Graduate Scholarships: Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures (AITF) Scholarships

The Alberta Innovates - Technology Futures (AITF) Scholarships support high caliber students undertaking a full-time graduate program in areas of research important to Alberta.

Your research must be related to Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Nano, or Omics(Omics consists of: Genomics, Proteomics, Metabolomics, Transcriptomics and Regulomics); in and of themselves, or additionally supporting the areas of Health, Bio-industries, or Energy and the Environment.

Note: This program will not support medical or health-related research initiatives that qualify for support from the Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions (AIHS), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), or similar medical research agencies. Candidates performing research that is clearly health-related must apply directly to AIHS, CIHR or similar medical research agencies.

Value    $26,500 Master’s, up to two years

$31,500 PhD, up to four years

Citizenship         Unrestricted

Eligibility               AITF Guidelines

Application Deadlines    New students starting a graduate program in May 2016, September 2016, or January 2017, January 15 to your Graduate Program Administrator, unless the program has an earlier deadline.

Continuing students apply through the Graduate Award Competition by February 1 to your Graduate Program Administrator, unless the program has an earlier deadline.

(New students can also apply through the February competition if you missed the January 15 deadline.)

IMPORTANT: It is your responsibility to ensure the application is completed in the correct file format.

Note      The AITF NSERC top-up is only available to students who have applied for, and been awarded, both an NSERC and AITF award through the current competitions.

For the purposes of the Alberta Innovates – Technology Futures competition, a major award is defined as having a value of $17,500 or higher.

Questions           Contact gsaward@ucalgary.ca

Alberta Innovates - Health Solutions (AIHS) Scholarships

The Alberta Innovates Health Solutions (AIHS) Scholarships support top-quality, internationally competitive health research. This funding supports further understanding of health and disease, and to producing results that will make a difference to the health, economy and societal wellbeing of Albertans and people around the world.

You must be currently enrolled in a graduate program at an Alberta university undertaking health-related training leading to a thesis-based graduate degree. You must have completed their first year of graduate training. The Graduate Studentship is tenable only at an Alberta university.

Note: Before you apply

You must apply for graduate awards; you are not automatically considered.
You may apply for awards after you have submitted an application for admission and receive a University of Calgary student number (UCID).
You do not need to be accepted into your program before you apply for awards.
Some awards are restricted by citizenship; international students are eligible for many awards.

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