Waterloo is pleased to provide the President's Graduate Scholarship (PGS) to outstanding graduate students who hold certain major federally and provincially-funded competition-based scholarships.
Program
Two Awards, valued at a minimum of $150 each, will be awarded annually.
The Department of Philosophy Graduate Essay Prize has been established to provide funding to graduate students registered full-time in a Master's or Doctoral program in the Department of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo.
The Governor General's Academic Medals are awarded at four distinct levels: Bronze at the secondary school level; Collegiate Bronze at the post-secondary, diploma level; Silver at the undergraduate level; and Gold at the graduate level.
Through a commitment of financial support from the Graduate Student Association (GSA), Graduate Studies Endowment Fund (GSEF) and Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA), awards are available to encourage full-time or part-time graduate students to present their own research (oral, poster, paper) at an academic conference and engage in academic dialogue within their field of study and research.
Limited funding for up to eight months (two terms) is available to eligible students who take a parental leave (includes adoption).
An award, valued at $1,000, will be awarded annually to a full-time undergraduate or graduate student enrolled in any year in the School of Architecture.
One scholarship, valued at $5,000, will be awarded annually to a full-time graduate student enrolled in any year of the master’s program in the School of Architecture in the Faculty of Engineering.
Through a commitment of financial support from the Faculty of Environment, awards are available to encourage full-time and part-time research-based graduate students in the Faculty of Environment to present their own research (oral, poster, paper) at an academic conference and engage in academic dialogue within their field of study and research.
A scholarship, valued at $1,500, will be provided annually to a full-time graduate student enrolled in a research-based master’s or doctoral program in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department. Selection will be based on academic excellence (minimum 80% cumulative average in their current program or over the last two full-time academic years).