Graduate Funding

​Graduate funding comes from a number of sources including external grant scholarships (SSHRC, NSERC, OGS, others…), faculty research grants within the department, Nipissing Graduate Scholarships and Research and Teaching Assistantships.  The SGS will normally send out letters of offer concerning Internal funding for graduate students at the same time it sends out letters of admission. Funding may also be offered at other times, as new funding becomes available.

Internal

Nipissing Graduate Scholarships support graduate students enrolled in a full time graduate level program. The value of the NGS varies by program and/or student.

Value: Variable. Contact your graduate programs for details.
Deadline for Application: N/A
Eligibility: Must be registered full-time and meet the graduate program conditions for progression towards the degree
How to Apply: Eligible students are nominated by their graduate program.

Assistantships

Graduate Teaching Assistantship (GTA)

GTAs support the teaching of undergraduate courses at Nipissing University. Employment of registered graduate students as graduate teaching assistants is governed by the provisions of the Ontario Council of Graduate Studies and Nipissing University School of Graduate Studies regulations. Graduate students are limited to a maximum of 10 hours of university work per week while enrolled in a full-time program of studies.  Please refer to your graduate program of specific information on the roles and responsibilities of GTAs.

How to Apply: Eligible students are nominated by their graduate program for GTA positions.

Graduate Research Assistantship (GRA)

Research funding support is administered by Research Services, the School of Graduate Studies and by faculty members who hold research grants or externally funded research contracts. This source of support is funded by a faculty member according to criteria specified by the granting agencies. Graduate students are limited to a maximum of 10 hours of university work per week while enrolled in a full-time program of studies.

How to Apply: Eligible students are nominated by their graduate program for GRA positions.

External

Tri-Council Scholarships

Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)

• Be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada
• Hold (or expect to hold) a university degree in science or engineering
• 1st class (A- or 80%) average in EACH of the last 2 years of study (full-time equivalent)
• Intending to undertake full-time graduate studies at the master’s or doctoral level in the natural sciences or engineering disciplines
  *Consult the NSERC website to verify your eligibility as more conditions may apply.

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

• Be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada
• 1st class (A- or 80%) average in EACH of the last 2 years of study
• Must be applying for support of first graduate degree and have completed no more than 12 months of study
• Must not have previously received a master’s level award from SSRHC, NSERC or CIHR

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

1. A trainee
2. A Canadian citizen or a permanent resident;
3. Applying for support to pursue their first graduate degree (i.e., Master’s or PhD). All previous studies at the graduate level, regardless of discipline, either course-based or research-based, will be included in determining eligibility; and
4. At the time of the CIHR deadline for application:

• have completed or be in the last year of a Bachelor’s degree; or
• have been registered for no more than ten months as a full-time student at the Master’s level; and/or
• have been registered for no more than ten months as a full-time PhD student and were admitted to the PhD program directly from the Bachelor’s degree;

5. Not have already held an award from SSHRC, NSERC, CIHR or any other federal source to undertake and/or complete a Master’s or PhD degree.

• If applicable, at least one project participant, other than the Nominated Principal Applicant, must be a Supervisor.

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)

• Plan to be enrolled full-time in a graduate program at an Ontario university
• Canadian citizen, permanent resident or an international student studying on a study permit
• A- (80%) average over the last two years of study if less than two years of graduate work OR the cumulative graduate average, if more than two years
• Have not exceeded the lifetime maximum of four years of government-funded awards including OGS, and awards from CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC.

• The Mackenzie King Open Scholarship is open to graduates of any Canadian university who engage in (commence or continue) postgraduate study in any field, in Canada or elsewhere.
• The Mackenzie King Travelling Scholarship is open to graduates of any Canadian university who engage in (commence or continue) postgraduate study, in the United States or the United Kingdom, of  international relations or industrial relations (including the international or industrial relations aspects of law, history, politics and economics).
• You must be a graduate of a Canadian university when tenure of the scholarship begins.