| Indigenous Graduate Fellowships (IGF) 5th Year Award |
Likely in March 2027 |
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… |
| Indigenous Graduate Fellowships |
Likely in March 2027 |
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… |
| IDRC Doctoral Research Awards |
Likely in July 2026 |
IDRC Doctoral Research Awards are intended to promote the capacity and growth of Canadian and developing country research to improve the lives of people in the developing world. Awards will cover the costs of field research conducted for a doctoral… |
| IBM PhD Fellowship Award |
Likely in November 2026 |
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.
Interested applicants must be… |
| Hugh C. Morris Experiential Fellowship |
Likely in February 2027 |
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… |
| Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme |
Likely in December 2026 |
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… |
| Heart & Stroke Foundation Personnel Awards for Indigenous Scholars |
Likely in September 2026 |
The Heart & Stroke Foundation Personnel Awards for Indigenous Scholars Competition provides funding opportunities for Indigenous Master's and Doctoral students who are pursuing studies in an area specific to heart or brain health. This award is… |
| Health System Impact Fellowship |
Likely in July 2026 |
The Health System Impact (HSI) Fellowship (for doctoral trainees and post-doctoral fellows) provides highly-qualified doctoral trainees (doctoral students) and post-doctoral fellows studying health services and policy research (HSPR), or related… |
| Graduate Support Initiative (GSI) Awards |
Likely in December 2026 |
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… |
| Graduate Student Travel and Research Dissemination Fund |
Likely in December 2026 |
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… |
| Graduate Research Stipend |
Likely in May 2027 |
To support the research undertaken by UBC students who are unable to travel to Canada, an alternative to appointing students as a Graduate Research Assistant is available to allow supervisors to provide funding to these graduate students: through… |
| Graduate Research Awards for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation |
Likely in March 2027 |
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). Four awards of $5,000 are… |
| Graduate Global Leadership Fellowship |
No longer accepting applications |
The Graduate Global Leadership Fellowships (GGLF) enable promising leaders from developing countries to pursue doctoral studies at UBC. The fellowships are to support international students showing outstanding leadership in humanitarian and… |
| Graduate Covid Program Delay Tuition Award |
Likely in May 2026 |
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. Students who were registered in an eligible graduate program… |
| Governor General's Gold Medal |
Likely in March 2027 |
One gold medal is awarded to the student who has achieved the most outstanding academic record as a doctoral student. A second gold medal is awarded to the graduate student who has achieved most outstanding academic record as a Master’s student… |
| Google PhD Fellowship |
Likely in April 2027 |
The Google PhD Fellowship Program was created to recognize outstanding PhD graduate students doing exceptional work in computer science and related fields. Fellowships support promising PhD candidates of all backgrounds who seek to influence… |
| Google Lime Scholarship |
Likely in December 2026 |
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… |
| Globalink Graduate Fellowship |
Likely in January 2027 |
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.
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| Global Scholarship Programme for Research Excellence |
Likely in April 2027 |
The programme supports UBC PhD students to undertake short-term research visits at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). The programme is open to full-time PhD students from any discipline; students must be registered at UBC at the time… |
| Future Forests Fellowship |
Likely in November 2026 |
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… |
| Friedman Award for Scholars in Health |
Likely in March 2027 |
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.
The… |
| Four Year Doctoral Fellowship (4YF) |
Set by each UBC graduate program |
Effective September 2026 onward, the Four Year Doctoral Fellowship (4YF) program provides recipients with $24,000 in stipend funding plus tuition per year, for up to four years of their doctoral studies. This program allows UBC to continue to… |
| Foreign Government Awards Program - Korea |
Likely in March 2027 |
The Government of Korea through the National Institute for International Education Development offers scholarships to Canadians for study/research at the graduate level. These scholarships are based on reciprocal agreements between the governments… |
| Elizabeth Henry Scholarship for Communities and Environmental Health |
Likely in May 2026 |
The Elizabeth Henry Scholarship for Communities and Environmental Health supports graduate students working on research projects in partnership with British Columbian communities that are addressing environmental health issues and promoting… |
| Edwin S.H. Leong CSC UBC Postdoctoral Fellowship |
No future deadline; program discontinued |
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). As an UBC alumnus and internationalist, Dr. Edwin S… |