The Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies (GPS), offers graduate travel awards to financially support graduate students who travel in the interests of disseminating their research results or developing their research. GPS has organized the Travel Award funds to give students one opportunity for travel assistance in their program.
Conference travel
A conference trip should be a highlight of a student's program. Travel will involve the student's attendance and active participation - by presenting a paper or poster, exhibiting their work, or participating in a panel discussion at a major national or international research gathering.
Research travel
Active participation is required during the specified time of travel, and is to include collection, analyzation, or gathering of information/data for research. Research travel funding is fiscal-year dependent. Students may only submit a travel award application for travel expenses incurred between April 1 and March 31 of the current fiscal year.
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Conference travel
Aim and Benefits of Conference travel
Variable, up to a maximum value of $2000 depending on the estimate of eligible expenses provided by the student.
Requirements for Conference travel Qualification
Students must be actively participating at the conference by presenting a paper, poster session, or participating in a panel discussion, or exhibiting their work. The travel fund cannot provide support where students are attending only as an observer.
- Be registered full-time in their program at the time of application and at the time of proposed travel.
- Have a GPA of 2.7 or higher, based on the most recent 15 credits of graded coursework (or closest approximation thereof) in their current program at the time of application.
- Receive only one graduate travel award during their graduate program (either one for Conference Travel or one for Research Travel, but not both). This includes master’s students planning to transfer (fast-track) or who have already transferred to a PhD program.
- Students in a master's degree program must have completed no more than four years in the master's program at the time of travel. At the time of application and by the time of travel:
- Students must have completed at least two university terms of full-time coursework (grades must be final) in the program.
- Course-based students are required to be registered full-time in each Fall and Winter term; spring/summer term registration is not required if full-time coursework was completed in the preceding Fall and Winter terms.
- Students in a doctoral degree program must have completed no more than six years in the doctoral program at the time of travel. This includes master's students who have transferred to a PhD program. At the time of application and by the time of travel:
- Students must have completed their preliminary course work and other prerequisites,
- completed their candidacy examination (students are to ensure the examination completion date is listed on their transcript),
- be actively engaged in thesis research (registered in full time thesis credits).
- Students who are transferring or have transferred programs must meet the eligibility criteria of their current program at the time of application and at the time of proposed travel.
Application Deadline
December 31, 2025Interested in this scholarship; Go down to apply
Research travel
Aim and Benefits of Research travel
Variable, up to a maximum value of $2000 depending on the estimate of eligible expenses provided by the student.
Requirements for Research travel Qualification
Students must be actively engaged in research related activities at the designated location, and the nature of the trip must be to develop their own research (not their supervisor's). Internships, exchange programs, and attendance in credited and/or non-credited courses are not eligible for research travel funding.
- Be registered full-time in their program at the time of application and at the time of proposed travel.
- Have a GPA of 2.7 or higher, based on the most recent 15 credits of graded coursework (or closest approximation thereof) in their current program at the time of application.
- Receive only one graduate travel award during their graduate program (either one for Conference Travel or one for Research Travel, but not both). This includes master’s students planning to transfer (fast-track) or who have already transferred to a PhD program.
- Students in a master's degree program must have completed no more than four years in the master's program at the time of travel. At the time of application and by the time of travel:
- Students must have completed at least two university terms of full-time coursework (grades must be final) in the program.
- Course-based students are required to be registered full-time in each Fall and Winter term; spring/summer term registration is not required if full-time coursework was completed in the preceding Fall and Winter terms.
- Students in a doctoral degree program must have completed no more than six years in the doctoral program at the time of travel. This includes master's students who have transferred to a PhD program. At the time of application and by the time of travel:
- Students must have completed their preliminary course work and other prerequisites,
- completed their candidacy examination (students are to ensure the examination completion date is listed on their transcript),
- be actively engaged in thesis research (registered in full time thesis credits).
- Students who are transferring or have transferred programs must meet the eligibility criteria of their current program at the time of application and at the time of proposed travel.
The following are examples of travel that would constitute a research trip. Research travel within the City of Edmonton limits is not eligible for travel award funding:
- Trips to field sites
- Visits to off-campus research stations
- Visits to archives, museums and exhibits
- Participation at a research workshop; the workshop must be interactive with other researchers and/or participants and teach relevant skills related to your research
- Participation at a research training institute; the institute can be a wide variety of experiences related to your research, and be comprised of events, seminars, workshops, etc.
- Travel to performance venues for performing art students to present their pieces, or to attend performances relevant to their research
Application Deadline
December 31, 2025How to Apply
For more details, visit University of Alberta Scholarship webpage
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