The Amit & Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching is open to all students who have a formal teaching role at the University of Waterloo.
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has officially launched the 2026 Storytellers Challenge, a national competition that celebrates impactful research and the power of storytelling.
Nominations are now open for the 2025-2026 Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision. Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA), in partnership with the Graduate Student Association (GSA), established the Award of Excellence in Graduate Supervision to recognize faculty who exemplify outstanding mentorship, advising, and support for graduate students.
Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs has launched a new scholarship competition resources webpage to help you prepare strong, competitive applications.
As part of a recent Government of Canada announcement, six University of Waterloo doctoral students were named recipients of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (Vanier CGS).
Christine Eagles, a PhD student in Pure Mathematics, has been awarded the prestigious Certificate in University Teaching Award.
Effective May 1, 2025, the minimum funding rate for eligible graduate students in a PhD program and graduate Teaching Assistants (TAs) and graduate Research Assistants (RAs) will see an annual increase of 4.5%.
Scholarships valued at $5,000 each will be awarded each term to graduate students registered full-time in a doctoral program in any department or Faculty at the University of Waterloo.
The Ontario-Ukraine Solidarity Scholarship has been relaunched and four scholarships will be awarded to students registered at Waterloo in the 2024-2025 academic year.
The Centre for Teaching Excellence has launched the Amit & Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student (AETS), which is open to all students who have a formal teaching role at the University of Waterloo.