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If you have any questions or concerns about award application requirements, eligibility, or deadlines, please contact the Graduate Awards team at graduate.awards@umanitoba.ca and we will be happy to assist via email. Your patience is appreciated, and please rest assured that your email will receive a response as soon as possible based on priorities and time-sensitivity.
JACQUELYNN
GARCIA SCHOLARSHIP FOR RESEARCH IN NUTRACEUTICALS
Scholarship valued up to $2,500.00 · For Master’s Students in their first or second year of a Master’s program
Research Fields(s): Unrestricted
Details: Open to students who are conducting or have proposed to conduct research in the area of nutraceuticals. Preference will be given to a student who is proposing research in the area of nutraceuticals and their effects on cancer.
Deadline Extended: August 13, 2025
HEINZ
FRANK MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Scholarship valued at $2,525 · For First-Year, Full-Time Master's & PhD students
Research Field(s): Humanities
Details: Open to Canadian and International students conducting research in Canada whose major field of study is in Humanities
Deadline: August 14, 2025
SENATOR
THOMAS ALEXANDER CRERAR SCHOLARSHIP
(2) Scholarships valued at $6,500 each · For First-Year, Full-Time Master's & PhD students
Research Field(s): Humanities
Details: Open to Canadian and International students conducting research in Canada who received their undergraduate degrees from the Faculty of Arts at the University of Manitoba within the past 12 months
Deadline: August 14, 2025
3MP
(3 MINUTE POSTDOCTORAL COMPETITION)
1st place - $500, 2nd place - $250, 3rd place - $100, People’s Choice Certificate · For Postdoctoral Fellows
Research Field(s): This is a university-wide competition where competitors have 1 static slide and 3 minutes to explain the breadth and significance of their postdoctoral research and to highlight their research to a broad and diverse non-specialist
audience.
Details: For Postdoctoral Fellows
Competition Date: September 19, 2025 between 2:00pm – 3:30pm
Location: Fort Garry Campus, Senate Chambers, E3-262 Engineering Building
Deadline: August 18, 2025
DEAN
OF GRADUATE STUDIES STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT PRIZE
Prize valued at $1,000.00 · For Master’s and Ph.D. Students
Research Fields(s): Unrestricted
Details: Open to students enrolled full-time in a Master’s or Doctoral program in the Faculty of Graduate Studies for at least one year at the time of nomination who have displayed intellectual and academic attainment at a high standard; have a minimum
GPA of 3.5 in their current program; have volunteered within and outside their current role as a student; have demonstrated strong leadership abilities and personal integrity; have shown commitment to improving the quality of life for others; and have shown
outstanding performance and service in teaching and/or mentoring. Nominations will be made by the student’s department.
Deadline: September 4, 2025
SONJA
I. BATA MATERIAL CULTURE SCHOLARSHIPS
Scholarship valued at up to $7,675.00 · For Master’s and Ph.D. Students
Research Fields(s): Including but not limited to: Anthropology, Environmental Studies, History, Native Studies, Fine Arts, Archival Studies, Engineering, or any of the Natural Sciences as they relate to artifact preservation (including geochemical characterization
and DNA analysis)
Details: Open to Canadian and International students conducting research related to material culture, with “material culture” defined as documenting the meaning, traditions and values revealed in making, interpreting, preservation, or history (including
that in the distant past), of the physical evidence (objects and architecture) of a culture’s heritage; and with “Arctic” defined as including and north of the continuous Permafrost, in Canada and throughout the Circumpolar region
Deadline: September 4, 2025
JANICE
FILMON AWARD IN PEACE STUDIES
Scholarship may be divided into more than one award total value $3,525.00 · For Full-time Master’s & PhD Students
Research Field(s): Candidates have completed necessary course work towards the degree and obtained approval for a thesis or dissertation proposal prior to undertaking the research funded by this award
Details: Pursing research into the process of peace building
Deadline: September 10, 2025
CANADA
GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP–MICHAEL SMITH FOREIGN STUDY SUPPLEMENT (CGS-MSFSS)
Foreign study supplement valued at up to $6,000 · For Master's & PhD students
Research Field(s): Health, Science, Engineering, Social Sciences, Humanities
Details: Open to Canadian Citizens or Permanent Residents who hold an active Canada Graduate Scholarship (including Vanier), are registered at a Canadian Institution and will be temporarily conducting research outside of Canada
Deadline: September 26, 2025, 4pm CST
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CIHR
CANADA GRADUATE RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS – DOCTORAL (CGRS-D)
Scholarships valued at $40,000 · For PhD students
Research Field(s): Health Sciences
Details: Open to Canadian citizens or permanent residents – Open to international students,
currently enrolled in a doctoral program
Deadline: October 6, 2025
NSERC
CANADA RESEARCH GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS – DOCTORAL (CGRS-D)
Scholarships valued at $40,000 · For PhD students
Research Field(s): Natural Sciences and Engineering
Details: Open to Canadian citizens or permanent residents – Open to international students,
currently enrolled in a doctoral program
Deadline: October 6, 2025
SSHRC
CANADA GRADUATE RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIPS – DOCTORAL (CGRS-D)
Scholarships and Fellowships valued at $40,000 · For PhD students
Research Field(s): Social Sciences and Humanities
Details: Open to Canadian citizens or permanent residents – Open to international students,
currently enrolled in a doctoral program
Deadline: October 6, 2025
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NSERC
CANADA RESEARCH GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIP INFORMATION SESSIONS
Research Field(s): Natural Sciences and Engineering
Details: Virtual NSERC Scholarships and Fellowships information sessions will serve to provide details and guidance to students and postdoctoral researchers planning to apply to NSERC programs. ONLY the doctoral and postdoctoral programs will be discussed
at these sessions. Registration is not required, choose the session that works best for you!
