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UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP (UMGF)

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Application Deadline: Please contact your department

LOCATION: Canada

Each year university graduate fellowships are offered to full-time master’s and PhD students to recognize and support academic excellence. The fellowships are offered to students who have demonstrated superior intellectual ability and academic accomplishment.

ELIGIBILITY:

Academic Standing: Students must have achieved a minimum admission GPA of 3.0, to be considered for this award. Please contact your department, as they may have a higher GPA requirement.

Citizenship: All students regardless of citizenship are eligible to apply.

Fields of study: Students in all fields of graduate study are eligible to apply provided their program is eligible for Tri-Agency funding.

To hold a UMGF award, recipients must also:

Have been admitted to a graduate program at the University of Manitoba as a Master’s or Ph.D. student. Pre-master’s and Occasional students are not eligible.

Maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0, and not receive a grade lower than C+ (including AX courses).

Show great promise as researchers and graduate students.

Not have an active, admission‐related hold on their student account during their provisional admission period.

Be registered full‐time in a graduate program of study in the unit that recommends them for a UMGF, and be progressing satisfactorily in the program for which they are funded.

Not have held UMGF support for more than 4 years in total.

Not be receiving any other award or scholarship that is of equal or greater monetary value than the annual value of the UMGF. Students offered an award that is equal to, or exceeds, the value of the UMGF can no longer hold the UMGF and must notify the FGS Awards Office at Graduate.Awards@umanitoba.ca to terminate their award.

Not change programs or departments/units while receiving the UMGF award.

The above is not a complete list of conditions. Please refer to the University of Manitoba Faculty of Graduate Studies FGS Award Holder’s Guide for additional conditions and other information for award holders.

Please consult your department or unit for their UMGF application process and deadline. Once the department/unit determines their selection, students are recommended to the Faculty of Graduate Studies. FGS will review the recommendations and notify award recipients with an official letter via email.

BENEFIT:

UMGF master’s awards are valued at $20,000 per year for 12 or 24 months, for up to a total of $40,000.

UMGF doctoral awards are valued at $25,000 per year for 12, 24, 36 or 48 months, for up to a total of $100,000.

Departments/units determine the value and duration of an award, and all recommended students must meet the eligibility criteria as outlined in the eligibility table.

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FACULTY OF SCIENCE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA EXCELLENCE MASTER FELLOWSHIPS

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Application Deadline: 28 February, 2026 

LOCATION: Switzerland

The Masters of the Faculty of Science constitute an ideal training base for an academic but also a professional development, opening on careers in industry, teaching, administration in sciences, communication and media… The programs Master’s degrees are either entirely in English or in English and French (see the descriptions of each program).

ELIGIBILITY:

The Faculty of Science, with the support of external partners, has established an Excellence Fellowship program open to outstanding and highly motivated students who wish to pursue a Master of Science degree in one of the disciplines covered by the Faculty1. Candidate selection is based on excellence.

Regardless of your home university, whether you have passed or are doing a brilliant bachelor’s degree, and that you are one of the best in your year2, this program is for you! You must meet the admission criteria of the Master of your choice3 and be selected on the basis of the application file for an Excellence Fellowship.

For the application to be considered, each student has to fulfill the enrollment procedure as described on the Admissions office website.

if you are a student at the UNIGE: a scan of your UNIGE card

if you are not yet a student at the UNIGE, the mail entitled “UNIGE-Candidature: Dépôt de votre dossier” that you received after registering for the master’s program (proof that you have begun the registration process) is required.

The application (in English or French) must include the following documents in the form of a SINGLE pdf file:

A scan of your national identity card or passport.

A Curriculum Vitae (2 pages maximum).

The transcript of exams passed during the bachelor’s education, with all grades.

A motivation letter in which you describe your specific scientific interests and your motivation to pursue a Master of Science program at the University of Geneva.

Letters of reference from two professors attesting to your aptitude for this program.

Any other pertinent information, like results of the GRE (General requirement examination), of TOEFL or other language tests.

BENEFIT:

The Excellence Fellowship consists of a grant amounting to CHF 10’000 to CHF 15’000/year (no teaching duties); it is awarded for one year and extended for the regular duration of the chosen Master’s program (three or four semesters) provided the applicant is academically successful at the end of his/her first semester of studies.

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