Explore our Awards Database to discover funding opportunities available for current and future Waterloo graduate students. You'll find information on awards, bursaries, and scholarships administered through the university. Be sure to check back regularly, as details such as eligibility criteria, award values, application processes, deadlines, and available funds may change at any time.
The database is searchable using a variety of criteria:
| Criteria | Description |
|---|---|
| Affiliation | Filter for awards available to specific groups of students like Black, Indigenous, part-time students, refugees or protected persons, or women. |
| Award type | Filter for specific types of awards like entrance awards, financial needs awards/bursaries, international experience awards, medals, research-specific awards, or scholarships. |
| Citizenship | Filter funding available to domestic or international students. |
| Program | Filter for funding available to your specific program. |
| Program level | Filter for funding available to Master's or Doctoral students. |
| Selection process | Filter for awards you can apply to by selecting "Application required" or browse awards you could be automatically considered for by selecting "Student selected automatically by Faculty/Department". |
| Term | Filter awards available in a specific term. |
| Keyword search | Enter any keyword that relates to your search. You are encouraged to use quotation marks around keywords of two or more to refine the search results, especially if you know an exact or partial award name. |
How to use the database
Each selection category has multiple options. Click through the options to view awards that fall within the category you are searching for (e.g., Program → Arts → Psychology). At this time, multi-level filtering is not available.
For any awards where recipients are automatically selected, it is not necessary for students to contact the Faculty or department. Recipients will be automatically selected based on the award eligibility criteria.
Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) and Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (QEII-GSST) “matching” awards
The OGS and QEII-GSST programs are jointly funded by the Province of Ontario and the postsecondary institution, where the Province contributes 2/3 of the award value and the remainder 1/3 comes from institutional funds which can be paid through donor-funded awards. Donor funding may not necessarily be in excess of what students have already received via the OGS or QEII-GSST, but rather assists the University in paying its required contribution. For further information regarding this, please contact the Associate Director, Graduate Financial Aid and Awards.