Volt-Age Doctoral Fellowship

Overview

The Volt-Age Doctoral Fellowship offers $35,000 per year for four years to support research that advances sustainable electrification. Whether you're designing better batteries, smarter buildings or more inclusive mobility, you'll join interdisciplinary teams working through:

Impact projects that push innovation
Living Labs that connect research with communities

Find the project that aligns with your goals — and start shaping the future.

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Eligibility

You must be admitted to a PhD program at Concordia University to pursue research within Volt-Age themes.

Get in touch with the Volt-Age team for more information.

Value

Valued at $35,000 per year for four years, resulting in a total award value of $140,000.

Please note that by accepting the Volt-Age Fellowship, you are agreeing to decline all other awards, research bursaries, and research assistantships previously offered to you for the same funding period, with the following exceptions:

Student awards offered by the Tri-agency (NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR)
Student awards offered by FRQ (FRQNT, FRQSC, FRSQ)
International Tuition Award of Excellence
Research bursaries from Voltage grants
Research assistantships from Voltage grants
International awards obtained from home country
Teaching Assistantships
Indigenous Graduate Scholarship
IBET Momentum Fellowship ($10,000 component)
Concordia Black Student Excellence Doctoral Entrance Award ($10,000 component)

Application and selection

As a prospective student seeking to benefit from the Volt-Age Doctoral Fellowship, you are advised to submit your admission application early, as the fellowship application is integrated into the admission process.

Once you have applied to the PhD program, please complete this form to confirm your application to pursue research with Volt-Age.

The selection of recipients for the Volt-Age Doctoral Fellowship is the responsibility of the respective programs and researchers involved in Volt-Age.

Learn more about the Volt-Age cohort.

Disbursement process

Scholarship payments are issued five (5) working days after the DNE date of each term, once full-time registration is confirmed, unless otherwise specified in your award notification.
Payments are made directly to your student account and applied to outstanding tuition and fees. If a credit balance remains in the account, you may request a refund by cheque or Interac e-Transfer through your Student Centre.
Cheques are automatically mailed to your address on file within 10 business days after you have requested your refund. Interac e-Transfer refunds are typically processed within 10 business days.

Denis Faubert Doctoral Fellowship

Named in honour of Dr. Denis Faubert, this fellowship is awarded to the Volt-Age doctoral applicant with the highest GPA whose research most closely aligns with Dr. Faubert’s pioneering work in defence, energy, and aerospace innovation.

Dr. Faubert’s distinguished career spans both public and private sectors, including leadership roles as CEO of CRIAQ and CARIC, General Manager of Hydro-Québec’s Research Institute (IREQ), and Scientific Advisor to the Canadian Armed Forces. A passionate advocate for collaborative R&D, he continues to shape Canada’s innovation landscape as an advisor to Scale AI.

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