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.

The PGS is provided each year that a student holds an eligible graduate scholarship at Waterloo.

Value and payment

The PGS is valued at up to $10,000. Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA) pays the central portion of $5,000 as a scholarship while the department/faculty portion can be paid as a scholarship, Graduate Research Studentship, Teaching Assistantship (TA) or Research Assistantship (RA).

All annual PGS payments will be reduced if the eligible scholarship is held for less than three terms. Students are encouraged to contact their department graduate coordinator for details regarding how the department/faculty portion will be paid.

Eligible scholarships

Doctoral scholarships

Students who hold one of the following doctoral scholarships at Waterloo are eligible to receive a President’s Graduate Scholarship as per the detailed parameters in the tables below*:

PGS paid by Annual amount while holding the eligible doctoral scholarship
GSPA up to $5,000 paid across 3 terms
Department/Faculty up to $5,000
TOTAL up to $10,000


Tri-agency CGS M and OGS/QEII-GSST

Students who hold one of the following scholarships at Waterloo are eligible to receive a PGS as per the detailed parameters in the table below:

PGS paid by Annual amount while holding a CGS M or OGS/QEII-GSST
GSPA up to $5,000 across 3 terms
Department/Faculty *
TOTAL up to $5,000

*Departments and/or Faculties may choose to provide additional funding. Students are encouraged to contact their department graduate coordinator for details.