Graduate awards
Find scholarships and awards relevant to graduate students using USask's scholarships and awards database. You will find information on eligibility, deadlines and how to apply. Search for keywords like master's, doctoral, PhD, plant breeding, etc.
Robert P. Knowles Scholarship
Value: | Master's - $30,000/year (2.5 yrs.)
PhD - $35,000/year (4 yrs.) $5,000 travel allowance, which may be used over the life of the award. These totals are subject to change at the discretion of the Awards committee. |
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Number offered: | Varies |
Eligibility: | As outlined in the CGPS policy on Centrally Administered Funding, a student may not hold two major internal institutional scholarships at the same time, or a major institutional scholarship and a major external scholarship. A major scholarship is defined as equal to or more than $17,500 per year. Top-up awards and honorary scholarships at a reduced value may be combined with major scholarships. It is your responsibility to inform the College of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies of any such funding that you are receiving. Open to students entering or continuing full-time graduate studies in a M.Sc. or Ph.D. program engaged in research to develop or apply methods to create, identify or select superior forage, cereal, oilseed, or pulse crops for commercial agriculture. |
Donor: | Dr. Robert P. Knowles, a world renowned forage crop breeder, had a 50-year distinguished career with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. As a result of his generous legacy, the University of Saskatchewan is able to award this scholarship (PhD or M.Sc.) through the Robert P. Knowles Scholarship Fund. |
Apply: | Complete the online application. Applicants must provide:
Three letters of recommendation from individuals familiar with the student's academic work can be sent in confidence to gradstudies.awards@usask.ca. Please ensure the referee includes the name of the scholarship and the student's name in the first paragraph of the letter. If you need additional information, please contact us at gradstudies.awards@usask.ca. |
Deadline: | The call for applications for this award is distributed annually in the Winter term. 2025 deadline - Monday, February 24, 2025 at 4:30pm CST |
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