Upcoming Award Deadlines
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MACKENZIE
KING OPEN SCHOLARSHIP
$8,500 · For Master's & PhD students
Research Field(s): Available to graduate students of Canadian universities in any discipline.
Details: All required materials including application, certified
transcripts and sealed confidential references must be received by the application deadline. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Deadline: February 1, 2023
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MACKENZIE
KING TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP
$10,500 · For Master's & PhD students
Research Field(s): Restricted to graduate students who engage in study in the United States or United Kingdom, of international or industrial relations.
Details: All required materials including application, certified
transcripts and sealed confidential references must be received by the application deadline. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Deadline: February 1, 2023
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BERKES
GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP IN COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH
(1) Award valued at $10,000 · For full-time Master’s & PhD students
Research Fields(s): Including but not limited to, community-based resource, environmental management, conservation and planning
Details: Will provide support towards degree-related field research and an opportunity to engage in outreach training
Deadline: February 3, 2023
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FEED OPPORTUNITY FUND SCHOLARSHIP IN FOOD INSECURITY
(4) Scholarships valued at $15,000 each · For Master's & PhD students
Research Field(s): Conducting thesis research that seeks to fill gaps in knowledge on food insecurity in Canada
Details: Open to students entering their second or third year or preparing to commence their thesis research in 2023-2024 academic year
Deadline: February 10, 2023
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DR.
RICHARD DOUGLAS OATWAY MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP
Fellowship valued at $29,375 · For Master’s & PhD Students
Research Field(s): Adult harassment (Law, Sociology and Psychology)
Details: Open to Law, Sociology and Psychology graduate students enrolled in full-time Master’s or Doctoral programs at the University of Manitoba to support the study of adult harassment
Deadline: February 10, 2023
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RICHARD
C. GOULDEN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Variable awards/value · For Master's & PhD students
Research Field(s): Support graduate students whose research contributes to the overall knowledge of wildlife and/or their habitats in Manitoba
Details: Applicants must be conducting research or have proposed to conduct research on wildlife and/or their habitats in Manitoba. They must also be members of The Wildlife Society-Manitoba
Chapter Inc.
Deadline: February 16, 2023
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ROMA
ZENOVEA HAWIRKO GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP
Scholarship valued at $12,150 · For Ph.D. Students
Research Fields(s): Faculty of Science or the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences (conducting research in the area of Microbiology)
Details: Recipient is enrolled full-time in the first or second year of any Ph.D. program delivered by a department in the Faculty of Science or the Faculty of Agriculture and Food Science.
Is conducting a clearly defined and innovative research project in the area of Microbiology and has demonstrated both commitment to their field of study and career potential.
Deadline: February 17, 2023
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PAWAN
K. SINGAL GRADUATE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP IN CARDIOVASUCLAR SCIENCES
Scholarship may be divided into more than one award; total value $15,300 · For Full-time Master’s & PhD Students
Research Field(s): Enrolled in the Faculty of Graduate Studies at the UM delivered by the Max Rady College of Medicine and affiliated with the Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences at St. Boniface
General Hospital Research Centre
Details: Have completed Fall 2021 & Winter 2022 in their graduate program and may not hold the award more than once
Deadline: February 22, 2023
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D.G.
& V.E. BARBER MEMORIAL FELLOWSHIP IN ARCTIC RESEARCH
Master's scholarship valued at $5,000; Doctoral scholarship valued at $10,000 · For Master's & PhD students
Research Field(s): Arctic region including the marine and adjacent coastal environment of both Hudson Bay and James Bay.
Details: Support graduate students at UM who are conducting research pertaining to the Arctic region
Deadline: February 24, 2023
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ABORIGINAL
ISSUES PRESS SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Variable awards/value · For Master’s & PhD students
Research Fields(s): Aboriginal Issues
Details: Have demonstrated a commitment to disseminating the results of their research. Students entering their first year of their graduate program will normally not be considered eligible.
Deadline: February 24, 2023
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OAKES-RIEWE
ABORIGINAL-ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES RESEARCH AWARD
Variable awards, $500 to $5,000 · For full-time Master’s & PhD students
Research Fields(s): Support graduate students conducting environmental research which include Aboriginal people’s perspectives
Details: Applicants must be conducting or proposing to conduct interdisciplinary environmental research (integration of physical, biological, and human processes) within an Aboriginal context
Deadline: February 24, 2023
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JAMES
GORDON FLETCHER PH.D. FELLOWSHIP FOR RESEARCH IN FUNCTIONAL FOODS AND NUTRACEUTICALS
(1) Award valued at $31,750 · For full-time PhD students
Research Field(s): Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals
Details: This award will serve to stimulate, support, and encourage research in Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals by Ph. D. students at the University of Manitoba in Departments associated
with the Richardson Centre for Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals
Deadline: February 28, 2023
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UNIVERSITY
OF MANITOBA DISTINGUISHED DISSERTATION AWARD
$3,000 cash prize plus citation certificate · For PhD students
Research Field(s): Applied sciences, Health sciences, Humanities, Natural sciences, and Social sciences
Details: This award honours exceptional doctoral dissertations that were defended and submitted during the 2022 calendar year (January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022). Nominations (max. of two)
must be submitted by each Faculty/School/College via email to david.foley@umanitoba.ca prior to the deadline.
