Financial Assistance

Eligibility criteria include:

• Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada
• enrolled in, have applied for, or will apply for full-time admission to an eligible graduate program (GSJ program is eligible)
• completed, as of December 31 of the year of application, between zero and 12 months of full-time studies (or full-time equivalent) in grad program
• not have previously held a CGS M
• have achieved a first-class average, as determined by the host institution, in each of the last two completed years of study (full-time equivalent)

For full Applicant Eligibility, click here.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) - Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) - Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) - Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships

$17,500

12 months, non-renewable

$4000.00

two available

The Stephen and Lynn Mandel Graduate Scholarship in Sexual and Gender Minority Studies is the first lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans-identified, or queer (LGBTQ) specific graduate scholarship to be offered in the history of the University of Alberta.

This scholarship will be awarded to a graduate student at the University of Alberta with superior academic achievement (3.5 or higher GPA) and quality research focused on sexual and gender minority studies and their application in advocating for sexual and gender minorities in educational and community contexts. Recipients will be selected on the basis of academic standing and their research and advocacy/outreach profile.

Preference will be given to graduate students in the Faculty of Education. Students from outside the University of Alberta are not eligible for this award.

$1000.00

one available