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add/change/extend award deadline

Award competitions start with an email from Graduate Studies with instructions. Generally the award announcement will outline all deadlines. Deadlines relating to awards include: 

  • student deadline to apply: although students cannot apply after this deadline has passed, staff can still initiate/create an award application for a student.
  • reference deadline: this is a soft deadline, referees can submit after this has passed.
  • recommendation deadline: this is the deadline by which the department must submit their recommendations to Grad Studies. 

This page outlines how to add or change a deadline for an award competition, how to change an award deadline for an individual student and what to do if you missed a recommendation deadline.

Resources

  • To access GA3

Public Facing pages:

How to add/edit an award competition deadline (student deadline to apply)

In GA3 on the Competition Setup tab, find the competition in the list and click edit

  1. Read the information under Description and/or read the attached memo.
  2. Add or change student deadline; the new deadline must be before the default (system) deadline and before the recommendation deadline.
  3. Ensure the award is available; if an award is by nomination students cannot apply.
  4. The competition status must be Open for students to apply. 
  5. Click the Publish box and click save.

How to extend or change an award application deadline (individual student)

In GA3 find the applicant on the All Applicants or Recommendations tab: 

  1. Click the application number to access the award application.
  2. Under Award Information, change the application deadline; you may need to change the Application Status. 
  3. Click Save.

You can only change the student deadline if: 

  • the recommendation deadline has not passed.
  • the application status is In Progress, Submitted or Deadline Passed.  

Missed the Recommendation deadline? (oops)

Recommendation deadlines refer to when a unit must submit their award decisions to Graduate Studies. Some are done via GA3 (Recommendations tab) and some are outside the system. These are generally due about a month before the payment term to allow for processing and acceptance time.

If you have missed a recommendation deadline, the Graduate Program Chair must contact gradawards@sfu.ca with an explanation and request for Grad Studies to submit on their behalf.

  • If the competition has another level of adjudication, late recommendations cannot be accepted. 
  • If the competition is departmental level adjudication, we will process when we have the resources to do so. This may result in late or missed payments to students. 
Notes: 
  • Some competitions are set to Hidden and cannot be changed; you need to initiate applications for these awards.
  • Some awards have the status of Nomination only; students cannot apply for these awards. You will need to initiate applications for these awards as well.