University of Alberta Graduate Recruitment Scholarship and Graduate Student Award
The University of Alberta Graduate Recruitment Scholarship (GRS) and Graduate Student Award (GSA) provide funding opportunities for eligible full-time thesis-based master’s and doctoral students. Candidates are nominated by their faculties; students cannot apply directly. Eligibility, award value and nomination deadlines depend on the award category and intake term.
SCHOLARSHIP DETAILS
University of Alberta
Graduate Recruitment Scholarship (GRS)
- Application deadline
- November 12, 2026
- Study level
- Graduate
- Information last verified
- November 12, 2026
Eligibility
Students must be newly admitted to a doctoral or thesis-based master’s graduate degree program, or have transferred (fast tracked) from a master’s to a doctoral degree program.
Will be registered full-time in a doctoral degree or thesis-based master’s degree program by the admit term.
Must have an admission grade point average (AGPA) of at least 3.5. Current students transferring (fast track) from a master’s degree to a doctoral degree are eligible provided that both their AGPA and current program GPA are 3.5 or over, or the average if one mark is less.
Students admitted to course-based or qualifying programs are not eligible.
Students may receive a GRS only once (unless they transfer from a master’s to a doctoral degree program). Faculties wishing to fund a GRS recipient may nominate them for a GSA in each year during which they meet the eligibility requirements.
How to apply
There is no application form; students cannot apply for these awards. Eligible students are considered on the recommendation of the Faculty.
Information is provided as a guide and may change. The university or funding provider is the final authority on eligibility, award amounts, deadlines and applications.