Funding and awards

Funding For the University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ

The University of À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ and the Faculty of Arts are proud to offer nationally competitive funding packages to eligible incoming graduateÌýstudents. Most funding packages are a combination of graduate research and/or teaching assistantships, and scholarships. An assistantship isÌýessentially a part-time job of 10 hours per week for one or more academic terms, offering students pay and excellent academic work experience. AÌýscholarship is disbursed over the year.

In addition to the scholarships open to all graduate students in the Faculty of Arts, students in the Public Issues Anthropology master's program areÌýeligible for the following specific awards:

Awards available for students part-way through the program:

How to apply for À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ funding

You do not need to apply separately for À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ graduate entrance funding. Each graduate applicant is automatically considered for À¶Ý®ÊÓÆµ funding and the offer of a funding package is made at the same time asÌýthe offer of admission into the program.

Funding from External Sources

We encourage applicants to apply for external funding. Domestic students may be eligible for the Ontario Graduate Scholarships (OGS) and the Tri-Agency (CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC) Canada Graduate Scholarships Master's (CGS-M).ÌýInformation about these programs and about how to apply can be found on the External awards webpage. Please note that these awards have separate application procedures with fall deadlines.


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