Graduate Awards, Prizes, Scholarships and Recipients

Established 2013–14

For the best paper written for a graduate course in the Department of Political Science, open to both masters and doctoral students in any area of Political Science.

Established 2013–14

For the best Master’s thesis defended in the Department of Political Science, open to any area of Political Science.

Established 2013–14

For the best Doctoral dissertation defended in the Department of Political Science, open to any area of Political Science.

Established 2016–17

The Michael Jensen Memorial Master’s Scholarship is for students in our MA program who exemplify Michael’s qualities of scholarship, social justice activism, and participation in political discourse.

This scholarship is for a registered full-time student completing an MA in the Department of Political Science. Students must have completed the first year of the program with a minimum GPA of 3.70 in their first year. Students must also submit a one-page summary of whose actions reflect a commitment for social justice and equality, engagement within the community, and/or participation in political activities. The value of the Scholarship is $1,500.

The Michael Jensen Memorial Master’s Scholarship was established in memory of Dr. Michael A. Jensen.

i’taa’poh’to’p is the Blackfoot name of the University of Calgary’s 2017 Indigenous Strategy. This scholarship is established to help fulfill commitments in that strategy by providing funding for outstanding Indigenous graduate students.

In establishing this memorial to her late husband, Dorothy Johnston Killam’s purpose was “to help in the building of Canada’s future by encouraging advanced study… to increase the scientific and scholastic attainments of Canadians, to develop and expand the work of Canadian universities, and to promote sympathetic understanding between Canadians and the peoples of other countries.” It was her “desire that those selected to receive Scholarships shall be likely to contribute to the advancement of learning or to win distinction in a profession.” The Izaak Walton Killam Doctoral Scholarship is considered the University of Calgary’s pinnacle award.

SSHRC funds research in the social sciences and humanities and is open to current and prospective students.  The Canada Graduate Scholarships – Doctoral (CGS D) program is a federal program of scholarships awarded by the CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC granting agencies that support high-caliber doctoral students in all academic disciplines.