Graduate Award Opportunities

These Competitions are administered through the University of Calgary.

Canadian Graduate Research Scholarships - Master's (CGRS M)

Canadian Graduate Research Scholarships - Master's (CGRS M) - Indigenous Scholars Awards and Supplements

Canadian Institutes of Health Research - Doctoral (CIHR CGRS D) 

Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada - Doctoral (NSERC CGRS D)

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada - Doctoral (SSHRC CGRS D)

Canada Graduate Scholarship - Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements (CGS-MSFSS)

SSHRC Impact – TALENT Award

These provincial awards are administered through the University of Calgary

Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarships program - via the Graduate Award Competition (GAC)

Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES)

Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Unit (AbSPORU) Graduate Studentship

These awards are administered through the University of Calgary

Achievement Award Competition 

Doctoral Recruitment Scholarships

Cannon Lachapelle Award in Entrepreneurial Thinking

via Graduate Award Competition (GAC)

• Izaak Walton Killam Doctoral Scholarships
• Open Doctoral Awards
• Special Awards
  See a list in the Graduate Awards Database by refining your search results using one or both of these categories.

International Graduate Tuition Award

Medals and Prizes

Program Recommended Awards
Nominated by individual graduate programs and administered through the Faculty of Graduate Studies

• See a list in the Graduate Awards Database by refining your search results using the recommended by program category.

Indigenous external awards

The following awards are administered through the University of Calgary:

via Canadian Graduate Research Scholarships Master's (CGRS M)

• Indigenous Scholars Awards and Supplements

via Indigenous Graduate Award Competition (IGA)

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

via Graduate Award Competition (GAC)

•      Canadian Energy Pipeline Association Graduate Scholarship
• Captain Nichola KS Goddard Memorial Graduate Scholarship
• Curtin Family Graduate Scholarship
• IBET Momentum Fellowship
• Indigenous and Black Momentum Scholarship in Science
• Janssen Fund Graduate Scholarship for Equity and Inclusion

Fulbright Canada

Mackenzie King Scholarships

Mitacs

Trudeau Scholarships

Delta Kappa Gamma International

Kappa Kappa Gamma

You are considered an international student if you are not a Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident and you come to Canada on a temporary basis for the purpose of pursuing an accredited course of study.

Students fully funded by a third party sponsor, including government funding, are not eligible for University of Calgary awards under the Graduate Award Regulation.

Students registered in a graduate program at the University of Calgary-Qatar are not eligible for any graduate awards unless explicitly stated in the terms of reference for the award.

International students should explore all award options in the Awards Database, including the following:

Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarships program

Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Unit (AbSPORU) Graduate Studentship

Alberta Graduate Excellence Scholarship (AGES)

Delta Kappa Gama

Graduate Award Competition (GAC)

International Graduate Tuition Award

Mackenzie King

Mitacs

Tri-agency Canada Graduate Research Scholarship – Doctoral (CGRS D)

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research-Doctoral (CIHR CGRS D)
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada-Doctoral (NSERC CGRS D/PGS-D)
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada-Doctoral (SSHRC CGRS D/Doctoral Fellowship)