Scholarship Awards and Funding
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Part-Time Studies Forms and Policies
Sexual Violence Prevention and Response
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Accommodation and Academic Consideration
International Student Information
Thesis Copyright Re Funded Research
Collaborative Research Authorship Policies
Academic Culture & Opportunities for Involvement
The School offers competitive funding packages for all graduate students including Teaching Assistantships, Research Assistantships via supervisors, Queen’s graduate allocation, and internal funding awards through a competitive process. External funding opportunities are also available through external funding agencies like Tri-Council (CIHR/NSERC/SSHRC) CGSM Master’s and Doctoral Awards. All students are expected to submit applications for external funding each year they are funding eligible.
Funding Eligibility – Lifetime Restrictions
You must not exceed the lifetime maximum of six (6) years of government-funded student awards. Details about this eligibility requirement may be found in the SKHS OGS Application Instructions available below.
Funding Eligibility – Grades
The minimum eligibility average for applicants for OGS and Tri-Council Funding Awards is the equivalent of one of either: A- / 80% / 3.7 GPA grade average in your most recent twenty 3.0 GPA/0.5 credit courses.
The calculation varies by award type and will be calculated in one of four ways:
If you are unsure of your overall average, and you are a current Queen’s student, send an email to the SKHS Graduate Assistant at: skhs.grad@queensu.ca and request that your current average be calculated for funding application purposes – please include your Queen’s ID #.
If you are a student external to Queen’s, you may either request that your own university run your grade average for you, or send an unofficial transcript to the SKHS Graduate Assistant via email at: skhs.grad@queensu.ca for calculation to verify your eligibility.
All eligible graduate students are highly recommended to apply for Ontario Graduate Scholarships (OGS). Application to OGS ensures your eligibility for other internal fellowship award opportunities offered by the School.
Deadline: Applications are due 01 April each year.
Process: Apply through the online OGS application site.
Funding Award Eligibility: A- or 80% minimum overall average on the most recent twenty 3.0 GPA/0.5 credit courses completed.
Value: $15K
All eligible graduate students are highly recommended to apply for TriCouncil CGSM Master’s Funding Awards. Application to the TriCouncil ensures your eligibility for other internal fellowship award opportunities – including OGS – offered by the School.
Deadline: Applications are due in December of each year.
Process: Apply via ResearchNet
Funding Award Eligibility: A- or 80% minimum overall average on the most recent twenty 3.0 GPA/0.5 credit courses completed.
Click here for CIHR / NSERC / SSHRC Tri-Council CGSM Master’s Funding Award Information
All eligible graduate students are highly recommended to apply for TriCouncil CIHR/NSERC Doctoral Funding Awards. Application to the TriCouncil ensures your eligibility for other internal fellowship award opportunities – including OGS – offered by the School. Check with your supervisor to determine whether you are a CIHR, NSERC or SSHRC applicant based on your discipline area.
Deadline: Applications are due in October of each year
Process: Apply via ResearchNet
All incoming master’s and incoming doctoral students who receive a Tri-Council Funding Award (CIHR/NSERC/SSHRC) in their first year of graduate studies, will ALSO AUTOMATICALLY RECEIVE a Queen’s Tri-Council Top-Up Funding Award – AUTOMATICALLY – in addition to your original CIHR/NSERC/SSHRC Tri-Council Funding Award
The Queen’s University School of Graduate Studies mandates that all doctoral students in their first through four years of full-time study must be funded to a minimum of $20K per year. Funding includes a combination of external funding awards, internal funding awards, Queen’s Graduate Award allocation, teaching assistantships, research assistantships, teaching fellowships, funding support from other external agencies, and funding support for international students from their government agencies. SKHS graduate supervisors frequently provide research assistantships to enhance the $20K minimum funding requirement – speak to your potential supervisor about research assistantship opportunities.
All full-time students receive teaching assistantships – Value ~$7K. All SKHS graduate students apply online for available TA opportunities. The SKHS Graduate Assistant finalizes TA assignments and notifies students accordingly.
Offered through individual supervisors at various rates depending on the nature of the duties.
All funding applications require strong academic reference letters.
Here is a useful tool to ensure you obtain the best reference letters for your funding award application
9. Tips document for referees writing reference letters for ALL funding award competitions is available here:
Referees’ Tips To Writing Reference Letters. This letter has useful information to guide students in preparing their referees to write strong letters.