University of Saskatchewan Graduate Thesis/Dissertation Awards

Purpose: This award recognizes outstanding excellence and originality in graduate student research. Each department or program may submit one nomination per disciplinary area (see full list below).

Eligibility: Open to Master’s thesis and PhD students who graduated in the fall of 2026 or who will participate in the spring 2027 convocation.
GPA: 80% minimum

Award Amount: $500

Supplemental Questions: Nominee (student) is responsible for answering the Supplemental Questions and for providing the name and email address of the nominator. The nominator can be anyone associated with your department (e.g., graduate administrator, department head, supervisor(s), or graduate chair) who is responsible for collecting and submitting your nomination package.

The nominator is required to provide the following documents:
1. A nomination letter from the Department Head or equivalent describing the reasons for the nomination and explaining why the dissertation constitutes a significant piece of original work.
2. A letter of support from the nominee’s supervisor.
3. A letter from the external examiner that covers the topics found in the External Examiner Nomination Letter Guidelines.
4. The disciplinary area that the student is being nominated for and the reason why the thesis best fits that category. See below for the full list. (Only one nomination per disciplinary area per program is allowed.)

Disciplinary areas
1. Humanities & Fine Arts
Art & Art History • History • English • Music • French • Philosophy

2. Life Sciences
Anatomy & Cell Biology • Pharmacology • Animal & Poultry Science • Pharmacy • Applied Microbiology & Food Science • Physiology • Biochemistry • Plant Sciences • Biology • Psychiatry • Community & Population Health Science • Small Animal Clinical Sciences • Kinesiology • Soil Science • Large Animal Clinical Sciences • Surgery • Microbiology & Immunology • Toxicology • Nutrition & Dietetics • Veterinary Biomedical Sciences • Obstetrics & Gynecology • Veterinary Microbiology • Pathology • Veterinary Pathology • Pediatrics

3. Physical & Engineering Sciences
Agricultural & Bioresource Engineering • Electrical Engineering • Biomedical Engineering • Environmental Engineering • Chemical Engineering • Geological Sciences • Chemistry • Mathematics & Statistics • Civil & Geological Engineering • Mechanical Engineering • Computer Science • Physics & Engineering Physics

4. Social Sciences A
Agricultural Economics • Indigenous Studies • Archaeology & Anthropology • Nursing • Economics • Political Studies • Geography • Psychology • Law • Sociology

5. Social Sciences B
Accounting • Educational Foundations • Business Administration • Educational Psychology & Special Education • Curriculum Studies • Finance & Management

Award
$500
Deadline
04/12/2027
Supplemental Questions
  1. Please provide the abstract and table of contents from the successfully defended thesis.
  2. Please provide a summary of the research including its significance and impact of work in non-technical language.
  3. Please provide the name and email address of the person who is nominating you for the USask Graduate Thesis/Dissertation Awards.
    The *nominator* can be anyone associated with your department (e.g., graduate administrator, department head, supervisor(s), or graduate chair) who is responsible for collecting and submitting your nomination package. If you are unsure who should be listed, please check with your department or program before completing this field.