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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
$35,000 er year
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The Elia Scholars Program enables York University to attract doctoral students of the highest possible caliber, and ensures that those students have the opportunity to participate in York's distinguished graduate programs.
This commitment to excellence at the highest level of academic study both commemorates a distinguished benefactor of the university and his family, and reinforces York's reputation for and commitment to excellence.
Benefits
Up to 3 awards of $35,000 per year, up to 4 years
Students may hold additional scholarships provided by York or received from other sources, so long as their total financial support, including support from the Elia Scholars Program, does not exceed $50,000
Students may also hold up to 0.5 teaching assistantship per academic year
In addition, the York Graduate Fellowship will be offered in the first two years of the degree program.
Eligibility
- Full-time incoming York doctoral graduate student;
- Domestic and international students are both eligible;
- Selection criteria includes:
- Academic accomplishments;
- Research and leadership potential
- Normally, one Scholar will be selected in each of three fields: (1) Sciences, Engineering and Health Studies, (2) Social Sciences, Education, Law, Business and Environmental Studies, (3) Humanities and Fine Arts.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
Barbados
Nationality
226 nationalities
Study experience required
Master
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
30 Jan 2027
Applicants for admission must be nominated by the graduate program.
Current undergraduate students entering a master’s program, or master’s students entering a PhD program, should contact their proposed graduate program to request a nomination.
Graduate program deadline: Program nomination is due to FGS by January 30.