Published: 15 Oct 2025 853 views
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.
| Application Deadline | 17 Nov 2025 |
| Country to study | Canada |
| Type | PhD |
| Sponsor | Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation |
| Gender | Men and Women |
Up to $50,000 stipend plus up to $20,000 research and travel allowance per year for three years
1. You are:
NOTE: International students studying at an international university are not eligible.
2. During the selection process, you must:
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:
For more details, visit Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship webpage
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