Quality Money Program
The Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) of the University of Calgary is committed to enhancing the student experience. Quality Money initiatives and grants are one way that the GSA returns to the student community.
Create an Account and Apply for Quality Money
You must register using your UCalgary email address.
Submit Application
Quality Money: Application Guide & Forms
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Read before applying. The handbook outlines eligibility, funding restrictions, application requirements, and reporting expectations.
Note: Quality Money cannot be used for honorariums, awards, gifts, or cash/award prizes.
Unused funds must be returned to the GSA at the end of your project.
For questions, contact: governance.gsa@ucalgary.ca
Resources
Intakes and Deadlines
First intake
July 15 – August 12
Second intake
September 17 - October 15
Third intake
January 14 - February 11
Fourth intake
Subject to pending funds
Highlights
Bridging the Department Gap Project
When Suzanne Chew, a PhD international student in the Department of Geography, first started at the University of Calgary, Suzanne faced many struggles with her mental health, and as she was looking for solutions for herself, she decided to take on any mental health trainings available at the University of Calgary and help other graduate students in her department. The Quality Money fund she received for the project Bridging the Department Gap creates two GANT positions that focus on immediate mental health support and long-term recommendations for the GeoGSA and the Department.
3-Day Mandatory Hotel Stay Support Program
In April 2020, when the Government of Canada introduced further restrictions on international travel and mandated a 3-day mandatory hotel stay for all travellers entering Canada, the Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) and the Graduate Students’ Association (GSA) initiated a unique program called the 3-Day Mandatory Hotel Stay Support Program. This program was funded jointly by GSA Quality Money and the Faculty of Graduate Studies and administered by FGS staff. The program was a success in supporting 140 graduate students with the financial cost of the hotel stay and the logistical challenges that these students faced when they first arrived in Canada. Join the GSA in exploring this program and its impact in supporting graduate students.
Projects
2024 - 2025
Total Quality Money fund distributed: $210,303
- Alberta Conference on Linguistics (ACOL)
- Slice of Science
- SGSC Community Food Pantry & Snack Bar Programme
- Coffee Chat Engagement Initiative
- MIID Tri-Program Communications Retreat
- Chemistry Graduate Student Retreat (follow-up)
- Graduate Student Engagement Series: G^3 Meet and Greet Coffee Chats
- Anthropology and Archaeology Writing Retreat Fall 2024
- Millenary Art: Porcelain Painting for Stress Relief
- Let's Talk about Youth
- Innovation 4 Health (I4H) 2024
- Roll for Initiatives: Gaming in Academia
- IUPAC Global Women's Breakfast 2025 "Accelerating Equity in Science"
- CMSS Research & Writing Workshop
- ACHRITA/CFD Graduate Student Symposium
- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology Winter Writing Group 2025
- Capstone Conversations: MPP Cohort Celebration
- Alberta Needs PAs - Empowering Tomorrow's Healthcare Leaders
- EDIA at SAPL's SADE
- Technical Workshop: Enhancing Graduate Students Present Academic Life and Future Professional Skills
- Math & CS Climate Day
- UCITE Industry Talks: Bridging Academia and Transportation Industry
- SAPL World Town Planning Day Event
- Free Exchange 2025 Conference
- CMFDGA Rockies Writing Retreat
- Fostering Critical Thinking and Rationalism: A Path to Peace, Dialogue, and Multiculturalism
- McCaig Moves: Building Better Bones and Strengthening Our Community
- IGSA Social and Educational Development
- UCalgary Winter Gala 2024-2025
- MPPSA Coffee Area & Student Lounge Support Initiative
- Ultra 9 Journal - Title TBD
- GEOGSA Writing Retreat
- Faculty of Science Graduate Winter Formal
- PhD? Postdoc? SOS! A Career Social
- SCPAGS Graduate Student Hub
- Ramadan Karim
- Day Trip to Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park
- Zen Den Initiative
- IGSA Social and Professional Development
- Confounding Expectations 2025: In the Now (Annual Graduate Music Society Conference)
- Empowering Connections: The Graduate College Spring Leadership Retreat
- Graduate Academic Conference for Graduate Students in Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
- Graduate Students in Education Research Circle
- Psychology Graduate Students' Association (PGSA) Olympics
- Visualizing and Breaking Barriers: Researching for an Overview of Graduate Students with Families
- GSA Flow Assistance Initiative
- Department of Anthropology AnArky Talk Series
- 2025 Sociology Graduate Student Research Symposium
- Career Horizons: Exploring Calgary's Professional Landscape
- GSA^2 Annual Newbie Night: A Charity Drag Show
- Transdisciplinary Dialogues & Encounters for Climate Change: Pluralizing Knowledge in Political Ecology
- SEDV Social Networking Event
- Taste of Anthropology: A Potluck Celebrating Our Cultures
- CMF Graduate Student Conference 2025 – "Mediating the Moment: A(n Interdisciplinary) Conversation"
- 2025 Precision Health Symposium
- Tapestries of Learning Symposium
- 2025 VMGSA Barrier Lake Workshop and Writing Retreat
- 2025 Intersectionality Symposium
- School and Applied Child Psychology Doctoral Writing Retreat
- Alumni Speaker Panel for Downtown Campus Engagement and Career Building
- Annual Community Building MBT Fernie Trip
- YYC Policy Blog Website
- Bow River 2025 Graduate History Conference
- Professional Development Webinars
- 2025 Chiniki Lecture Series
