INTERNAL DEADLINE – Feb 3, 2023

The Indigenous Graduate Fellowship (previously Aboriginal Graduate Fellowship) competition has been launched.
Multi-year fellowships are provided to Master’s and doctoral students in all disciplines.

Application and reference forms, along with detailed instructions, will be posted on this website in early January 2023.
In the meantime, applicants can begin preparing as follows:

• Draft an outline of proposed research (research-based Master’s and doctoral applicants) or a statement of professional aspirations (professional Master’s applicants)
• Gather transcripts for all university-level studies (including studies undertaken but not completed) up to December 31, 2022
• Identify and contact references (two references required)
• Complete relevant entries in the Canadian Common CV (research Master’s and doctoral applicants)

Eligibility:

All Indigenous students are eligible to apply, but priority is given to Indigenous students whose traditional territory falls, at least in part, within Canada. This includes Canadian First Nations, Métis or Inuit students and may include Indigenous students from Alaska and other states of the USA. The university may request further information to confirm Indigenous eligibility.

Applicants may or may not be UBC graduate students at the time of application – the competition is open to both incoming and continuing graduate students. However, awardees must be enrolled as full-time status graduate students at the UBC-Vancouver campus for the 2023-2024 academic year in order to receive an Indigenous Graduate Fellowship through this competition.

For more details please visit: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/indigenous-graduate-fellowships 

Please note the following important changes to the IGF program:

• Eligibility for the IGF is extended to students in professional and coursework-only Master’s programs
• Opportunities for (i) Indigenous PhD students in their fourth year to apply for a fifth year of funding and (ii) for research Master’s and PhD students to apply for research funding will be incorporated into the IGF program. Details will be provided in January 2023.
• On the IGF Nomination Form, graduate program will be asked if their doctoral nominees are also being recommended for funding from the 4YF program. If so, and the nominee is subsequently ranked high enough to be offered IGF funding, the student will receive the 4YF and an IGF top up of $5,000 per year for the duration of their 4YF, and the graduate program will be allocated an additional 4YF to replace the 4YF awarded to their Indigenous student. (Note: if the nominee is not ranked high enough to be offered IGF funding, the graduate program will be responsible for providing 4YF funding from their existing 4YF allocation.)

Applicant deadline: Feb 3, 2023

Graduate Program nomination deadline: 4:00 pm PT on Friday 17 February 2023

For details about this competition, please see: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/indigenous-graduate-fellowships