Internal Scholarships

The Gaia Power’s Samit Sharma Scholarship for Graduate Engineering and Applied Science was established in 2021 to support a graduate student studying full-time in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. Samit Sharma, a University of Regina alumnus, came to Canada from India in 1996 after getting a scholarship for enrollment as a graduate engineering student, in the Industrial Systems program under Dr. Bhole. Mr. Sharma is very grateful for the warm welcome provided to him by the residents of Saskatchewan and has fondest memories of these formative years. After working a few years, he enrolled at Queen’s University for an MBA where he won the first prize of Queen’s MBA Entrepreneurial Award. The very next day following his graduation, he founded Gaia Power to develop renewable power projects. Some of these renewable power projects are operating in Saskatchewan and assisting provincial efforts in climate change mitigation. Gaia Power and Samit Sharma would like to support a graduate engineering student at the University of Regina in an area of important relevance to an engineering industry issue in Saskatchewan or Canada. The Donor hopes the endeavor will lead to closer collaboration of industry and academia research, increase employability of student in the relevant research area, and achieve the social objective of service to Canadian society.

Eligibility

The scholarship will be awarded to a University of Regina graduate student who meets the following criteria:
- Enrolled in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science graduate program;
- Registered and remains registered in a minimum of six credit hours in the term the award is presented;
- Achieved a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 80%;
- Is a recipient of graduate funding in the amount of at least $10,000, such as a research fellowship from their supervisor professor and/or teaching assistantship;
- Students must submit an outline of their research, including how it benefits and is relevant to an engineering industry issue in Saskatchewan or Canada;
- The recipient must agree to have their submitted outline of research shared with the Donor; and
- The recipient must provide consent for their name to be shared or promoted publicly.

Note:
Preference will be given to fully-qualified international students.

Application Information

In addition, students will need to upload the following:

- Outline of their research, including how it benefits and is relevant to an engineering industry issue in Saskatchewan or Canada;

- Provide copies of your letters of appointment for proof that you have received $10,000 in funding from your supervisor/Faculty in the form of a research fellowship and/or teaching assistantship; and

- UP TO DATE Transcripts, which include CURRENT SEMESTER REGISTRATION. University of Regina Unofficial Transcript titled 'Current Registration & List of Courses (Unofficial Transcript)' found in UR Self Service OR University of Regina Official Transcript from MyCreds. Please refer to the MyCreds | MesCertif learner FAQs for more information on fees and how to register.

IMPORTANT: If you are an entrance student with no grades yet at the U of R, in addition to the unofficial transcript found in UR Self Service or the official transcript from MyCreds, you MUST also provide a copy of your last institution transcript along with the grading key in order to be considered. You must combine these documents into one and upload them.

All of these items are needed for an application to be considered complete.