Saskatchewan Innovation & Opportunity Scholarships (SIOS) Signature Area Scholarships
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This competition is open to full-time graduate students who are continuing their studies in a graduate degree program. Applicants must be registered in their graduate degree program at the time of application and must be doing research in one of USask's signature areas.
The application cannot hold any major awards in conjunction with this award.
Applicants must be in good academic standing in their current degree program and must have a minimum GPA of 80%. If the applicant does not have grades in their current degree program, the entrance average for their degree program will be used instead.
Selection will be based upon the merits of the applicant’s research statement and importance to one of the USask Signature Areas, as stated in the applicant’s research description and the supervisor’s letter of support.
The following documents are required for this competition:
A brief description of your research and how it falls into one of the Signature Areas (maximum 1 page)
A Letter of Support from your supervisor that can support how your research is important to that Signature Area (maximum 1 page)
You unofficial USask transcripts (all levels)
If your supervisor wishes to provide a confidential letter of support, it can be emailed to gradstudies.awards@usask.ca. Letter of support must be received by our office by the deadline date below.
