Four Year Doctoral Fellowship (4YF)

Who it is for

• View All Awards Deadline Set by each UBC graduate program Value $24,000 stipend plus full tuition coverage Citizenship CanadianPermanent ResidentInternational Degree Level Doctoral Effective September 2026 onward, the Four Year Doctoral Fellowship (4YF) program provides recipients with $24,000 in stipend funding plus tuition per year,
• for up to four years of their doctoral studies.
• This program allows UBC to continue to attract and support outstanding domestic and international doctoral students, and provide those students with stable, base-level funding for their doctoral studies and research.4YF recipients: Please refer to the 4YF Guidelines for essential policies regarding holding 4YF funding.
• Eligibility Four Year Fellowships may be held by domestic and international students.
• In general, the fellowships are offered to students beginning their first year of full time PhD, DMA, or MDPhD studies, but may be offered to continuing students.
• 4YF funding may be offered for up to four years, but the duration of funding may be less in some circumstances (please refer to the 4YF Guidelines for details).
• In all cases, funding is subject to satisfactory academic progress.Students holding the following Tri-Agency awards automatically become 4YF designates: Vanier Scholarships, Doctoral Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGSD), CIHR Doctoral Research Awards, NSERC Doctoral Postgraduate Scholarships (PGSD), and SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships.
• Doctoral students who obtain Tri-Agency scholarships may be eligible for 4YF tuition coverage and will receive 4YF stipend and tuition support once their external scholarship funding ends, until four years after the external award start date or until the end of their 5th year in Doctoral program,
• whichever comes first.Other major external scholarship