POSTGRADUATE AWARDS AND FINANCIAL AID
POSTGRADUATE AWARDS
FINANCIAL AID

While there is no guarantee of financial support for individual students, the University of Windsor is committed to supporting and encouraging graduate studies. We are proud of our record of funding for graduate study, and with the active effort of current and potential graduate students we aim to sustain and enhance that record. Your host program and the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research will be happy to assist you in the preparation of a strong and complete application for external funding.

Students wishing further information and applications on awards listed below should consult the Office of Graduate Studies and Research. As far as possible, information presented here is up-to-date at the time of calendar printing. Students are invited to consult, in addition to these listings, publications and files on graduate awards maintained in the Office of Graduate Studies and Research.

The five main sources of funding for graduate students at the University of Windsor are:
(a) National (Canadian) and provincial (Ontario) scholarship awards (i) tenable at Windsor, or (ii) tenable elsewhere;
(b) Internal scholarships and bursaries;
(c) Internal graduate teaching assistantships and research assistantships;OSAP (Ontario Student Assistance Program), which generally provides loans;
(d) Discipline-specific or designated awards (awarded by departments or external donors).

A sixth group of awards are “Career Awards”. These often seek to identify a researcher during the period of graduate studies, and to provide the individual with ongoing support over various formative stages of the career.

International students (“visa students”) may also be eligible for scholarship and bursary support through programs based in or administered through their home country. We recommend that international students investigate potential sources of support prior to making an application to graduate school, noting that, in Ontario, tuition costs for international students are higher than those for Canadians and Canadian permanent residents (landed immigrants). International students are eligible to apply for all scholarships marked with an asterisk (*) in the section that follows; unmarked scholarships are open only to Canadian citizens and Canadian permanent residents. International students should note that if they hold certain specific forms of visa status, they may not be required to pay the higher “international student” tuition, but instead may be eligible to pay at the same rate as Canadians and Canadian permanent residents. Details of these exceptions to the international student rate are available from the Office of the Registrar.