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 |
|---|---|---|
| DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst) Scholarships and Research Grants | Likely in November 2024 | Scholarships and grants are available for graduate students and post-doctoral researchers in all disciplines for study and research at institutions in Germany. |
| CIHR Fellowship | Likely in October 2024 | Fellowships provide support for highly qualified applicants in all areas of health research at the post-PhD degree or post-health professional degree stages to add to their experience by engaging in health research either in Canada or abroad. |
| CIHR Doctoral Research Awards | Likely in September 2024 | The CIHR Doctoral Research Awards provide special recognition and support to students who are pursuing a doctoral degree in a health-related field. |
| China Scholarship Council Doctoral Scholarships | Likely in March 2025 | The China Scholarship Council (CSC) provides scholarships to Chinese students for doctoral and postdoctoral studies abroad, across a wide range of disciplines. |
| Charles D. Gonthier Research Fellowship | Likely in March 2025 | The Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice provides funds for a $7500 Research Fellowship in order to support research related to the Institute's annual conference theme. The completed research is expected to be presented at the Institute’s annual conference and published with its proceedings. Open to faculty and graduate students at Canadian universities. |
| CGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award | Likely in June 2024 | These awards are made to individuals who have completed PhD dissertations representing original work that makes an unusually significant contribution to the discipline. |
| Centre for Applied Ethics Graduate Fellowship | Likely in March 2025 | The fellowship will provide a one-time annual stipend of $20,000 plus a research-related allowance of $1,500. Relevant topics for this fellowship include but are not limited to: bioethics, business ethics, environmental ethics, public health ethics, and health inequities. |
| Canadian Water Resources Association Scholarship | Likely in February 2025 | 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. |
| Canadian Student Health Research Forum (CSHRF) Travel Award | Likely in March 2023 | As of 2023, the Canadian Student Health Research Forum (CSHRF) has been absorbed into the International Congress on Academic Medicine (ICAM). The Canadian Student Health Research Forum (CSHRF) Travel Award is no longer offered. |
| Canadian Northern Studies Trust Awards | Likely in January 2025 | The Canadian Northern Studies Awards support students undertaking research that includes northern or circumpolar fieldwork. |
| Canadian Liver Foundation Graduate Studentships | Likely in March 2025 | 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 Studentships and Summer Studentships are intended for scientists-in-training who are working towards obtaining their Masters or Ph.D. and whose research projects are related to liver diseases. |
| Canadian Dam Association Scholarships | Likely in June 2024 | The Canadian Dam Association offers annually two scholarships to full-time postgraduate students attending a Canadian university or college whose program of study focuses on dam safety and/or the management of dams. |
| Canada-US Fulbright Program | Likely in November 2024 | 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. Fulbright Canada offers various scholarship awards within this program, with further information on the various award opportunities made available through the Canada-US Fulbright Program website. |
| Canada Graduate Scholarships Master’s (CGS M) Program | Likely in December 2024 | The objective of the Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master's (CGS M) Program is to help develop research skills and assist in the training of high-calibre scholars who are engaged in eligible master's or, in some cases, doctoral programs in Canada. |
| Canada Graduate Scholarships Doctoral (CGS D) Program | Likely in September 2024 | The Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral (CGS D) program is a federal program of scholarships awarded through national competitions by the granting agencies: the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). |
| Canada Graduate Scholarship Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement - 3rd Call | Likely in January 2025 | MSFSS offers a third intake each January, depending on funding availability. Eligible applications will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. |
| Canada Graduate Scholarship Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement | May 17, 2024, at 4:00PM PT | The Canada Graduate Scholarship Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements (CGS-MSFSS) Program supports Canadian graduate students pursuing research experiences at institutions outside of Canada. |
| CAGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards | Likely in March 2025 | The CAGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards recognize Canadian doctoral dissertations that make unusually significant and original contributions to their academic field. |
| Bullitt Prize | June 1, 2024 | The Bullitt Prize is a program to identify and support environmentally focused leaders in the Pacific Northwest. Applicants must be studying and demonstrate a commitment to subjects that are closely aligned with the Prize’s mission to safeguard the natural environment by promoting responsible human activities and sustainable communities in the Pacific Northwest. |
| British Columbia Graduate Scholarship | Ongoing | The province of British Columbia has funded graduate scholarships to emphasize research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, and support for Indigenous students. |
| BPOC Graduate Excellence Award | Likely in January 2025 | Awards, valued at no less than $1,500 each, available 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. |
| Black Business and Professional Association National Scholarship | Likely in July 2024 | The BBPA National Scholarship Program (NSP) is dedicated to supporting and promoting the achievement of academic excellence by Black Canadian youth through an annual scholarship program. |
| BC NEIHR Indigenous Graduate and Postdoctoral Funding | Likely in February 2025 | 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. |
| BC Indigenous Student Award | Likely in April 2024 | The Irving K. Barber British Columbia Scholarship Society has established an award program for Indigenous students pursuing studies at the Master’s and Doctoral levels in British Columbia. Renewable awards of $5,000 per year are available. |
| Arthritis Society Graduate PhD Salary Award | Likely in April 2024 | Salary awards are offered to graduate students who are undertaking full-time research training in an area of clear relevance to arthritis and The Arthritis Society's 5-year research strategic plan. |
| Anne Vallee Ecological Fund | Likely in March 2025 | The Anne Vallée Ecological Fund (AVEF) offers two $1,500 scholarship to support students registered in animal research at the master or doctoral level in a Québec or British Columbia University. The AVEF is focussed on supporting field research in animal ecology, in relation with the impact of human activities such as forestry, industry, agriculture, and fishing. |
| Andrew Nord Fellowships in Rheumatology | May 27, 2024 at 4:00PM PT | Fellowships are available for doctoral students engaged in rheumatology research in any faculty at UBC. |
| Affiliated Fellowships Master's Program | Likely in December 2024 | The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies offers Affiliated Fellowships each year to current and prospective full-time UBC-Vancouver graduate students regardless of citizenship or visa status. |
| Affiliated Fellowships Doctoral Program | Likely in September 2024 | The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies offers Affiliated Fellowships each year to current and prospective full-time UBC graduate students regardless of citizenship or visa status. |
| ACM Doctoral Dissertation Award | Likely in October 2024 | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) established the Doctoral Dissertation Award program to recognize and encourage superior research and writing by doctoral candidates in computer science and engineering. The award is presented each June at the ACM Awards Banquet and is accompanied by a prize of $20,000 plus travel expenses to the banquet. All winning dissertations are published exclusively in print and electronic formats as part of the ACM Books Series, which includes distribution through the ACM Digital Library. Honorable Mention(s) may also be awarded, with a prize of $10,000 shared among recipients. |
| Aboriginal Graduate Fellowship Bridge Funding | No future deadline; program discontinued | The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies matches funding provided by graduate programs to support Indigenous Master's graduate students. |