2025 President's Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship in Transdisciplinary Research

Aplications are now open for the President's Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship in Transdisciplinary Research 2025. This scholarship is offered to qualified applicants alongside offers of admission and is awarded on top of a doctoral student’s guaranteed funding.

• Table of Content
• About University of Calgary
• President's Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship in Transdisciplinary Research
• Aim and Benefits of President's Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship in Transdisciplinary Research
• Requirements for President's Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship in Transdisciplinary Research Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for President's Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship in Transdisciplinary Research
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About University of Calgary

The University of Calgary is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The University of Calgary started in 1944 as the Calgary branch of the University of Alberta, founded in 1908, prior to being instituted into a separate, autonomous university in 1966

President's Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship in Transdisciplinary Research

Aim and Benefits of President's Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship in Transdisciplinary Research

The President’s Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship in Transdisciplinary Research is valued at $12,000 per year for four years. The guaranteed graduate stipend students will receive on the PDRSTR will be the program’s minimum funding requirement plus the recruitment scholarship ($12,000) for 4 years.

Requirements for President's Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship in Transdisciplinary Research Qualification

• The scholarship is open to students registered in the first year of a doctoral program in the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Graduate Studies.
• Students transferring directly from a master’s program are not eligible.
• The student’s recruitment must address the Framework for Growth focus on transdisciplinary research and addresses equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility, and reconciliation within the program/Faculty.
• Graduate students funded through this scholarship will be required to apply for all provincial, national, or international scholarships for which they are eligible with renewal contingent on applications being submitted. Those who win external awards will have their Recruitment Scholarship and program/supervisor funding adjusted.

Interview date, Process and Venue for President's Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship in Transdisciplinary Research

• Each faculty receives a quota of recruitment awards based on current doctoral registration. Nomination procedures will vary by faculty. For example, some faculties may review admissions as a group following program admission deadlines. Other faculties may have a rolling nomination process where eligible candidates can be forwarded for nomination contingent on meeting selection criteria.  
• Once an applicant has been selected, the faculty will notify the program who will nominate the admission applicant to the Graduate Award Office.
• Programs nominating an admission applicant for this scholarship must submit documentation demonstrating how the prospective student’s recruitment focuses on transdisciplinary research while addressing equity, diversity, inclusion, accessibility and reconciliation within the program or faculty.
• The Graduate Award Office will inform the program of the result of the nomination, and if successful, offer the award. 
• Contact your graduate program staff for your program/faculty’s deadlines and nomination procedure.

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details, visit University of Calgary Scholarship webpage