University of Alberta 2025 Indigenous Graduate Award in Research

This award is intended to enable Indigenous graduate students to engage in community- or land-based activities with their Nation or community in order to build relationships, ground their own culture and identity, and deepen their knowledge as they undertake research leading to a PhD dissertation, a master’s thesis, or a capstone project in a course-based master’s program.

• Table of Content
• About University of Alberta
• Indigenous Graduate Award in Research
• Aim and Benefits of Indigenous Graduate Award in Research
• Requirements for Indigenous Graduate Award in Research Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

Indigenous Graduate Award in Research

Aim and Benefits of Indigenous Graduate Award in Research

The scholarship provides $4,000

Requirements for Indigenous Graduate Award in Research Qualification

To be eligible, students must meet the following eligibility criteria:

• must be a First Nation, Inuit or Métis person of Canada in accordance with the Constitution Act, 1982, Part 2, Section 35(2). Proof of Indigenous ancestry is required;
• must have satisfactory academic standing (equivalent to a 2.7 GPA). The GPA for current graduate students is calculated using the current graduate program graded course work. For newly admitted graduate students or current graduate students who have no graded course work to date, the admission GPA (AGPA) will be used;
• must be registered in any year of a graduate degree at the U of A and who are pursuing research leading to a dissertation, thesis or capstone project;
• selection based on academic achievement and the merits of the proposed project or activity;
• students may hold this award once; and
• preference given to clearly defined projects and activities (e.g., weekly volunteering at a Friendship Centre, regular Oskâpêw activities with an Elder or ceremonial space).

Application Deadline

How to Apply

Students must apply directly to GPS by completing the online application via Google Form.

Proposed activities should involve a time commitment roughly equivalent to at least four hours per week over a four-month academic term, though there is no requirement that they be spaced in that way. Proposed activities could, for example, be concentrated in a shorter time period. Applicants should give a clear description of the following:

• the proposed project or activity;
• the reason for wanting to undertake it;
• the connections that have or will be made with a host community;
• the student’s interest in learning and utilizing Indigenous knowledge and skill; and
• the relationship between the project or activity and the student’s dissertation, thesis or capstone research.

For more details, visit University of Alberta Scholarship webpage