Top-Up Awards
Walter H Johns Graduate Fellowship
The Walter H Johns Graduate Fellowship is a Top-Up award that may be given to students registered full-time in a graduate degree program who hold a Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master's (CGS-M).
The value of the Fellowship will be determined on a year to year basis.
Students who hold a CGS-M will automatically be considered for the Walter H Johns Graduate Fellowship. There is no application form.
President's Doctoral Prize of Distinction
The President's Doctoral Prize of Distinction (PDPD) is a Top-Up award that may be given to students registered full-time in a doctoral degree program at the University of Alberta who have won one of the eligible major doctoral-level scholarships listed below:
- Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (Vanier CGS)
- NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral (NSERC CGS-D)
- NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship (PGS-D)
- SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral (SSHRC CGS-D)
- SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship
- CIHR Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral (CIHR CGS-D)*
- Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship
*CIHR Industry-Partnered and Strategic Initiative Doctoral Research Awards are not eligible for the President's Doctoral Prize of Distinction.
The President's Doctoral Prize of Distinction's value will be determined on a yearly basis.
Recipients of eligible scholarships will be automatically considered for President's Doctoral Prize of Distinction. There is no application form.