University of Alberta 2025 Graduate Travel Awards

The Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies (GPS) offers graduate travel awards to financially support graduate students who travel in the interests of disseminating their research results or developing their research. GPS has organized the Travel Award funds to give students one opportunity for travel assistance in their program.

Conference travel

A conference trip should be a highlight of a student's program. Travel will involve the student's attendance and active participation - by presenting a paper or poster, exhibiting their work, or participating in a panel discussion at a major national or international research gathering.

Research travel

Active participation is required during the specified time of travel and is to include the collection, analysis, or gathering of information/data for research. Research travel funding is fiscal-year dependent. Students may only submit a travel award application for travel expenses incurred between April 1 and March 31 of the current fiscal year.

Summary

1. Application Deadline: December 31, 2025
2. Value: $2,000
3. Study Level: Undergraduate, Master's, PhD
4. Sponsor: University of Alberta
5. City to Study: Edmonton
6. School to Study: University of Alberta

Eligibility Criteria for University of Alberta 2025 Graduate Travel Awards

Students must be actively participating at the conference by presenting a paper, poster session, or participating in a panel discussion, or exhibiting their work. The travel fund cannot provide support where students are attending only as an observer.

1. Be registered full-time in their program at the time of application and at the time of proposed travel.
2. Have a GPA of 2.7 or higher, based on the most recent 15 credits of graded coursework (or closest approximation thereof) in their current program at the time of application.
3. Receive only one graduate travel award during their graduate program (either one for Conference Travel or one for Research Travel, but not both). This includes master’s students planning to transfer (fast-track) or who have already transferred to a PhD program.
4. Students in a master's degree program must have completed no more than four years in the master's program at the time of travel. At the time of application and by the time of travel:
5. Students must have completed at least two university terms of full-time coursework (grades must be final) in the program.
6. Course-based students are required to be registered full-time in each Fall and Winter term; spring/summer term registration is not required if full-time coursework was completed in the preceding Fall and Winter terms.
7. Students in a doctoral degree program must have completed no more than six years in the doctoral program at the time of travel. This includes master's students who have transferred to a PhD program. At the time of application and by the time of travel:
8. Students must have completed their preliminary coursework and other prerequisites.
9. completed their candidacy examination (students are to ensure the examination completion date is listed on their transcript),
10. be actively engaged in thesis research (registered in full-time thesis credits).
11. Students who are transferring or have transferred programs must meet the eligibility criteria of their current program at the time of application and at the time of proposed travel.

Benefits of University of Alberta 2025 Graduate Travel Awards

Variable, up to a maximum value of $2000 depending on the estimate of eligible expenses provided by the student.

How to Apply

For more details, visit University of Alberta Scholarship webpage

Application Deadline

December 31, 2025

Application Link(s)

• Apply for University of Alberta 2025 Graduate Travel Awards