Doctoral Thesis Completion Awards

Awards valued at up to $5,000 are available each academic term to support doctoral students who are in the final stages of their program but who require additional time and resources due to circumstances beyond their control. Students must be registered full-time, be in good academic standing and be within the last two terms of program completion (term of award plus one additional term). Only doctoral students who are no longer receiving minimum funding and/or have experienced research interruptions that were beyond their control will be eligible for this funding. Based on the observation that Indigenous scholarship tends to require longer timelines as a result of both research methods and content, and to align with the principles embodied in the University's approach to developing Indigenous initiatives, priority will be given to applicants who identify as Indigenous. This award is open to doctoral students across all faculties and programs at the University of Waterloo.