Financial Assistance and Awards/Scholarship
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE (Stipends)
For the academic year 2013-2014, graduate students received a minimum stipend of $25,000 per annum. Like all Canadian institutions, health coverage for international students and Canadian students is provided by the government to all members of society. Students are required to pay their own tuition.
AWARDS AVAILABLE THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF ONCOLOGY
Endowed Graduate Studentship -
http://www.oncology.med.ualberta.ca/awards/endowedstudentship/index.cfm
Meltzer Memorial Fellowship (Tuition)
Elizabeth Tucker Travel Award
Professional Development Award
AWARDS THROUGH OTHER AGENCIES
Alberta Cancer Research Institute (ACRI) -
http://www.cancerboard.ab.ca/Research/ACRI/
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) -
http://www.ahfmr.ab.ca/
Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) -
http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/27197.html
National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC) -
http://www.ncic.cancer.ca/ncic/internet/standard/0,3621,84658243_85811475__langId-en,00.html
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) -
http://www.nserc.ca/sf_e.asp?nav=sfnav&lbi=pg
AWARDS ADMINISTERED THROUGH THE UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA
Recruitment Scholarship Competition: FS Chia PhD Scholarship, Provost
Doctoral Entrance Award, U OF A Ph.D. Scholarship, U of A Master’s Scholarship -
http://www.gradstudies.ualberta.ca/awardsfunding/scholarships/recruitment/index.htm
General Awards – Andrew Stewart Memorial Graduate Prize, Izaak Walton
Killam Memorial Scholarship, Dissertation Fellowship, Province of Alberta
Graduate Studentship, Province of Alberta Graduate Scholarship - http://www.gradstudies.ualberta.ca/awardsfunding/scholarships/general/index.htm
Travel Awards -
http://www.gradstudies.ualberta.ca/awardsfunding/scholarships/travel/index.htm
Walter H Johns Graduate Fellowship -
http://www.gradstudies.ualberta.ca/awardsfunding/scholarships/walterhjohns/index.htm
Other University Administered Awards -
http://www.gradstudies.ualberta.ca/awardsfunding/scholarships/uofaawards/index.htm
Loans & Bursaries - http://www.gradstudies.ualberta.ca/awardsfunding/loans
bursaries.htm
75th Anniversary Graduate Student Award - http://www.med.ualberta.ca/Home/Research/Awards/Anniversary/index.cfm