Dates: Live MS Teams Sessions
Information Sessions Dates:
SAVVY
NEW CANADIANS FINANCIAL LITERACY SCHOLARSHIP 2025
Two $1,000 scholarships for Fall Term · For all Full-Time Master’s or PhD students
Research Field(s): Be enrolled any year and in any field of study
Details: Full-time Master’s or PhD students
Deadline: September 22, 2025
JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY IN KRAKOW, POLAND – EUROPEAN UNION SHORT TERM ACADEMIC EXCHANGE DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIPS
Scholarship funding – Doctoral short-term exchange scholarships which covers travel expenses, living costs and, if applicable, conference fees or participation costs for summer and winter schools
Details: Doctoral students to undertake short-term trips lasting from 3 to 5 days (excluding travel days) to participate in educational activities, including courses, workshops, professional internships, study visits, conferences, and summer or winter
schools organized by the Jagiellonian University. For full details, including eligibility criteria and required documents, please contact
Anna.Polonyi@umanitoba.ca.
Deadline: Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis until available funds are exhausted, and all visits must be completed by the end of September 2025
ERIC
AND WENDY SCHMIDT AI IN SCIENCE POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
$85,000 CDN/year in salary, plus $11,000 CDN/year for benefits, for 2 years
Research Field(s): Existing and prospective natural sciences/engineering postdocs who have a desire to learn new AI methodologies that stand to accelerate discoveries in their domain
Details: Open to postdocs – questions can be sent to schmidtfutures@utoronto.ca
Deadline: October 8, 2025, 5:00 PM EST
2025
JOHN W. DAVIES MEMORIAL AWARD FROM THE SOCIETY OF NAVAL ARCHITECTS AND MARINE ENGINEERS – ARCTIC SECTION
One Scholarship of $3,000 · For Full-Time Master's & PhD students
Research Field(s): Research assists in providing solutions to problems specifically encountered in
marine cold regions (such as in the Arctic, subarctic, Antarctic, Polar, subpolar, or other cold ocean/sea environments)
Details: Open to full-time Master’s and Ph.D. students at a recognized University in Canada
Questions and Applications go to: 2025scholarship@icetech22.org
Deadline: November 1, 2025, 12:00am MST
PIERRE
ELLIOTT TRUDEAU FOUNDATION – ANNUAL DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIP COMPETITION
For PhD students in their 1st or 2nd year of studies as of September 2025
Contact: Stéphanie Maurice for details at smaurice@fondationtrudeau.ca
Virtual 60-minute information sessions for award officers will be held on September 18, 2025, in French and English:
*
French: September 18, 2024, at 11:00 AM EST Register
here!
* English: September 18, 2024, at 2:00 PM EST
Register
here!
Competition opens: September 9, 2025
Deadline: November 17, 2025 at 4:00 P.M. EST
NSERC
INDIGENOUS STUDENT AMBASSADORS GRANT (NISA)
Up to $5,000 · For Indigenous undergraduate/graduate students and postdoctoral fellows
Research Field(s): Natural Sciences and Engineering
Details: The grant provides funding to students and postdoctoral researchers to develop and implement outreach activities aimed at promoting Indigenous participation and engagement in the natural sciences and engineering fields.
Deadline: Between two and six months before start of activity
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