Applicants who obtain an award from an external source must notify the Graduate Program Secretary immediately, preferably by telephone (514-398-6124) or e-mail (gradsec@psych.mcgill.ca).
Department of Psychology. Many students who do not obtain outside support are supported by the Department through teaching assistantships. Through a combination of these assistantships and support from the advisor's research funds, this form of support currently provides $16,050 plus Canadian tuition per year. This leaves about $800 per year in assorted fees that the student must pay. The Department cannot guarantee to provide this form of support for all students and will not provide it to students who cannot demonstrate that they have exercised due diligence in seeking out and applying for other sources of support.
McGill University, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. Various scholarships are available to students in the Department from the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies office. Some of these are reserved for non-Canadian applicants. It is not necessary for applicants to the Psychology Department to apply for these awards; the Department will submit applications for eligible students who are accepted in the program.
Differential Student Fee Waiver. A limited number of bursaries are available to reduce fees of international students. These are administered by the University on the basis of information supplied by the Department, so no action is required by applicants themselves.
Richard H. Tomlinson – The Tomlinson Fellowships are recruitment fellowships for Master's in the Faculty of Science, and for Doctoral research in any discipline.
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). Post Graduate Scholarships for full support are awarded to Canadian citizens or permanent residents residing in Canada. These awards are mainly for students in experimental psychology, but some areas of clinical psychology are also funded. Information and application forms are available through the internet, psychology department or fellowship offices at Canadian universities. The deadline in departments for applications is usually about the first week of October of the academic year before the one for which support is sought. Information can be obtained from their website.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). SSHRC offers doctoral fellowships to Canadian citizens or permanent residents who are already enrolled in or have completed at least 1 year of graduate studies. They support students in social, developmental, personality and clinical psychology, and psycholinguistics. Application forms are available through the internet, psychology department, or fellowships offices at Canadian Universities. The deadline in departments for applications is usually about the first week of October of the academic year before the one for which support is sought. Information can be obtained from their website.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). CIHR doctoral fellowships are awarded to students who have completed at least 12 months of a graduate program in health-related fields, including some areas of psychology. Applicants send their form directly to CIHR in Ottawa. Information can be obtained from their website.
Provincial Government Scholarships. Most provincial governments in Canada provide postgraduate scholarships for full support to current residents of their province. Most of these awards are tenable anywhere. Information can be obtained through the internet, your psychology department or from the Department of Education in your provincial capital. In Quebec, information regarding Fonds Nature et Technologie (Natural Sciences and Engineering) - formerly FCAR, can be found at http://www.fqrsc.gouv.qc.ca/ and Fonds Société et Culture (Social Sciences and Humanities and Arts) - formerly FCAR, can be found at: http://www.fqrnt.gouv.qc.ca.
The application deadline to the agency and supporting documents in departments is usually about the first week of October of the academic year before the one for which support is sought.
Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec (FRSQ). FRSQ fellowships are awarded to students studying for the MSc or PhD in health-related fields, including many areas of clinical psychology. Students may apply for these awards after they have been accepted to the program and can supply a letter from a faculty member agreeing to sponsor their research.
topStudents who are supported by research funds, rather than "employed" to do specific work, are not entirely free to undertake other means of earning money. Employed students are ones who are paid to work certain hours or to do specific tasks such as testing subjects. When such employees have done the job for which they are paid, their employer is not concerned how they spend the balance of their time. Supported students do not have such specific assignments. Such students are paid to pursue graduate studies full-time. They are not free ethically to do work that would detract from their progress as graduate students.
As a matter of policy, therefore, supported students, in the sense defined above, can earn other income only with the consent of the Department. Apart from small temporary jobs, such extra work can be justified only by exceptional financial need or by other special requirements.
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