Awards and Scholarships

Updated October 6, 2020

External Awards:

• Research Manitoba – Master’s Studentships –
  • Awarded on a competitive basis and are valued at $12,000 for a one year term.
  • Contact helpdesk@researchmb.ca with questions or for additional information.
    Application Deadline: Nov 16 at 4 PM
    Assessor Letters and Transcripts Deadline: Nov 30 at 4 PM
    STUDENT APPLIES DIRECTLY TO SPONSOR
• Research Manitoba – PhD Health Research Studentship Award –
  • Awarded on a competitive basis and are valued at $17,850 for a one year term.
  • Contact helpdesk@researchmb.ca with questions or for additional information.
    Application Deadline: Nov 16 at 4 PM
    Assessor Letters and Transcripts Deadline: Nov 30 at 4 PM
    STUDENT APPLIES DIRECTLY TO SPONSOR
• Health Research Postdoctoral Fellowship –
  • Awarded on a competitive basis and are valued at $36,750 (plus benefits) for a one year term.
  • Contact helpdesk@researchmb.ca with questions or for additional information.
    Application Deadline: Nov 16 at 4 PM
    Assessor Letters and Transcripts Deadline: Nov 30 at 4 PM
    STUDENT APPLIES DIRECTLY TO SPONSOR – A FAAF will be required if awarded
• NSERC CGS-M, and CIHR CGS-M: for Masters and Prospective Masters Students
  • Deadline: December 1st, 2020 – 7 pm Central Time Level: Master’s Value: $17,500 for 1 year
  • Citizenship: Canadian Citizens & Permanent Residents of Canada are eligible for the CGS-M per the Tri-Agency requirements
  • Tri Agency requirements
  • Tri-Agency (SSHRC, NSERC, & CIHR) Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s (CGS-M) Virtual Information Session, Date:  October 15^th, 2020

Internal Awards:

University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship (UMGF) competition.

In 2021, up to three scholarships are available. Value (for a 12 month period) Ph.D.: $18,000 Master’s:  $14,000

Eligibility:

• Pursuing a  Masters or a PhD degree in Microbiology
• Minimum admission GPA of 3.00 based on their admission to their current graduate program.
• Master’s students with more than 16 months in the graduate program are not eligible
• Ph.D. students with more than 40 months in the graduate program are not eligible

Selection criteria: academic achievements, experience in research, and research potential

Application materials:

• Application Package (UMGF Application 2021)
• Two letters of reference (sent separately to  Irene  Golembioski)

Students should compile their application in one PDF file named: Last name_First name_UMGF. Deadline for applications to be electronically submitted to Irene  Golembioski is April 30th, 2021 4:30 PM

• Hawirko, Roma Zenovea Graduate Scholarship 2020 deadline has passed
• University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship (UMGF) 2020 deadline has passed
• Amber Scholarship Fund (2020) deadline has passed
• Howard Lees Scholarship in Microbiology deadline has passed
  

Travel Awards (available throughout the year):

The Department of Microbiology provides travel awards up to $200 to two students per supervisor per fiscal year (April 1 – March 31). To apply, fill in the attached application and send it to the Departmental Office Administrative Assistant Stephanie.Carter@umanitoba.ca

The Faculty of Science will match the Departmental Award with an equal amount up to $200  (https://sci.umanitoba.ca/students/graduate-students/grad-student-travel-support/).

Students must apply to both sources of funding regardless of the amount to claim.

The Faculty of Graduate Studies also provides funds for traveling. Check the Award Database for FACULTY OF GRADUATE STUDIES TRAVEL AWARD and this link

Internal, External and Need-Based-Funding Awards information

• Visit the Graduate Student Funding and Awards Page
• Check the Full Listing of upcoming award deadlines