Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship

To receive Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship, applicants must meet the eligibility criteria listed below :

• Must enroll in masters or doctoral programs offered eligible universities in Alberta
• Research should be conducted in Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Nanotechnology, and Omics

Ongoing Eligibility

• Must be full-time registered in the renewal year
• Must maintain a GPA of 3.5 (90%) or higher in the past year
• Also, send a renewal form to FGSR 6 weeks in advance of the date of renewable.

To apply for Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship, applicants must contact their respective departments in one of the universities mentioned above. The application form along with required documents must be sent directly to the department.

• Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship Application form must be completed.
• It must include University ID’s, and student and/or supervisor signatures.
• Two LOR(s) must be signed by each applicant’s referee.
  • It may submit letters of reference in sealed envelopes to their Department.
  • Alternatively, referees may send the forms directly to the department.
• Academic Transcripts with certified translations.

The latest deadline is yet to be announced.

FGSR will review all submitted applications case-by-case for eligibility and completeness. It will then forward to the Graduate Scholarship Committee (GSC) for further process. The GSC will evaluate the applicants based on their excellence and strategic alignment in Platform Areas of scientific research important to Alberta.

These Areas are Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Nanotechnology and Omics; (Omics consists of Metabolomics, Transcriptomics, Genomics, Proteomics, and Regulomics) in and of themselves or which additionally support the innovation priority areas of Environment & Climate, Energy, Food & Agriculture, Fibre/Bioindustrial and Health.