The Alberta Advanced Education, in partnership with Alberta Innovates invests in the support of academically superior graduate students undertaking full-time research education at an Alberta university, leading to a research-based Master’s or Doctoral degree.
The Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarships program (GSS) is designed to enable these promising students to succeed in Platform Areas of scientific research which are strategically important to Alberta. These areas are: Information and Communications Technology (ICT), Nanotechnology, and Omics.
Value
Alberta Innovates funding is available to successful applicants as full scholarships. Tri Council Scholarships (NSERC/CIHR and Vanier), China Scholarship Council and other external peer-reviewed award holders who win an Alberta Innovates GSS will receive a top-up for the duration of their eligibility, and this top up value may increase to the full scholarship value when the external funding ends, for the remainder of the Alberta Innovates scholarship terms, if applicable.
Scholarship terms vary from one to four years, depending on the circumstances of the applicant.
Application Procedures
Students must be nominated to FGSR by their home department; students cannot apply online in the GSMS Awards Portal at this time. Students are to consult with their department regarding their internal application process and deadline. Applications and accompanying documents sent directly to the FGSR by students will not be considered.
Students’ must submit the following documents to their Department for internal adjudication:
Nomination Procedures
For Departments only, Refer to the 2020 Alberta Innovates GSS Competition Memo for complete details and instructions.
Adjudication Procedures
FGSR will review all applications for eligibility and completeness and forward them to the Graduate Scholarship Committee (GSC) for adjudication. The GSC will evaluate the applicants based on 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: Genomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics, Transcriptomics and Regulomics) in and of themselves or which additionally support the innovation priority areas of Environment & Climate, Energy, Food & Agriculture, Fibre/Bioindustrial and Health.
Additional Information
If you receive a master's level Alberta Innovates GSS and then switch into a doctoral program, conversion of your funding to the PhD level is not guaranteed.
Students who have been awarded an Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship need to complete final reports. For more information, complete eligibility and binding rules for holding Alberta Innovates GSS, please see the 2020 Alberta Innovates GSS Program Guidelines and Handbook (forthcoming).
Additional details can be found in the 2020 Alberta Innovates GSS Program Guidelines and Handbook (forthcoming).
The following category of students are not eligible to apply:
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