Name	PRESIDENTS GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP FOR FIRST NATIONS, INUIT, AND METIS STUDENTS
Research Fields	All Fields, Eligible Applicants must be Canadian Indigenous Students (First Nations, Métis, Inuit)
Categories	No categories available
Citizenship	Canadian
Eligibility	An endowment fund has been established at the University of Manitoba, with an initial contribution of $250,000 from the President's Fund, to offer scholarships to Indigenous students in the Faculty of Graduate Studies. The endowment was established to provide matching funds to encourage private donors to contribute to the Scholarship as a way to promote Indigenous students pursuing graduate-level study. The available annual income from the fund will be used to offer one scholarship to a graduate student who: (1) have self- declared as a First Nations, Métis or Inuit person from Canada; (2) are enrolled full-time in the Faculty of Graduate Studies in the first four years of any Doctoral program or the first two years of any Masters program (3) have achieved a minimum degree grade point average of 3.0 (or equivalent) based on the last 60 credit hours of study (4) if they are a continuing student, is in good standing with the Faculty of Graduate Studies Preference will be given to Doctoral students. In any year that no Doctoral student meets the selection criteria set out in the preceding paragraphs, the Scholarship will then be offered to a Masters student. Recipients may hold the President's Graduate Scholarship concurrently with any other awards, consistent with policies in the Faculty of Graduate Studies. The scholarship may not be held with a fellowship from the Ph.D. Studies for Indigenous Scholars (PSIS) Fund.
Value	$18,200
Currency	Canadian
Tenable at	Tenable at University of Manitoba in the 2024-2025 academic year ***Students must be registered in Fall 2024 and Winter 2025 to be eligible for this scholarship.***
Deadlines	No deadlines available
Application Details	**No application is required** This award will be offered to the highest ranked applicant from the 2024-2025 Doctoral Award for Indigenous Students competition pool. The 2024-2025 Doctoral Award for Indigenous Students Application is Closed For more information regarding the Doctoral Award for Indigenous Students, please see the attached link below: http://webapps.cc.umanitoba.ca/gradawards/index.asp?WCI=SearchForm&WCE=browse&keywords=&criteria=any&category=0&citizen=0&range=0-1000000&tenable=0&byResearch=on&byAward=on&byEligibility=on&id=3686 Contact: Allison Aubin, Awards Assistant for the Faculty of Graduate Studies at Graduate.Awards@umanitoba.ca Updated: September 5, 2024