Internal:
- Graduate Student Travel Funding
- Nipissing University Graduate Scholarship (NUGS)
- Nipissing University Research Fellowship (NURF)
Assistantships:
External:
- Loans
- Banting Post Doc Fellowship
- Canada Graduate Scholarship - Masters (NSERC, SSHRC, & CIHR)
- Canada Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral (NSERC, SSHRC, & CIHR)
- Canada Graduate Scholarships - Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements (CGS-MSFSS)
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)-Doctoral
- Council of Ontario Universities
- MacKenzie King Memorial Scholarship
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)-Postgraduate Scholarships - Doctoral program (PGS-D)
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)/Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship in Science and Technology (QEII-GSST)
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) - Doctoral Fellowship
- Trudeau Scholarships- Doctoral
- Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship-Doctoral
Other Potential Funding/Award Sources:
These are a few other graduate student funding and award opportunities offered through third party organizations.
- Indigenous Mentorship Network Program Scholarships
- MITACS
- Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters Research Grants
- The Rotary Foundation
- The Simons Foundation Graduate Research Awards for Disarmament, Arms Control, and Non-Proliferation
- SWAAC Graduate Student Award of Merit
The Principle of Timely Completion
(formerly known as “The 10 Hour Rule”)
As a member university of the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies, Nipissing is committed to ensuring full-time graduate students be given every opportunity to pursue their graduate degree on a full-time basis and make satisfactory progress toward timely completion of all program requirements. It is not possible, or desirable, for the university to monitor and enforce the employment activities of its graduate students outside the university. However, it is both possible and desirable for the university to ensure that it does not itself create a structural situation that jeopardizes the ability of the graduate student to make full-time progress towards the completion of graduate program requirements. Accordingly, Nipissing University is committed to the principle that full-time graduate students are employed no more than an average of 10 hours per week on campus.
Students who do not wish to be limited to 10 hours of paid employment during their studies are strongly encouraged to pursue flex-time studies.
Funding for International Students
There are limited funding opportunities available for international students at Nipissing University. In order to obtain a study permit, international students must submit evidence of having enough funds to cover tuition and living expenses. Therefore, it is expected that all international students attending Nipissing will be able to support themselves and any dependents during their studies. International students in thesis-based programs may be eligible for an internal scholarship and/or assistantships, which are typically offered at the time of admission.
Method of Payment of Graduate Awards and Funding
Unless otherwise indicated, awards and funding are paid out in three equal instalments throughout the fall, winter and spring terms.
For more information on Graduate Funding please contact:
The School of Graduate Studies
sgs@nipissingu.ca