Scholarships and Financial Support
Awards Available to CSM Graduate Students
***Please note that the GSE has a four business day internal deadline in advance of the sponsor (e.g., CIHR, Alberta Innovates) submission deadline for all scholarship and award applications requiring Associate Dean, Graduate Science Education (Dr. Heather Jamniczky) signature.***
Changes to UCalgary application process (CGRS-D): Students will be required to submit a Preliminary Application Form (PAF), similar to the past process for Vanier awards. The PAF application form will be open from June 15th to August 11th, 2025. The Faculty of Graduate Studies will send out communication with information about the PAF to all currently registered students and students offered admission to their programs. Successful applicants will be invited to submit a full application due Oct 15th, 2025. Applications with incomplete transcripts or incorrect self-calculated GPA will be removed from the competition. Students will now be responsible for retrieving transcripts and ensuring that transcripts are complete.
The GSE office will be holding an information session on the PAF for CGRS-D. Interested students can use the link below to sign up:
Qualtrics Survey | Qualtrics Experience Management
Important Dates:
June 15th – PAF for CGRS-D opens
July 16th – GSE information session for CGRS-D PAF
August 11th – Deadline to submit PAF
Sept 9th – Results for PAF
Oct 15th – Deadline to submit full CGRS-D application to FGS via Tri-agency portals
Nov 21st – CGRS-D Deadline to Tri-agency
Dec 1st – Deadline to submit CGRS-M application to FGS
The 2024-2025 CSM Harmonized Awards – Graduate Award Competition (GAC) is currently accepting applications. The Cumming School of Medicine -Graduate Science Education GAC application submission deadline is 11:59 PM, January 15th, 2025. This deadline includes reference letters.
The deadline to submit the CSM Harmonized Award form is February 28, 2025.
Note to Supervisor:
Once you completed your section, you can close the form screen to save your submission. The screen will take to your list of CSM Harmonized Forms requests, and if the form is highlighted in GREEN, you have completed the form.
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Achievers in Medical Science Doctoral Scholarship
Alvin Libin Graduate Scholarship in Cardiovascular Research
Anne M Gillis Graduate Scholarship in Cardiovascular Research
Calgary Chinatown Lions Club Ida Toews Graduate Scholarship in Pediatric Cancer
Catherine Joan Mills Graduate Scholarship
Charlie Fischer Graduate Scholarship in Advancing Patient and Family-Centred Research
Cumming School of Medicine (CSM) Department of Medicine Graduate Scholarship
Cumming School of Medicine Graduate Scholarship
Eleanor Mackie Doctoral Scholarship in Women's Health
Emerging Cancer Scholar Award in Brain Tumour Research
Emerging Cancer Scholar Award in Cancer Screening, Detection & Risk Reduction
J. Gregory Cairncross Graduate Scholarship
Kenneth M Stephenson Graduate Scholarship in Cardiovascular Research
Libin Cardiovascular Institute BRAIN CREATE Doctoral Scholarship
Libin Cardiovascular Institute BRAIN CREATE Master’s Scholarship
Libin Cardiovascular Institute Doctoral Scholarship 2025
Libin Cardiovascular Institute Master’s Scholarship
Libin Cardiovascular Institute Master’s Scholarship in Cardiovascular Health Promotion
Libin Cardiovascular Institute Master’s Scholarship in Women’s Cardiovascular Health
Phillips Emerging Cancer Scholar Award in Cancer Research
Riddell Centre Emerging Cancer Scholar Award for Cancer Immunotherapy
Robson Centre Emerging Cancer Scholar Award for DNA Science
Todd and Karen Anderson Graduate Scholarship in Cardiovascular Research
William H Davies Medical Research Scholarship
If you have questions, please contact awardsgse@ucalgary.ca.
Your graduate program may have additional awards based on performance, publishing, or other criteria. Visit your program-specific website for more information.
Scholarship and Awards Tools and Resources
GSE Workshops
(PowerPoint Presentations)
Canada Graduate Research Scholarship
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Scholarships and Awards: Graduate Awards Database
There are many different awards available to graduate students at the University of Calgary. Please search the Graduate Awards Database and speak to your supervisor to ensure that you are not missing out on funding opportunities.
