Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship 2026

The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship Program offers a three-year program designed to train engaged leaders with the skills required to turn their ideas into actions and contribute concretely to addressing the challenges of their communities, Canada, and the world.

While the Foundation continues to seek scholars with the greatest intellectual capacity and a track record of academic achievement, they are also looking for those demonstrating a willingness to engage with a plurality of perspectives, people, cultures, and ideologies, and who are committed to deep listening, profound curiosity, and exploring grey areas.

The Foundation welcomes applications from candidates across a wide range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, in business schools, public health and law. Candidates’ research must be related to one or more of the Foundation’s four central themes: Human Rights and Dignity; Responsible Citizenship; Canada and the World; and, People and their Natural Environment.

• Table of Content
• About Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation
• Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship
• Requirements for Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship

Up to $50,000 stipend plus up to $20,000 research and travel allowance per year for three years

Requirements for Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship Qualification

1. You are: 

• A Canadian student studying at a Canadian university
• A Canadian student studying at an international university
• An international student studying at a Canadian university

NOTE: International students studying at an international university are not eligible.  

2. During the selection process, you must:

• Be in the first year of a doctoral program
• Be in your second year of a doctoral program

NOTE: Candidates in the final year of their master's degree are no longer eligible for the 2026 scholarship competition.

3. Your field of study is broadly related to the humanities and social sciences or human sciences and is directly relevant to the future of Canada.

4. Your doctoral work must relate to at least one of the Foundation's four general themes: 

• Human Rights and Dignity
• Responsible Citizenship
• Canada and the World
• People and their Natural Environment.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship webpage