Graduate funding and awards database: Affiliation: Indigenous

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  • Doctoral Thesis Completion Awards

    A limited number of awards are available each academic term to support doctoral students who are within the last two terms of program completion (term of award plus one additional term). The intention is to assist highly qualified, full-time doctoral students to complete their thesis writing and defence. 

    Priority will be given to applicants who identify as Indigenous*

    *For the purpose of this award, an Indigenous person is one who is a citizen or member of a First Nations community (Status/Non-Status), Métis, or Inuit as defined in the Canadian Constitution Act 1982. To protect the integrity of Indigenous graduate students eligible for specific funding, those identifying as Indigenous must be verified by the Office of Indigenous Relations at the University of Waterloo through the Indigenous verification process. 

  • George and Cathy Raithby Award for Indigenous Students

    An award, valued at $1,500, is available annually for an Indigenous undergraduate or graduate student enrolled in any year or Faculty at the University of Waterloo.

  • Indigenous and Black Engineering and Technology (IBET) Momentum Fellowship

    Indigenous and Black Engineering and Technology Momentum Fellowships, valued at $30,000 per year, are available annually for doctoral students registered full time in the Faculty of Engineering.

  • Indigenous Student Bursary

    The Government of Ontario provides bursary assistance for Indigenous students with financial need, as assessed by the educational institution. The bursary is open to eligible undergraduate and graduate students enrolled at the University of Waterloo in full- or part-time studies in any degree program in any year of study. 

  • Master of Mathematics for Teachers (MMT) Indigenous Scholarship

    Up to five scholarships will be awarded annually to students entering into the Master of Mathematics for Teachers (MMT) program at the University of Waterloo. Each scholarship is valued at a maximum of $15,000.

  • Ogimaa Indigenous Graduate Scholarship

    A scholarship, valued at $10,000 will be awarded annually to an Indigenous student registered full time in any graduate program at the University of Waterloo, including affiliated and federated institutions of Waterloo.

  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship

    The Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) and the Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (QEII-GSST) programs encourage excellence in graduate studies at publicly-assisted universities in Ontario. Since 1975, the OGS program has been providing merit-based scholarships to Ontario’s best graduate students in all disciplines of academic study. In 1998, the Ontario government introduced the QEII-GSST, a merit-based scholarship program targeted specifically toward graduate students in science and technology. Both programs are jointly funded by the Ontario government and participating institutions. The government contributes two-thirds of the value of the awards and the university provides the remaining one-third.

    Waterloo reserves two OGS awards for Indigenous* applicants each year. 

  • Sharon & David Johnston Award

    Awards will be given annually to students registered full-time at the University of Waterloo who have achieved a minimum overall average of 80% and have documented financial need.