Upcoming Award Deadlines

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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.

DOCTORAL AWARD FOR INDIGENOUS STUDENTS
$10,000 Scholarships · For Full-Time PhD students
Research Field(s): Any
Details: The awards are offered to meritorious Canadian Indigenous doctoral students who demonstrate significant research ability and scholarly potential.
Deadline: September 4, 2024
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MASTER’S AWARD FOR INDIGENOUS STUDENTS
$8,000 Scholarships · For Full-Time Master’s students
Research Field(s): Any
Details: This award is offered to meritorious Canadian Indigenous master’s students who demonstrate significant research ability and scholarly potential.
Deadline: September 4, 2024
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PRESIDENT’S GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP FOR FIRST NATIONS, INUIT, AND MÉTIS STUDENTS
(1) Scholarship valued at $18,200 · For Full-Time PhD students
Research Field(s): Any
Details: This award will be offered to the highest ranked applicant from the 2024-2025 Doctoral Award for Indigenous Students competition pool. (No application required)
Deadline: September 4, 2024
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SONJA I. BATA MATERIAL CULTURE SCHOLARSHIPS
Scholarship valued at up to $7375.00 · 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 5, 2024
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VANIER CANADA GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS
Scholarship valued at $50,000.00 per year for three years · For Ph.D. Students
Research Fields(s): Health Research (CIHR), Natural Sciences and/or Engineering (NSERC), Social Sciences and Humanities (SSHRC)
Details: The Government of Canada launched the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS) program in 2008 to strengthen Canada's ability to attract and retain world-class doctoral students and establish Canada as a global centre of excellence in research and higher learning. Vanier Scholars demonstrate leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement in graduate studies in the social sciences and humanities, natural sciences and/or engineering and health. Canadian citizens, permanent residents and international students are eligible to be nominated for a Vanier Scholarship. Please visit the Vanier website for all relevant details
Deadline: September 9, 2024 (some materials are required by September 3, 2024)
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CARLA THORLAKSON GRADUATE TRAVEL AWARD
Master’s and Doctoral scholarship valued at $7000.00 · For Master’s and Ph.D. Students
Research Fields(s): Unrestricted; provides students with the opportunity to travel and to thereby enhance their educational experience or research opportunities
Details: Open to Canadian and International students conducting research abroad
Deadline: September 12, 2024
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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 12, 2024
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PURSUIT AWARD
(3) Awards valued at (1st) $3,000, (2nd) $2,000 & (3rd) $1,000 · For Ph.D. or Post-Doctoral Students
Research Fields(s): Pediatric Disability
Details: This competition is for PhD students, post-doctoral students and recent doctoral graduates (within one year of graduating) from across the globe for their outstanding contributions to and achievements in childhood disability research, enabling personalized versions of a good life across the lifespan, for all individuals with childhood onset disabilities, acquired injuries and developmental differences, their families and communities.
Deadline: September 13, 2024
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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 25, 2024, 4pm CST
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SENATOR THOMAS ALEXANDER CRERAR SCHOLARSHIP
Two 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: September 25, 2024
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Women’s Health Research Foundation of Canada Scholarship Full Time
Two scholarships of $3,000.00 each · For Master’s and Ph.D. Students
Research Field(s): Women’s Health
Details: Open to Canadian and International students conducting research in Canada. This scholarship is for students enrolled full-time in the Faculty of Graduate Studies, in any Master’s or Doctoral program, with high academic standing who have demonstrated superior intellectual ability and academic accomplishment and is undertaking or has proposed to undertake research in any area of women's health for their thesis or practicum
Deadline: September 26, 2024
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Women’s Health Research Foundation of Canada Scholarship Part-Time
One scholarship of $1,500.00 · For Master’s and Ph.D. Students
Research Field(s): Women’s Health
Details: Open to Canadian and International students conducting research in Canada. This scholarship is for students enrolled part-time in the Faculty of Graduate Studies, in any Master’s or Doctoral program, with high academic standing who have demonstrated superior intellectual ability and academic accomplishment and is undertaking or has proposed to undertake research in any area of women's health for their thesis or practicum
Deadline: September 26, 2024
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SAVVY NEW CANADIANS FINANCIAL LITERACY SCHOLARSHIP
(2) scholarships valued at $1,000 · For Master's & PhD students
Research Field(s): Any field of study increasing and improving financial literacy and awareness among students in Canada
Details: Open to Canadian, permanent residents and international students at accredited Canadian universities and colleges
Deadline: September 30, 2024
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CIHR CANADA GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS – DOCTORAL (CGS-D)
Scholarships valued at $40,000 · For PhD students
Research Field(s): Health Sciences
Details: Open to Canadian citizens or permanent residents
Deadline: October 2, 2024
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NSERC CANADA GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS – DOCTORAL (CGS-D) & POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS (PGS-D)
Scholarships valued at $40,000 · For PhD students
Research Field(s): Natural Sciences and Engineering
Details: Open to Canadian citizens or permanent residents
Deadline: October 2, 2024
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SSHRC CANADA GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS – DOCTORAL (SSHRC CGS-D) & DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS (SSHRC DOCTORAL)
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
Deadline: October 2, 2024
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PREMIO CAMPO FOGOLAR AWARDS
(2) Awards valued at $1,000 each · For Master's & PhD students
Research Field(s): Open to a current member of the Fogolar Association of Winnipeg or a direct descendent of someone from the FVG or Vento regions of Italy with an interest in Italian heritage
Details: Resident of Manitoba or a resident of Canada with family who was a founding member of Campo Fogolar
Deadline: October 31, 2024
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Other Opportunities

NSERC 2024 – DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIPS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS Q&A SESSIONS
These Q&A sessions will serve to provide details and guidance to students and fellows planning to apply to NSERC programs.
Research Field(s): Natural sciences, Engineering
Details: The sessions will be hosted as live Q&A MS teams events. Please attend any of the sessions below that best suits your schedule. Registration is not required.
Dates: Live MS Teams Sessions

***NSERC is asking participants to watch these videos in advance and come to the Q&A sessions with specific questions in mind.***

Playlist - Scholarships & Fellowships program application tutorials

HOW TO APPLY TO THE OAS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
The Canadian Mission to the Organization of American States (PRMOAS) in Washington, D.C. has organized an online workshop which aims to familiarize prospective internship applicants with the operations of the Organization of American States (OAS) and to provide guidance on how to prepare a robust application for the OAS Internship Program. Key topics covered include the formulation of compelling CVs and cover letters. The overarching aim is to foster increased interest and involvement with the OAS among university students and young professionals from Canada and the United States of America.
Participants are required to register in advance through the online form
Online workshop: September 9, 2024, 3pm EDT

Funding Your Research in Germany Information Session
John Paul Kleiner, from the Toronto Office of DAAD – German Academic Exchange Service will present an information session on the German research landscape, its structure and details on programs to fund your research work in Germany or in collaboration with German colleagues. This session will be relevant to faculty, postdocs and doctoral students in all disciplines.
Date & Time: October 8, 2024 from 2:30 to 3:30 pm
Location: 307 Tier Building
To Register: contact Anna.Polonyi@umanitoba.ca by September 23, 2024

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