Prospective applicants are encouraged to talk to the program in which they are seeking admission for information on entrance funding opportunities. New students are encouraged to talk to your unit’s Graduate Chair or Graduate Administrator to see what awards are available. 

Funding opportunities, along with descriptions, eligibility criteria, application requirements, amounts and deadlines, can all be found in the CGPS Awards HUB. 

About CGPS funding

CGPS offers a wide range of awards, scholarships, and bursaries to provide financial support to graduate students already registered and in full-time studies. These funding opportunities recognize students’ academic achievements, research potential, and community engagement.

In addition to donor-funded opportunities, CGPS administers approximately $8.21 million of institutional funds to support graduate students. Much of this funding is allocated to units through the Student Support Fund (SSF) and CGPS 75th Anniversary Scholarship programs and any inquiries should be directed to your program.

CGPS also targets funding initiatives through programs such as Indigenous Recruitment Scholarship, Indigenous Graduate Leadership Scholarship, the Teacher-Scholar Doctoral Fellowship, and the Dean’s Scholarship.  

Students are also encouraged to apply to Tri-Agency scholarship programs. CGPS is proud to support and administer these programs. 

Award opportunities & deadlines

CGPS distributes calls for awards applications by email one month prior to the start of the fall, winter, and spring/summer terms. Previous awards calls can be viewed in the online archive. 

Upcoming awards deadlines can be found in the CGPS Calendar, and are also listed in CGPS monthly newsletters.  

Application Info - Doctoral

 Deadline
  • Canada Research Training Awards Suite - Research Travel Supplements
    *awarded twice per year
 October 9, 2026
May 25, 2026
  • Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral (CGRS D)
 Sept 28, 2026

 

Application Info - Master's Deadline
  • Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Master's (CGRS M)
 Dec 1, 2026

Application Info Deadline
  • Governor General's Gold Medal 
    * awarded at fall and spring convocation annually

Sept 14, 2026 
April 12, 2027
  • USask Graduate Thesis/Dissertation Awards
    * awarded at spring convocation annually

April 12, 2027
  • CAGS/UMI Distinguished Dissertation Award
  • WAGS-ProQuest Innovation in Technology Award
  • WAGS Distinguished Master's Thesis Award

TBD

Tri-Agency

Application Info Deadline
  • Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral (CGRS D)
 September 28, 2026
  • Canada Research Training Awards Suite - Research Travel Supplements
    *awarded twice per year
 October 9, 2026
  • Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Master's (CGRS M)
 December 1, 2026

 

Donor & CGPS Opportunities

Application Info Deadline
  • Hantelman Humanities Scholarships
  • Hope Hunt Scholarship
  • John Larson Cancer Research Scholarship
  • Robert Guy Memorial Scholarship
  • Gary Rempel Graduate Scholarship
  • Roman & Sonia Stratychuk Graduate Scholarship
  • Samit & Reshma Sharma Graduate Award in Water Security
 November 2, 2026
  • George & Arlene Loewen Family Bursaries
  • Heather Lukey Graduate Student Bursary
  • Ivan & Margaret Toutloff Bursary 
  • John Spencer Middleton & Jack Spencer Gordon Middleton Graduate Bursary 
  • Mehr Foundation Iranian Graduate Student Bursary 
  • Muriel J. Clancy Bursary
  • Robson Bursary for Graduate Students
 November 16, 2026 

 

Tri-Agency Opportunities

Application Info Deadline
  • Canada Research Training Awards Suite - Research Travel Supplements
    *awarded twice per year
 May 25, 2026

Donor & CGPS Opportunities

Application Info Deadline
  • Mackenzie King Open & Travelling Scholarships
 February 1, 2027
  • Robert P. Knowles Scholarship
 February 22, 2027
  • Teacher-Scholar Doctoral Fellowship
 February 26, 2027

  • Barbara Carleton Graduate Scholarship
  • Borgerson Graduate Scholarship in Public Policy and Sustainability 
  • Dr. Rui Feng Graduate Scholarship
  • Frederick Wheeler & WHT Spary Graduate Scholarship
  • Gem & Mineral Federation of Canada Scholarship
  • Gerry "Git" Rempel Graduate Scholarship
  • Harvey Graduate Scholarship
  • Indigenous Graduate Leadership Scholarship (IGLS)
  • Krishnamurthy & Bharathi Devi Award
  • Lafond-Bourgenje Women in Innovation Scholarship
  • Rhea Ritchie Scholarship in Human Nutrition
  • Robert R. Moffat Memorial Scholarship 
  • Robert Stoddart Memorial Scholarship 
  • Sunanda & Subbarao Kalagnanam Graduate Student Award 
  • Walter Sumner Memorial Fellowship
  • Wanda Young Scholarship in Doctoral Studies
  • William Dixon Indigenous Graduate Scholarship

March 8, 2027
  • Herbert Percy Toop Memorial Prize 
 April 12, 2027
  • Canadian Federation of University Women
  • Dr. Roger Rimmer Award for Excellence in Graduate Research (Sask Canola)
  • Saskatchewan Lieutenant Governor Indigenous Scholarship
  • Saskatchewan Lieutenant Governor Scholarship
 TBD

Apply for awards

Through the CGPS Awards HUB you can:

  • Apply for funding opportunities managed by CGPS
  • Upload supporting documents
  • Accept or decline your awards
  • And more!

For questions, please contact CGPS' Scholarships & Awards Services team for help.

Changes to your funding?

As an award holder, if there are changes to your payroll documents, program timeline, or anything else that might impact your funding, it is your responsibility to contact CGPS Graduate Awards Team.