Graduate Scholarships

For 2026-27 Dalhousie University has reverted to Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) administration of the following graduate scholarships.

Dalhousie Master’s Research Scholarship (DMRS)

Dalhousie Research Excellence Scholarship (DRES)

Killam Predoctoral Award (Killam)

How to apply: The complete information including eligibility, scholarship values, terms, adjudication criteria, application portal and instructions on how to apply for the DMRS, DRES and Killam Awards can be accessed via the above links. Students eligible for CGRS-M are required to continue applying through the federal CGRS-M program and associated application portal. The 2026-27 CGRS-D competition closed on October 5th.

Application deadlines:

Fall cycle

Winter cycle

Students are allowed one application per year for the DMRS, DRES and Killam awards. If they apply in the fall cycle and are unsuccessful, the submitted application will automatically be re-considered in the winter cycle.

Review process

There will be no specific faculty quotas for 2026/27. Faculty of Health Students will be competing on a university-wide basis for these scholarships. Each faculty will be allowed to forward a specified number of applications to FGS for consideration in the University-wide review. We do not yet have the specific number. As in 2025-26, unit level and faculty level review will remain a part of the process. Masters-level scholarship applications will be reviewed in two stages: first, at the unit level for evaluation and ranking; second, at the faculty level for ranking and recommendations to the Faculty Scholarship Lead (ADR, Faculty of Health). Similarly, PhD applications will be reviewed and ranked by the School of Nursing (PhD in Nursing) or Faculty of Health Governance Council (PhD in Health), prior to Faculty-level review. For both Masters- and PhD level awards, the Faculty Scholarship Lead (ADR, Faculty of Health) will submit the list of applications to FGS to be considered in the university-wide process.