Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarships for Postgraduate Students 2024

The Graduate Student Scholarships program provides funding to enable full-time graduate students to research emerging technologies at participating post-secondary institutions.

• Table of Content
• About Alberta Innovates
• Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarships
• Aim and Benefits of Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarships
• Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarships Courses
• Requirements for Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarships Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarships
• Documents Required for Application
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Alberta Innovates

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Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarships

Aim and Benefits of Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarships

The program offers funding ranging from $12,000 to $31,000 per year, and the terms vary from one to four years, depending on the recipient’s time in the program.

We are proud to support the next generation of leaders in emerging technology areas in their pursuit of academic excellence through scholarship funding that can enable the student to devote their full time to their academic studies.

View our emerging technology focus areas here.

Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarships Courses

• Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Technologies (AMM)
• ICT

Requirements for Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarships Qualification

This scholarship program is open to Canadian, permanent resident, and international graduate students conducting full-time research in key emerging technology areas of information and communications technologies (ICT) and advanced materials and manufacturing technologies (AMM) at one of the following post-secondary institutions. View their websites below:

• Athabasca University
• Concordia University of Edmonton
• University of Alberta
• University of Calgary
• University of Lethbridge

Please check with your institution’s faculty of graduate studies for full descriptions and application details. Please review our program guidelines for more information before applying. 

Interview date, Process and Venue for Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarships

• Each of the participating Alberta institutions has scholarship application and evaluation processes specific to their institutions for students in programs of full-time study. Please check with your institution’s faculty of graduate studies for information on evaluation.
• Students who have been awarded an Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship must complete annual and final reports through the term of their award and post-award reports after the end of the award.
• Multi-year scholarships are renewed annually after the first year upon satisfactory reporting by the student.

Documents Required for Application

• Athabasca University
• Concordia University of Edmonton
• University of Alberta
• University of Calgary
• University of Lethbridge

Application Deadline

How to Apply

1. Check with your institution’s faculty of graduate studies for full descriptions and application details.
   • Athabasca University
   • Concordia University of Edmonton
   • University of Alberta
   • University of Calgary
   • University of Lethbridge
2. Submit your application to your institution.
3. Wait for your application to be reviewed.

Graduate Student Scholarships Program Guidelines Download Program Guide

For more details visit: Alberta Innovates website.