Simon Fraser University President's PhD Scholarship 2025

This award goes to PhD students who have made excellent progress in their degree, completing all university and program requirements. This award is held during or before the student's 12th term. Not all programs use this award.

Table of Content

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

Summary

• Application DeadlineJune 11, 2025
• Value$7,000 
• Study LevelPhD
• SponsorSimon Fraser University
• City to studyVancouver
• School to studySimon Fraser University
• Eligible CountryAll Countries

Benefits

Students must be registered full time, regular (not ‘on leave’) to receive payment:

1. valued at $7,000 
2. held in 1 term

Requirements

The candidate must:

1. have completed fewer than 12 terms in a PhD program; students who did not complete a master's program before transferring into a PhD are eligible to hold the award within the first 12 terms of their PhD, from the PhD start date;
2. eligible students must have completed all program and university requirements for the degree (eg. courses, comprehensive or qualifying examinations), except the thesis and, in the case of students in the Clinical Psychology Program, the internship;
3. be in satisfactory/good standing.

Interview Dates and Process

Academic units may add additional eligibility and evaluation criteria for their program, provided all additional criteria are approved by Graduate Studies and communicated/published to student s. Generally, awards are granted based on:

1. the extent to which the student has made excellent progress
2. demonstrated academic excellence
3. scholarly output and leadership

Restrictions specific to this award:

1. Students holding a national award from CIHR, NSERC or SSHRC or their equivalent (ie. SFU Entrance Scholarship or a major international award) are ineligible to hold the President’s PhD Scholarship at the same time.
2. Given the intent of the award, recipients are expected, but not required, to limit the number of hours worked weekly

Funding limits and policies: award recipients may hold funding from other sources but should be aware that those other sources may have restrictions on funding.

1. This scholarship is included in SFU’s annual maximum support permitted from university administered awards and scholarships.
2. All awards are subject to SFU’s general graduate funding policies, outlined in the Graduate Student Handbook.

Application Deadline

June 11, 2025

How To Apply

Are you qualified and interested in this opportunity? Kindly go to Simon Fraser University on gradawards.sfu.ca to apply

For more details, visit Simon Fraser University President's PhD Scholarship webpage