The program offers funding ranging from $12,000 to $31,000 per year, and the terms vary from one to four years, depending on the recipient’s time in the program.

We are proud to support the next generation of leaders in emerging technology areas in their pursuit of academic excellence through scholarship funding that can enable students to devote their full time to their academic studies.

Eligibility
This scholarship program is open to Canadian, permanent resident, and international graduate students conducting full-time research in key emerging technology areas of information and communications technologies (ICT) and advanced materials and manufacturing technologies (AMM) at one of the following post-secondary institutions. View their websites below:

Athabasca University
Concordia University of Edmonton
University of Alberta
University of Calgary
University of Lethbridge

Evaluation Process
Each of the participating Alberta institutions has scholarship application and evaluation processes specific to their institutions for students in programs of full-time study. Please check with your institution’s faculty of graduate studies for information on evaluation.

Students who have been awarded an Alberta Innovates Graduate Student Scholarship must complete annual and final reports through the term of their award and post-award reports after the end of the award.

Multi-year scholarships are renewed annually after the first year upon satisfactory reporting by the student.