Scholarships and Fellowships
Information, including useful links, on awards is available from the Dean of Graduate Studies website at http://www.sfu.ca/dean-gradstudies/scholarships_and_awards/. Students are encouraged to apply for all awards for which they are eligible.
A limited number of Graduate Fellowships, one-semester awards valued at $6,250 for MA students, are available to qualified students registered in the French graduate program. The following scholarships are available only to those students registered in the French graduate program, or to students (including those in French) pursuing graduate studies in a specific, related discipline.
French Memorial Graduate Scholarship
One award of approximately $1,000 for a graduate student in French.
Application deadline: May 30.
The Dr. Marguerite Fauquenoy Graduate Scholarship in French
One award of approximately $500 for a student in the area of French linguistics, varieties of French, French-based Creoles, French literature or French studies.
Application deadline: September 30.
Dr. Tai Whan Kim Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Languages and Linguistics
One award of approximately $900 for a student pursuing a degree in Romance languages, Romance linguistics or a related field.
Application deadline: May 30.
Viswanathan-Delord Graduate Endowment Fund
One award of approximately $500 for a student working in French
literature.
Application deadline: January 30 or May 30.
Teaching and Research Assistantships
Research assistantships may be available through faculty research grants. Much of the financial support for graduate students at the Master's level is in the form of one-semester Teaching Assistantships. Teaching Assistants are employed in first-year French language courses (and, occasionally, in more advanced courses), where they are responsible for language tutorials and related pedagogical activities. A full load of five base units (210 hours of teaching and related duties per semester) corresponds to a stipend of approximately $4,900 per semester for a Master's student. A typical combination of teaching and related duties would be 6 contact hours per week plus 10 hours of preparation per week. Teaching Assistants are represented by the TSSU (Teaching Support Staff Union) and work under a collective agreement. Candidates for a Teaching Assistantship are required to participate in an observation of language classes, followed by a demonstration class, before an appointment can be made. For this reason, it is not normally possible to offer a Teaching Assistantship for the first semester of study at SFU. These assistantships are NOT automatic and depend upon budget and course enrollments.
Entrance Scholarship Competition
SFU has a very limited number of major entrance scholarships for exceptional students, valued at $18,000 for a one-year period. If you wish to be nominated for an entrance scholarship, you are strongly encouraged to submit your application for admission to your department of intended enrollment by January 15, 2010. Failure to submit your application for admission by this deadline will decrease your chances for consideration in the annual Entrance Scholarship Competition to be held in Feburary, 2010.