| Richard Moss Memorial Award | University of Calgary | Faculty of Fine Arts | Program of Dance | |
| Richard Painter Memorial Scholarship | University of Lethbridge | Faculty of Arts and Science | | Agriculture |
| Richard Young Scholarship | University of Alberta | Faculty of Arts | Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies | Spanish or Latin American Studies, Honours Spanish or Latin American Studies |
| Rideau Music Limited Prize | University of Calgary | Faculty of Fine Arts | Department of Music | |
| Right Honourable Pierre Elliott Trudeau Prize in Canadian History | University of Alberta | Faculty of Arts | Department of History and Classics | |
| RK Gordon Prize in Chaucer | University of Alberta | Faculty of Arts | Department of English and Film Studies | English |
| Robert M. Cook Scholarship in Fine Arts | University of Lethbridge | Faculty of Fine Arts | Department of Visual Arts, Department of Theatre and Dramatic Arts, Department of Music, Department of New Media | Bachelor of Fine Arts: Art, Dramatic Arts, New Media, Bachelor of Music |
| Robert Markle Scholarship | All Universities | | | Visual Arts |
| Robert N. Thompson Memorial Scholarship in Political Science | King's University College | | | Bachelor of Arts: PHE |
| Roberta E McKown Prize in Political Science | University of Alberta | Faculty of Arts | Department of Political Science | Bachelor of Arts: Political Science |
| Roger S Smith Undergraduate Student Research Award in the Faculty of Arts | University of Alberta | Faculty of Arts | | |
| Rogers Sugar Scholarship | University of Lethbridge | Faculty of Arts and Science | Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Department of Physics | Physics, Chemistry |
| Roland Bonvalet Memorial Scholarship | University of Alberta | Faculty of Arts | Department of Modern Languages and Cultural Studies | French |
| Roland MacDonald Memorial Award | University of Calgary | Faculty of Fine Arts | | |
| Roland McDonald Memorial Award | University of Calgary | Faculty of Fine Arts | | |
| Roloff Beny Foundation Photographic Award in Fine Arts | University of Lethbridge | Faculty of Fine Arts | | Bachelor of Fine Arts |
| Roscoe Robinson Miller Scholarship | University of Alberta | Faculty of Arts | Department of English and Film Studies | Honours Geography, Honours English |
| Roslyn McCowan Memorial Scholarship in Music | University of Calgary | Faculty of Fine Arts | Department of Music | Music Performance |
| Ross William Collins Memorial Book Prize | University of Alberta | Faculty of Arts | Department of History and Classics | Renaissance and Reformation History |
| Rotary Club of Edmonton Northeast Scholarship | Concordia University College of Alberta | Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Science | | |
