ELIGIBILITY:
Offered to outstanding students registered full-time in, or admissible to, a doctoral program

Applicants must have completed at least 12 months of graduate work (master’s or doctoral level) before the start of the award tenure (May 1, 2026 or September 1, 2026)

applicants must have completed no more than 48 months in their doctoral program as of December 31, 2025

As the Killam is offered for a two-year period (subject to review after the first year), applicants must have at least 18 months of full-time registration left in their doctoral program after May 2026

For students who transferred from a master’s program to a doctoral program, the number of months completed during the master’s program will count towards the doctoral program.

No restrictions on citizenship. All fields of study are eligible for funding

Applicants should have first-class academic standing (equivalent to a 3.5 GPA). The GPA for current graduate students is calculated using the current graduate program graded coursework. For newly admitted graduate students or current graduate students who have no graded coursework to date, the admission GPA (AGPA) will be used

The Killam Scholarship can be held only once

Once nominations have been submitted to GPS, revisions will not be permitted. Incomplete nominations, including those submitted with missing transcripts, will not be considered. It is both the student’s and the department’s responsibility to ensure that the application package is complete in every respect before such is nominated to GPS via GSMS.

BENEFIT:

Valued at up to $45,000 per year for two years

International Graduate Differential Fees, if applicable

Recipients will receive a certificate acknowledging their scholarship

Scholarship start dates must be either May 1, 2026, or September 1, 2026

Funding for the second year is subject to meeting eligibility requirements, and submission and approval of the renewal request via the GSMS Awards Portal six weeks before the end of the first year of funding