Deadline: February 28, 2023
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UNIVERSITY
OF MANITOBA DISTINGUISHED MASTER’S THESIS PRIZE
$1,000 cash prize plus citation certificate · For Master’s students
Research Field(s): Applied sciences, Health sciences, Humanities, Natural sciences, and Social sciences
Details: This prize honours exceptional Master’s dissertations that were defended and submitted during the 2022 calendar year (January 1, 2022 – December 31, 2022). Nominations (max. of two)
must be submitted by each Faculty/School/College via email to david.foley@umanitoba.ca prior to the deadline.
Deadline: February 28, 2023
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ETHICS GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS
(2) Stipends valued at $3,000 · For Master’s & PhD students
Research Fields(s): Ethics
Details: Open to all University of Manitoba graduate students, at any stage of their program, in all fields. The aim of the fellowship is to support graduate students who do research in the
field of ethics, or to encourage students in other fields to consider the ethical implications of their work, to integrate ethics into their research, and to promote understanding of ethics as it relates to their areas of study.
Deadline: February 28, 2023
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YORK UNIVERSITY
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM FOR BLACK AND INDIGENOUS SCHOLARS
(2) Fellowships for scholars identifying as Black and (2) Fellowships for scholars identifying as Indigenous valued at $70,000 · For Postdoctoral students
Research Fields(s): Details on Faculties seeking candidates for this program is available on the program
web page.
Details: Postdoctoral Fellowship Program for Black and Indigenous Scholars, as part of our commitment to promoting justice and embracing a variety of scholarly perspectives, backgrounds and
lived experiences. The program will offer emerging scholars from a wide range of disciplines access to the financial support, mentorship and career development opportunities needed to build the foundation for a successful professional career.
Deadline: March 1, 2023
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JANICE
FILMON AWARD IN PEACE STUDIES
Scholarship may be divided into more than one award, total value $3,175 · For full-time Master’s & PhD Students
Research Field(s): Candidates have completed necessary course work and obtained approval for a thesis or dissertation proposal prior to undertaking the research funded by this award
Details: Candidate are pursuing research into the process of peace building
Deadline: March 1, 2023
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IRENA
KNYSH GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP IN UKRAINIAN STUDIES
(1) Scholarship valued at $8,550 – For full-time Master's & PhD students
Research Field(s): Ukrainian Studies
Details: Open to Canadian and International students who will write or is writing a thesis in any area of Ukrainian studies. Or for students registered in any Pre-Master’s program who are
taking a minimum of 12 credit hours of course work in the area of Ukrainian studies
Deadline: March 14, 2023
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EMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS TRAINEE DEVELOPMENT AWARD
Award valued at a maximum of $500 · For full-time Master’s & PhD students
Research Fields(s): Must be affiliated with CHRIM or be non-CHRIM that have successfully completed the GPD program
Details: Will provide support to professional development. Awardees may be asked to give a presentation on their experiences at a future CHRIM trainee event
Deadline: March 15, 2023 & July 15, 2023
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GOVERNOR
GENERAL’S GOLD MEDAL
(1) Gold medal for a Master’s student; (1) Gold medal for a PhD student · For Master's & PhD students
The Governor-General of Canada offers two annual gold medals called the Governor General’s Gold Medal to recognize the outstanding performance of graduate students. These awards are based on overall academic excellence.
Research Field(s): Unrestricted
Details: Master’s and Doctoral students who intend to convocate in May 2023, or who convocated in February 2023 or October 2022 are eligible for this competition.
Deadline: March 30, 2023
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LAURA BASSI SCHOLARSHIP
Master’s students $750; Doctoral students $2,500; Junior Academics $500
Research Field(s): Open to every discipline conducting research which focuses on neglected topics of study, broadly construed, within their disciplines
Details: All currently enrolled students are eligible and there are no institutional, departmental or national restrictions.
Deadline: March 31, 2023; July 25, 2023
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CSA GROUP GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP
$10,000 Scholarship · For Master’s students
Research Fields(s): Conducting research in any field which must include standards as a component of research
Details: Open to full-time Master’s students accepted into an accredited Canadian university
Deadline: March 31, 2023
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UNIVERSITY
OF MANITOBA GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP (UMGF)
Master's scholarship valued at $14,000; Doctoral scholarship valued at $18,000 · For Full-Time Master's & PhD students
Research Field(s): Research-based program that is eligible for tri-council graduate student awards
Details: Open to Canadian and International students who have demonstrated superior intellectual ability and academic accomplishment. Applications are submitted to students home departments.
Deadline: Contact your home department for deadline and application details
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