Indigenous Graduate Award Competition

Eligibility

Open to self-identified Indigenous students from Canada in a graduate program in the Faculty of Graduate Studies.

You will be required to upload your supporting documentation of Indigenous citizenship and/or membership. Submitted documentation must be current, valid, or both to be considered. We encourage you to apply for documentation early to ensure that the funding process is not delayed. 

You must meet the eligibility criteria for each award for which you are applying at the time of application. Awards will be paid by the end of the calendar year of application. 

Awards

• Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES) - Indigenous
• Anne and Armando Pradella Graduate Scholarship in Public Health
• ii’ taa’poh’to’p Graduate Scholarship
• ii' taa'poh'to'p Ahead of Tomorrow Graduate Scholarship
• Métis Scholar Graduate Award

Indigenous Documentation

If your documentation is not specified in the list below, it will be forwarded for review by the University of Calgary Committee on Indigenous Citizenship and Membership. Contact gsaward@ucalgary.ca for support or advice.

First Nations/Status 

• Status card issued by Indigenous Services Canada (ISC). Older status cards may still be used, but if the Renew Before date has passed, individuals are encouraged to order a new card.
• Letter from a government-registered First Nations community verifying the student is a member of that First Nation. 

First Nations/Non-Status 

• Non-status individuals who are not entitled to registration under the Indian Act due to the limits imposed by section 6.2 of that Act (the “second generation cut off”) may present supporting documentation (including long form birth certificates) that reflect a connection to:   
  • An ancestor (parent, grandparent or great grandparent) who had a status card
  • An ancestor (parent, grandparent or great grandparent) whose name appears in the Indian Register according to the Indian Act; or
  • An ancestor (parent, grandparent or great grandparent) named in a letter from a government-registered First Nation confirming the ancestor’s name is on a First Nation band membership list.
• Documentation will be reviewed by the University of Calgary Committee on Indigenous Citizenship and Membership
• Letter from a government-registered First Nations community verifying the individual is a member of that First Nation.  

Métis 

• A Métis card issued by one of the following federally recognized Métis governments that is current, valid or both:
  • Métis Nation British Columbia
  • Otipemisiwak Métis Government,(formerly Métis Nation of Alberta)
  • Métis Nation Saskatchewan
  • Manitoba Métis Federation
  • Métis Nation of Ontario
  • The Northwest Territory Métis Nation 

A Membership card or letter from one of the member Nations of the Métis Settlements General Council, including Buffalo Lake, East Prairie, Elizabeth Lake, Fishing Lake, Gift Lake, Kikino, Paddle Prairie, and Peavine that is current, valid or both.

Inuit 

• A Inuit enrolment card or letter that is current, valid or both from:
  • The Inuvialuit Regional Corporation (Inuvialuit Final Agreement)
  • Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (Nunavut Agreement)
  • Makivik Corporation (James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement, Nunavik Inuit Land Claims Agreement)
  • The Nunatsiavut Government (Labrador Inuit Land Claims Agreement)
• A Inuit enrolment card that is current, valid or both that is issued through Nunavut Trust

Contact Us

Application

The Indigenous Graduate Award Competition opens September 15

1. Go to your Student Centre and click the link Apply for Awards tab on your home screen.
2. Select the Indigenous Award Competition Application.

Only one application is required regardless of the number of awards you are applying for.

Selection criteria and indicators

** It is recommended that you access the application via Microsoft Edge or Mozilla Firefox internet browsers. Chrome users will encounter issues due to a chrome delivered update**

Apply here

References

References for admission may be used toward the Indigenous Graduate Award Competition as long as they have been written within the last eleven months prior to the competition deadline.