Department Awards |
Likely in December 2024 |
Various awards are offered to students on the recommendation of a graduate program, Department, or Faculty. |
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. |
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. |
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. |
Killam Fellowship Travel and Research Allowance |
Likely in December 2024 |
The UBC Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Fund for Advanced Studies provides current Killam Doctoral Scholars and Postdoctoral Research Fellows with an allowance to promote travel for research and to attend and/or present at academic meetings. |
Mitacs Globalink Research Award |
Likely in January 2025 |
The Mitacs Globalink Research Award supports research collaborations between Canada and select partner countries. The award is open to undergraduate and graduate students in all discipines. Funding varies by destination. |
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. |
NSERC Foreign Study Supplements in Taiwan |
Likely in February 2025 |
Foreign Study Supplements in Taiwan provide graduate students in the natural sciences and engineering with first-hand research experience in an international setting. Award supports travel to Taiwan for eight weeks this summer and work with researchers on projects related to their research studies in Canada while receiving Mandarin training at National Tsing Hua University. |
Scholarships for Exchange Students |
Likely in March 2025 |
Exchange scholarships are available to students from Caribbean, Asia-Pacific, Africa, South & Central America, Mexico, Caribbean, and Chile to undertake research or study at UBC for a period of 4 to 6 months. |
Graduate Covid Program Delay Tuition Award |
Ongoing |
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. |
Graduate Research Stipend |
Submissions accepted throughout the year |
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. |
Doctoral Recruitment Fellowship |
Discontinued |
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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. |
International Doctoral Fellowship |
Discontinued |
Provides five years of funding for top incoming international doctoral students. |