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In addition to these awards, the University supports graduate students through teaching, research, and service fellowships and assistanceships. For these, contact your graduate chair or administrator for details.

University of Saskatchewan Graduate Thesis & Dissertation Awards

Value: $500 (offered by the College of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies and the Office of the Vice-President Academic). Subject to change.
Number offered: Varies
Eligibility: To recognize excellence and original quality in graduate student research. To be awarded based on the recognition of outstanding academic performance in the graduate program. Components of the graduate program to be considered by the selection committee includes the thesis, coursework, publications and presentations related to their field of research and awards received. The report of the external examiner is particularly important.

Open to all students who will be convocating in a Master's or Ph.D. at Spring Convocation or who graduated the preceding Fall. One award will be made for each of the five disciplines: Humanities and Fine Arts, Social Sciences A, Social Sciences B, Life Sciences, Physical and Engineering Sciences.

Nominations are limited to one per program.
Apply:

Departments wishing to nominate a student must submit the following documents:

  • A letter from the Department Head* giving a detailed rationale for the nomination, including under which category the thesis should be considered;
  • A letter from one additional faculty member*;
  • A letter from the External Examiner that covers the topics found in the Nomination Letter Guidelines;
  • A non-technical abstract or summary prepared by the student (maximum 1 page) describing the research and its significance. The abstract/summary should be written for a general academic audience of non-specialists;
  • The abstract and table of contents for the nominated thesis;
  • An up-to-date CV or resume from the student nominee, including the student's contact information.

*These letters should include information regarding the significance of the thesis, the contribution of the thesis to the University of Saskatchewan program, and the impact of the thesis on the knowledge base of the discipline.

Please direct any questions to Graduate Scholarships & Awards Services at gradstudies.awards@usask.ca.
Deadline:

The call for applications for this award will open annually in the Winter term.2025 deadline - Monday, April 7, 2025 at 4:30pm CST