Graduate Student Research Fund

The Graduate Student Research Fund is intended to:

• enhance the research experience of award recipients
• foster research creativity and innovation
• support graduate students’ research-focused endeavours
• encourage dissemination of master’s or doctoral research
• acknowledge graduate students’ contributions to AU’s research climate

The fund provides awards to both master’s and doctoral students.

Master’s students can receive:

• up to $1,000 to conduct research
• up to $2,000 to disseminate research

Doctoral students can receive:

• up to $1,500 to conduct research
• up to $2,000 to disseminate research

If your research study involves human participants, you must obtain Athabasca University Research Ethics Certification prior to submitting a GSRF (conducting research) Application to request funds to support your research study.
By doing so, any concerns regarding research instruments (e.g., recruitment posters, letter of invitation, interview questions, informed consent form, etc.,) will be addressed by the Athabasca University Research Ethics Board prior to the GSRF Committee's review of your application and evaluation of the scientific merit and/or other relevant criteria used in the related field of study, budget (including relevance of and justification for all planned expenditures), and plans for dissemination of the research findings.

Deadlines

Application deadlines are on the following days (or the next business day) every year:

• February 1
• May 1
• August 1
• November 1

More information

• Graduate Student Research Fund Guidelines
• Graduate Student Research Fund Committee Terms of Reference
• Graduate Student Research Fund Committee Membership