Graduate Scholarships and Awards

For a PhD candidate who specializes in Canadian foreign policy, defence and security policy, development assistance policy, or another area addressing Canada's role in international affairs.

On January 15, 2006, senior Canadian diplomat Glyn R. Berry was tragically killed in a terrorist attack in Afghanistan. At that time, he was Political Director for the Provincial Reconstruction Team in Kandahar with the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT). Mr. Berry was a principled humanitarian; passionately devoted to improving conditions for ordinary people in desperate circumstances.

Mr. Berry graduated with a PhD (Political Science) from Dalhousie University in 1981. In his honour, Dalhousie, in partnership with DFAIT, created the Glyn R. Berry Memorial Scholarship in International Policy Studies.

To be awarded to the best essay written by a graduate student in the area of international relations.

Doris Boyle served for many years as Administrative Secretary of the Centre for the Study of Security and Development (formerly Centre for Foreign Policy Studies), from its creation in 1971 until her retirement. The prize was created by faculty and research staff of the Centre to honour her contributions to the activities of the Centre.

Established in 2024 by Shawn Gallacher (MA, 1990) and his family, to support a graduate student in the MA program in the Department of Political Science. The value of this award is $10,000. This scholarship will normally be awarded at time of admission to the program. Recipients must have demonstrated a strong record of academic achievement, exceptional promise in the field of Political Science, and strong volunteer engagement.

Please visit the Faculty of Graduate Studies website for information regarding Killam Graduate and Postgraduate Scholarships.  

For a student entering the MA program in the field of international relations.

Dr. Meagher was a Haligonian and Dalhousie alumnus. She had a long and distinguished career with the Department of External Affairs. She was among the first group of women admitted to the Foreign Service and was the first Canadian woman to serve as an Ambassador. During her years with the Department, positions she held included Canadian Ambassador to Israel, Austria, and Sweden, Canadian High Commissioner to Cyprus, Kenya, and Uganda as well as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency.

For a student entering the MA program who has demonstrated a keen interest in international relations, Canadian foreign policy, or defence and security studies.

Reid Morden graduated from Dalhousie University with a BA in Political Science in 1963. A career public servant, he has held a number of senior positions, including Director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, and President and CEO of /Atomic Energy of Canada Limited. Following these appointments, Dr. Morden spent time in the private sector, mostly dealing with business intelligence. Mr. Morden is a Member of the Order of Canada, a Grand Officer of the Order of the Southern Cross (Brazil) and a holder of the Ian L. MacRae Award from the nuclear industry.

Margaret (Keens) Morden graduate from Dalhousie University with a BA in History. She then obtained a Library of Science degree from the University of Toronto and began her professional career with the Ottawa Public Library. For eleven years, Margaret was the Acquisitions Librarian at the Bank of Canada. More recently, Margaret has done volunteer work for the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Osteoporosis Society of Canada, and is on the executive of the Toronto Friends of the Visual Arts.

If you are completing (or have recently completed) a four-year undergraduate Honours or Master’s degree, and are thinking of undertaking graduate-level studies, consider studying at Dalhousie University on Canada’s east coast. Dalhousie’s Southern African Student Education Project (SASEP) offers qualified black Southern Africans an opportunity to study for an internationally accepted graduate degree (Master’s or Doctoral) plus the valuable experience of living in another country. Eligible countries include South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

SASEP provides full scholarship funding to black Southern Africans to pursue graduate degrees so that they may return to Southern Africa to further contribute to the development of their country.

The Jean Monnet European Union Centre of Excellence at Dalhousie University is funded in part by the European Union to study comparative polices pertaining to the European Union (EU) and Canada; EU-Canada relations and EU policies more generally.

The Centre is providing an annual scholarship to a Master’s or PhD student to study any aspect of the European Union from politics to culture. Preference will be given to students who can demonstrate an active interest in the EU through prior learning. Current thesis Masters and Doctoral students with a first class average who intend to or are pursuing studies and research related to the EU are eligible to apply. Scholarships are for one year only. Award recipients will be identified by the Jean Monnet European Union Centre of Excellence Graduate Studies Scholarship Committee.

Award decisions are not appealable and any fees owing at the time of award payment will be paid to Dalhousie first. The Award is valued at $2000 for a twelve-month academic year (one award per year). It is tenable only at Dalhousie University.

Please contact jmeuce@dal.ca for more information.