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UBC TRUDEAU FOUNDATION DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIP

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Application Deadline: 25 November 2024 at 4:00 pm ET (1:00 pm PT).

LOCATION: Canada

The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship Program offers a three-year leadership program designed to train Engaged Leaders, equipping doctoral candidates with the skills to translate their ideas into action for the betterment of their communities, Canada, and the world.

ELIGIBILITY:

Complete eligibility requirements can be viewed on the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation webpage.

Citizenship: Canadian, Permanent Resident, and International

Degree Level: Doctoral

Complete evaluation criteria can be viewed on the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Foundation webpage.

Interested applicants apply directly to the Trudeau Foundation to be considered in the national competition; all interested and eligible applicants may apply.As of 2020 the University of British Columbia no longer nominates a subset of applicants to the national competition (there is no earlier department or university deadline).

Regarding transcripts:

Please note that the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies does not provide transcripts for any scholarship competitions. 

Your UBC graduate program may have some of your transcripts on file.  If so, well in advance of the application deadline, confirm with your UBC graduate program which transcripts the program has on file and can provide to support your Trudeau application, and which transcripts you must still order from prior institutions.

It remains the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that they submit a complete transcript package to the Trudeau Foundation, even if some of the transcripts were obtained from their UBC graduate program.

BENEFIT:

Up to $50,000 stipend plus up to $20,000 research and travel allowance per year for three years

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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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