Graduate Awards
The following list describes some but not all available scholarships, bursaries, and prizes for graduate students in Biological Sciences. For further details, you may contact the chair of the awards committee Dr. Jennifer McLeese or the Financial Aids and Awards Office, at the University of Manitoba
UM’s Financial Aid and Awards office
CURRENT DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS APPLICATION
Submission Deadline September 9, 2022
Please read the instruction sheet before starting an application.
Awards Applications Instructions
Travel Award
The Department of Biological Sciences provides funds to Master’s and Ph.D students to assist with conference travel costs. The amount is $350.00 for North American travel if you are presenting (poster or oral talk) and $100 if you are not presenting, and the amount of $500.00 for International travel if you are presenting (poster or oral talk). Note that this award is available only once to you per year (April 1 to March 31), and ONLY until funds are exhausted, and matching funds from the Faculty of Science have been granted. In order to apply for these funds please complete the Application Form, attach a copy of your abstract and registration confirmation, if available, and email it to biograd.program@umanitoba.ca for approval. You MUST apply for this award at least 6 weeks prior to the conference you will attend.
These funds need to be used according to UM ravel and expenses policies, and where possible through the Concur system. The office staff can assist with this process. You will also need to have a copy of the conference program (at least the outline that is usually on a meeting website) and keep ALL receipts for travel, hotel, meals (itemized), taxi, and complete a travel claim for reimbursement after your return. Funds may also be available from the Faculty of Graduate Studies and the Graduate Students Association.
NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships
Value: MSc $17,500, PhD $21,000
Deadline: See NSERC Website
Details: NSERC Website
University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowships
Value: MSc $14,000 PhD: $18,000
Deadline: TBD
Details at the U of M awards site
Application Form
TransCanada Pipelines Graduate Fellowship in Science
Value: $6450.00
Deadline: September 9, 2022
Details: open to any full-time graduate student in the Faculty of Science with high standing (minimum GPA 3.5)
Major G.E.H Barrett-Hamilton Memorial Scholarship
Value: $10,525.00
Deadline: September 9, 2022
Details: For academically excellent students in their 1st or 2nd year of full-time graduate studies in the area of animal biology and demonstrates research potential based on reference letters, and demonstrate scholarship based on project reports, publications, conference presentations, or related accomplishments. A minimum GPA of 3.5 is required for this award.
Harold E. Welch Memorial Scholarship
Value: $5000.00
Deadline: September 9, 2022
Details: For students entering, or in 1st year of graduate study in zoology who does not hold a major scholarship or similar support valued at $10,000.00 or more
G.A. Lubinsky Memorial Scholarship
Value: $6150.00
Deadline: September 9, 2022
Details: For breadth and depth of scholarship and research beyond the 1st year of the graduate program with a focus on animal biology. A minimum GPA of 3.5 is required for this award.
Roger Evans Memorial Scholarship
Value: $5125.00
Deadline: September 9, 2022
Details: Awarded to a full-time graduate student with a minimum GPA of 3.5, who is working in the fields of animal behavior or ecology and intends to present his/her research at a national or international conference. In order to be considered for this scholarship, eligible students will be asked to submit a brief summary of their research and to provide details on when and where they intend to present this research at a suitable meeting.
Dalgarno Graduate Fellowship
Value: $7525.00
Deadline: September 9, 2022
Details: Awarded to a graduate student enrolled full-time, with a minimum GPA of 3.5, conducting research with a focus on plant or fungal biology.
Eugene Reimer Scholarship for Biological Sciences
Value: $18625.00 (may be renewable for a second year)
Deadline: TBD
Details: Awarded to a full-time graduate student with a minimum GPA of 3.5, who is undertaking or has proposed to undertake thesis research with a focus in botany or fungi.
E. Scherer Memorial Scholarship
Value: $26900.00
Deadline: September 9, 2022
Details: Awarded to a full-time graduate student with a minimum GPA of 3.5, who is undertaking or has proposed to undertake thesis research in the field of ecology.
Phoenix Biological Sciences Graduate Fellowship
Value: $2175.00
Deadline: September 9, 2022
Details: Awarded to a graduate student with a minimum GPA of 3.5, who is conducting research in any area of biology and is supervised by a faculty member in the Department of Biological Sciences.
Faculty of Science Graduate Fellowship – Emergent Biosolutions
Value: TBD
Deadline: September 9, 2022
Details: for those students enrolled full-time in the Faculty of Graduate Studies, in the first two years of any Masters’s program or the first 3 years of any Doctoral program delivered by a Department in the Faculty of Science, have achieved a minimum grade point average of 3.5 based on the last 60 credit hours (or equivalent) of study, and has demonstrated exceptional research ability, as determined by the selection committee.
Dana Schroeder Memorial Scholarship
Value: TBD
Deadline: September 9, 2022
Details: for those students who are enrolled full-time in the Faculty of Graduate studies, Masters or PhD program, achieved a minimum grade point average of 3.5 based on the last 60 credit hours (or equivalent) of study, and conduct research with a focus on genetics.
Graduate Science Research Scholarship for Indigenous Students
Value: TBD
Deadline: September 9, 2022
Details: for those students who self-declare as a First Nations, Metis on Inuit person from Canada, are enrolled full-time in the Faculty of Graduate Studies, in any Masters or Doctoral program delivered by the Faculty of Science; have achieved a minimum grade point average of 3.5 based on the last 60 credit hours (or equivalent) of study, and is conducting a research project with a focus on issues affecting Indigenous people ( eg, water quality, Indigenous health, etc).
Nature Manitoba
Value: $500
Deadline: September 9, 2022
Details: Awarded to a student who has graduated from a University in Manitoba and who, in the following September either enters or continues with a graduate program in Biological Sciences.
Application Form
Please read the instruction sheet before starting the application.
Nature Manitoba Instruction sheet
Manitoba Association of Plant Biologists Award
Value: $1500.00
Deadline: September 9, 2022
Details: Scholarship and bursaries available
Bursaries and Prizes
Bursary applications are available on the Financial Aids and Awards Office
Josefine C. Rauch Memorial Prize for Teaching Assistants
Value: Bookstore voucher, the value varies depending on the number of applicants
Deadline: April
Details: Recognizes outstanding undergraduate teaching by graduate students. One of four awards annually.
Ileen Stewart Memorial Award
Value: TBA
Deadline: At the deadline for U of M bursary applications
Details: Available to any full-time graduate student with a minimum GPA of 3.5 and demonstrated financial need based on the standard U of M bursary application form.
William O. and Erna Pruitt Graduate Bursary
Value: TBD
Deadline: At the deadline for U of M bursary applications
Details: Available to any full-time graduate student in a Master’s or Doctoral program offered by the Faculty of Science, with a minimum degree grade point average of 3.0, who is undertaking or proposes to undertake research in the natural history of the boreal forest. The student must also be able to demonstrate financial needs based on the standard U of M bursary application.