University of British Columbia Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship 2026/27

• Up to $50,000 stipend plus up to $20,000 research and travel allowance per year for three years

The 2027 application process consists of two steps. The application process will begin on September 1, 2026, with the opening of the eligibility verification form. The key dates to remember are:

• September 1, 2026: Eligibility verification form opens;
• October 2, 2026: Deadline to submit an eligibility verification request;
• October 30, 2026, at 9 a.m. ET: Deadline for references to be received;
• November 6, 2026, at 4 p.m. ET: Deadline to submit the complete application.

Complete application procedures can be viewed here: https://www.trudeaufoundation.ca/2027-applications/

Interested applicants apply directly to the Trudeau Foundation to be considered in the national competition; all interested and eligible applicants may apply.  As of 2020 the University of British Columbia no longer nominates a subset of applicants to the national competition (there is no earlier department or university deadline).

Regarding transcripts:

• Please note that the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies does not provide transcripts for any scholarship competitions.
• Your UBC graduate program may have some of your transcripts on file.  If so, well in advance of the application deadline, confirm with your UBC graduate program which transcripts the program has on file and can provide to support your Trudeau application, and which transcripts you must still order from prior institutions.
• It remains the applicant's responsibility to ensure that they submit a complete transcript package to the Trudeau Foundation, even if some of the transcripts were obtained from their UBC graduate program.

For more information, visit University of British Columbia scholarship webpage.

You must provide three letters of reference:

• One from your PhD supervisor.
• One from another academic referee.
• One from a referee outside academia.