AGE-WELL believes strongly in investing in the innovators of tomorrow and has devoted half of its resources to supporting and developing Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP). We fund graduate student awards and postdoctoral fellowships to enable both great science and real-world impact in the field of AgeTech.
AGE-WELL offers a variety of awards open to everyone from college and CÉGEP students to postdoctoral fellows, early career researchers and recently graduated entrepreneurs.
AGE-WELL Graduate Student & Postdoctoral Awards | Co-Funded Graduate Student & Postdoctoral Awards | College, CÉGEP, Polytechnic Student Awards | Entrepreneurship Awards | Internal Awards
AGE-WELL Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Awards
AGE-WELL Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Awards in Technology and Aging provide partial funding to highly qualified master’s, doctoral and postdoctoral candidates and provide them with access to training and mentorship opportunities through the AGE-WELL Network of Centres of Excellence. Please click on the relevant award for additional details.
AGE-WELL Graduate Student & Postdoctoral Awards
Award: $10,000-20,000
Eligibility: Graduate Students & PDFs
Application Deadline: TBD
Michael F. Harcourt Policy Fellowship
Award: $20,000
Eligibility: Doctoral Students & PDFs
Application Deadline: TBD
Indigenous Graduate Student & Postdoctoral Awards
Award: $15,000-30,000
Eligibility: Graduate Students & PDFs
Application Deadline: TBD
Karen Kobayashi Memorial Award in Technology & Aging
Award: $20,000
Eligibility: Graduate Students & PDFs
Application Deadline: TBD
AGE-WELL Co-funded Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Awards
AGE-WELL has partnered with a number of community, industry, and post-secondary groups to further expand our collective impact and to build capacity among Canada’s young researchers. While several of these awards are administered through AGE-WELL's annual award program, many are administered directly by our partner. Please click on the relevant award for more details.
AGE-WELL-ARC-NL Awards
Award: $18,000-24,000
Eligibility: Graduate Students
Application Deadline: TBD
AGE-WELL-ASRP Awards
Award: $46,500-76,000
Eligibility: Doctoral Students & PDFs
Application Deadline: TBD
AGE-WELL-CRIUGM Awards
Award: $7000
Eligibility: Graduate Students
Application Deadline: TBD
AGE-WELL-MIRA Awards
Award: $15,000-50,000
Eligibility: Graduate Students & PDFs
Application Deadline: TBD
AGE-WELL-MSHRF Awards
Award: $45,000
Eligibility: Doctoral Students & PDFs
Application Deadline: TBD
AGE-WELL-NBHRF Awards
Award: $17,500-56,500
Eligibility: Graduate Students & PDFs
Application Deadline: TBD
AGE-WELL-OCADU
Award: $15,000
Eligibility: MDes Students
Application Deadline: TBD
AGE-WELL-SFU BPK Awards
Award: $10,000-15,000
Eligibility: Graduate Students
Application Deadline: TBD
AGE-WELL-SHRF Awards
Award: $15,000 to $45,000
Eligibility: Graduate Students & PDFs
Application Deadline: TBD
AGE-WELL-TRP Awards
Award: $10,000
Eligibility: MHSc Students
Application Deadline: TBD
AGE-WELL-UBC Awards
Award: $10,000-25,000
Eligibility: Graduate Students & PDFs
Application Deadline: TBD
AGE-WELL-UofT FASE Awards
Award: $10,000-20,000
Eligibility: Graduate Students & PDFs
Application Deadline: TBD
AGE-WELL-UW Health Awards
Award: $10,000-25,000
Eligibility: Graduate Students & PDFs
Application Deadline: TBD
AGE-WELL-UCalgary
Award: $15,000-20,000
Eligibility: Graduate Students
Application Deadline: TBD
AGE-WELL-UBC Care Anywhere Awards
Award: $10,000-20,000
Eligibility: Graduate Students & PDFs
Application Deadline: TBD
College, CÉGEP, Polytechnic Student Awards
AGE-WELL EDGE Awards
Award: $1000
Eligibility: Capstone project funding
Application Deadline: TBD
Entrepreneurship Awards
AGE-WELL Emerging Entrepreneur Awards
Award: $50,000
Eligibility: 18+ students/recent graduates
Application Deadline: August 30, 2024
Internal Awards
AGE-WELL ACCESS
Award: up to $5000
Eligibility: AGE-WELL HQP
Application Deadline: TBD
AGE-WELL Early Career Researcher
Award: up to $7500
Eligibility: AGE-WELL HQP
Application Deadline: TBD