Eligibility Criteria
Academic standing: Students with a minimum GPA of 3.75 (above B+) at a recognized university based on a Bachelor, Masters, Graduate Diploma or a Doctoral degree. Please use admissions criteria in calculating GPA, i.e., last 60 credit hours or equivalent.
Citizenship: All students regardless of citizenship are eligible to apply. Canadian citizens and permanent residents are encouraged to apply to CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC scholarships, if there are eligible for funding from these research councils. Tricouncil eligible students who do not apply for a tricouncil award may be considered ineligible for a UMGF.
Fields of study: Students in all fields of graduate study (with the exception of those in the College of Medicine and in the Master of Business Administration [MBA]) are eligible to apply.
Years of graduate study: Students are eligible to receive the UMGF for the first 24 months of their Master’s program and the first 48 months of their PhD program. Total maximum UMGF support for any individual graduate student is 48 months.
Manitoba Graduate Scholarships (MGS)
The Government of Manitoba has provided funds to ensure that Manitoba's best students continue education at home, to foster research that leads to economic growth and to attract excellent students to study in Manitoba.
Valued for a 12 month period at $18,000 for PhD students (cannot be held with the UMGF), or $15,000 for Master's students (must decline UMGF).
Students who are eligible for the UMGF will also have their name entered into the MGS Competition.
Tri-Council Awards
Values for awards from Canada's three major research granting agencies are in excess of $16,000 per year.
Please check the appropriate website for instructions.
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
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