Financial support

Graduate support is available in the following forms:

Scholarships and fellowships. A full list of these is provided by the School
of Graduate Studies, and it is supplemented by information about new or additional scholarships as they become available.
Graduate awards. The university provides a limited number of financial
awards to graduate students. These awards include cash grants and payment for teaching assistance. Current levels are $8,000 per year in the MA program and $9,000 per year in the PhD program. Awards are renewable for two years in the MA program and for three years in the PhD program.
Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER). On a competitive basis,
ISER offers a small number of MA fellowships, as well as research grants, to cover research costs for projects in or of comparative interest to Newfoundland and Labrador.
J. R. Smallwood Centre. On a competitive basis, the Smallwood Centre
supports proposals in the humanities and social sciences for research that focuses on Newfoundland and Labrador.
Research assistantships. Graduate students are eligible for employment on a
number of research projects inside and outside the university. Attempts are made to ensure that students work on areas related to their own research.