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We are excited to announce new funding opportunities for future graduate students on both the Fredericton and Saint John campuses.
To support the recruitment of new students into research (thesis) based Masters programs at UNB.
This award program is open to any incoming domestic or international students. A single application will allow a student to be considered for a number of prestigious awards such as the Masters Open Award, and the Masters International Differential Tuition Scholarship and ResearchNB Masters Merit Award offered through our partnership with ResearchNB.
Deadline for application to SGS:
This award promotes transitioning of select UNB undergraduate students into accelerated research-based Masters programs at UNB.
Eligible students are those with exceptional academic records and an established relationship with a UNB faculty member in the context of an existing research project of joint interest (e.g., a final-year research project or honors thesis) who want to extend this project into a Masters-level thesis project.
The award funds the student during the term (usually summer) following completion of their undergraduate degree in order to continue research on the project and thereby facilitate completion of the Masters thesis on an accelerated timeline.
The award is provided as a scholarship of $8,000 to the students with the expectation that they dedicate themselves full-time to research activities for that term. During this bridging term they are registered as a graduate student.
Some other program requirements for the Masters degree (e.g., coursework) may be completed during the final undergraduate year to facilitate accelerated program completion.
Nominations for this award should be made directly to the SGS from the Directors of Graduate Studies (not the students themselves) according to the process detailed below.
UNB Undergraduates, Minimum GPA 3.5, established research project and Supervisor relationship
Deadline for application to SGS: January 26, 2027.
Accepted students register and begin graduate program immediately and are supported by this funding program during their first term. They are, like any other student, eligible for all other forms of support in subsequent terms.
Awarded automatically to International UNB Undergraduate Degree Alumni who register in graduate studies at UNB starting in the 2026/2027, 2027/2028 or 2028/2029 academic years, subject to on-going budget availability.
Eligible graduate studies include full and part-time programs in research and course-based degrees, as well as graduate non-degree students pursuing credit-based graduate courses at UNB.
The subsidy will be directly applied each term as a credit against graduate international tuition, resulting in equivalent tuition to that of a domestic graduate student.
The subsidy will remain in effect for the duration of the graduate program for which it has been issued. Non-degree students receiving this subsidy will initially be approved for up to 2 years. The subsidy is only issued in terms where there is a difference between the international and domestic tuition fees for your specific program of study and registration status.
This subsidy cannot be held concurrently with the UNB PhD International Subsidy or UNB’s Masters International Differential Tuition Scholarship.
To support Graduate Academic Units (GAU) in the recruitment of PhD students, the School of Graduate Studies has partnered with key funding organizations to build a talent recruitment program that will offer competitive funding packages to many incoming students.
A single application will allow a student to be considered for a number of prestigious recruitment awards such as the President’s Doctoral Tuition Awards, Lewis Doctoral Fellowship, SGS Doctoral Recruitment Awards, Open Scholarships, Dean’s Merit Awards, as well as ResearchNB Doctoral Merit Awards offered through our partnership with ResearchNB.
Deadline for applications:
Awarded automatically to full-time International PhD students at UNB during the first 3 years of their PhD program, subject to on-going budget availability.
The subsidy will be directly applied each term as a credit against graduate international tuition, resulting in equivalent tuition to that of a domestic graduate student.
The subsidy is only issued in terms where there is a difference between the international and domestic tuition fees for the specific program of study and registration status.
This subsidy cannot be held concurrently with the UNB UG Alumni International Graduate Subsidy or UNB’s Masters International Differential Tuition Scholarship.