POLAR Northern Resident Scholarship 2026

📝 About the Scholarship

The POLAR Northern Resident Scholarship is an annual graduate scholarship offered by Polar Knowledge Canada (POLAR). It aims to support students who have lived in Northern Canada and are actively engaged in Northern or Arctic research. The scholarship is designed to strengthen northern research capacity by supporting students with lived Northern experience whose academic work contributes to a deeper understanding of Arctic and Northern regions through field-based, interdisciplinary research.

🎁 Benefits

• Sponsored annually by Polar Knowledge Canada (POLAR).
• Valued at $10,000.

✅ Eligibility Criteria

The applicant must:

• Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada.
• Be a resident of Nunavut, Northwest Territories, Yukon, or Inuit Nunangat for 3 or more years at the time of application.
• Be enrolled full-time in a doctoral or Master's program at a recognized university at the time of application and over the tenure of the award.
• Be engaged in Northern or Arctic research culminating in a thesis, major paper, publication, or similar output.
• Demonstrate a commitment to polar studies.
• Conduct fieldwork between May (in the year the award is granted) and the following March.

📅 Application Date and Process

• Applications can be submitted via the official application portal.
• Deadline: 27 February, 2026.

🌐 Scholarship Application Portal

• View details of the Government of Canada POLAR Northern Resident Scholarship here.
• Apply for the scholarship via the official portal here.

For students with a passion for Northern or Arctic research, this scholarship provides a unique opportunity to contribute to the understanding of these regions while receiving substantial financial support.

• Valued at $10,000.