Incoming Student Funding

Incoming students are generally offered a minimum guarantee funding of about $20,000.00 (or more) for the first year and $13,000.00 (or more) for the second year. This may be comprised of the following sources:

• Internal scholarships: 
  • Graduate Dean’s Entrance Scholarship (GDES) valued at $21,000/year for up to four years, providing the student remains in good academic standing.
    
  • Incoming students with a CGPA of 3.5 or above typically receive a Graduate Fellowship (currently valued at $7,000) in the summer of their first year.
  • Special Graduate Entrance Scholarship (SGES) valued at either $2,500.00 or $5,000.00.
    
• Students also hold priority when applying for TA/TMships during the first few terms in their MA and PhD programs (current values MA - $6,240/PhD - $7,390 per term).
• Incoming PhD students are awarded the PhD research scholarship valued at $5,400.00 ($1,800.00 per semester) for the first four years if they meet the terms of reference.
  
• The amounts listed above are our minimum funding commitment and will be higher if you are awarded an external Tri-Agency award (i.e., CGS-M/CGS-D SSHRC, CIHR, NSERC, Vanier)
• Often, students receive RAships with individual faculty members (valued between $2,000.00 - $10,000.00).

Other sources of funding are available and can be explored individually by students (please review here).