CSC). To be considered, candidates must be citizens of the mainland of the People's Republic of China who demonstrate academic excellence and who are undertaking PhD research at the UBC Vancouver campus, in one of the following areas: health, natural sciences, natural resources, economics or business. |
| EduCanada Study in Canada Scholarships | Likely in March 2025 | Study in Canada Scholarships provide students from post-secondary institutions located in the new eligible countries/territories with short-term exchange opportunities for study or research in Canadian post-secondary institutions at the college, undergraduate and graduate levels. |
| Dr. Jim McDonald Scholarship for Northern Research | Likely in January 2025 | 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, interdisciplinary research and local Indigenous collaboration will be given special consideration, as will those that can demonstrate a specific focus to their project. |
| Douglas McRorie Memorial Scholarship | Likely in March 2025 | The Douglas McRorie Memorial Scholarships are awarded to agricultural post-graduates majoring in agricultural business, economics, finance or trade. Candidates must hold Canadian Citizenship or Permanent Residence status in Canada and be enrolled in their graduate program until at least one semester beyond the application deadline. |
| Doctoral Recruitment Fellowship | Discontinued | |
| Department Awards | Likely in December 2024 | Various awards are offered to students on the recommendation of a graduate program, Department, or Faculty. |
| DEGIRS Bursary | Likely in May 2024 | The Division of Engineers and Geoscientists in the Resource Sector (DEGIRS) offers a $2,000 bursary aimed at advancing engineering and geosciences education and practices in BC. Studies should relate directly to professional engineering and/or professional geoscience in the resource sector. |
| Dan David Prize Scholarship | Likely in March 2025 | The Dan David Prize awards scholarships to doctoral and post-doctoral researchers, carrying out research in one of the selected fields for the current year. |