Awards and Funding

UAlberta has one of the most generous awards and financial aid programs in the country, and among the highest graduate student funding rates in Canada.

In this section

  • Scholarships and Awards

    Learn more about funding your graduate studies through a myriad of scholarship and award opportunities.

  • Award Resources

    Resources for students, faculty, and staff which include: tips for writing a scholarship application, award acceptances, renewals, and declines, and the Scholarships and Awards Manual and Graduate Scholarship Committee Handbook.

  • Award Deadlines at-a-glance

    Stay on track by viewing upcoming award application deadlines.

  • International Student Funding

    Search from among the many funding opportunities for international students.

  • Financial Support

    Additional financial support information such as bursaries, student loans, and tuition payment options are available here.

  • Student Employment

    Explore student employment options including Graduate Assistantship funding and FGSR's Graduate Student Internship Program.

  • Graduate Student Teaching Awards

    The Graduate Student Teaching Awards (GSTAs) annually recognize outstanding graduate teaching assistants in each faculty at the University of Alberta.

Awards and funding changes lives

Students talk about their research and the impact of the awards they have received. (Video courtesy of the Faculty of Science.)
GSMS Awards Portal
Upcoming Award Information Sessions

Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master's (CGS-M) Application Information Session

Date: Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Time: 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Zoom Meeting: RSVP HERE to receive the meeting link (form closes 4 pm, Friday October 23)

Department/Faculty GSMS Awards Training Sessions

To join us for an online training session, please register HERE

 

COVID 19 Update for Tri-Council Award Recipients
The Tri-Council agencies have announced measures to assist training award recipients (master's, doctoral, and postdoctoral). Please refer to the CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC COVID-19 webpages for the most recent agency program updates. Award recipients who are interested in applying these exceptions to their award should contact the FGSR Awards team at grad.awards@ualberta.ca.
Contact Awards Services
Email: grad.awards@ualberta.ca
Phone: Please contact us via email