Affiliated Fellowships Doctoral Program 2027 at University of British Columbia

The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies offers approximately 50 Affiliated Fellowships each year to meritorious students for full-time study and/or research leading to a graduate degree. Awards are made on the basis of academic excellence, with applications open to current and prospective full-time UBC graduate students regardless of citizenship or visa status. Fellowship values range from $175 to $40,000, but most are in the range of $16,000.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirements
• Interview Process
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineSeptember 15, 2026
• Value$175 - 40,000
• Study LevelPhD
• SponsorUniversity of British Columbia
• City to studyVancouver
• School to studyUniversity of British Columbia
• Eligible CountryAll Countries

Benefits

$175 - 40,000

Requirements

• Applicants must meet all eligibility requirements of the Canada Graduate Research Scholarships - Doctoral competition in order to be considered for Affiliated Fellowships.
• Applicants who plan to be registered in a master's program in September 2027, should refer to Affiliated Fellowships Master's Program.

Nomination Procedures:

• Graduate programs review and rank the applications they receive, and forward their top applicants to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. Nominations for doctoral-level Affiliated Fellowship funding must be submitted by graduate programs to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies by 4:00 pm PT on Tuesday, 13 October 2026.
• Graduate program resources (including detailed nomination procedures outlined in the "Graduate Program Procedures" document) will be posted here: https://faculty-staff.grad.ubc.ca/resources/award-administration (CWL log-in required).

Adjucation Procedures:

• Affiliated Fellowships are adjudicated via the university-wide adjudication process for the Canada Graduate Research Scholarships - Doctoral (CGRS D) competition. Please see the CGRS D award opportunity webpage for more information on adjudication processes.

Selection Process

• The evaluation of Affiliated Fellowship applications for doctoral funding - for all disciplines - is based on the following criteria: Canada Graduate Research Scholarships - Doctoral | Selection Criteri

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Application Deadline

How To Apply

All applicants for the Canada Graduate Research Scholarships – Doctoral competition will be automatically considered for Affiliated funding. Students are not required to submit a separate application for Affiliated awards.

Many of the Affiliated Fellowships have no specific criteria (open/unrestricted), while many others have some affiliation or special research focus as part of their criteria (criteria-based). All graduate students in the Affiliated Fellowships competition are eligible for open/unrestricted awards. In order to be considered for any criteria-based awards, students are asked to:

• review the list of criteria-based affiliated awards linked below to determine if they meet any of these awards' criteria
• check in their Affiliated Fellowship application the award numbers of any and all criteria-based affiliated awards for which they are eligible.
• Submit their completed checklist of criteria-based affiliated awards to their graduate program before the application deadline of Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 12:00PM PT.

DOWNLOAD CHECKLIST OF CRITERIA-BASED AFFILIATED AWARDS HERE.

For more details, visit UBC Scholarship webpage