Graduate Funding

Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Graduate Funding
James Administration Building, Room 400
845 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal QC H3A 0G4
Email: graduatefunding.gps@mcgill.ca
Website: mcgill.ca/gps/funding

Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is responsible for the administration, awarding, and processing of many fellowships in support of McGill's graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. Further information on these and other sources of funding can be found on the Graduate Funding website.

Students accepted to thesis-based graduate degree programs receive a funding letter with their offer of admission. Funding levels vary by Faculty and program. Funding packages mostly consist of awards or stipends from central funds, donations and endowments, or research grants from professors. These internal funds are awarded for progress towards the recipient’s degree.

Research assistantships and teaching assistantships are considered employment and are handled by individual academic units at McGill. Employment salaries do not affect funding packages. All assistantship inquiries should be directed to academic units.

Graduate Funding also provides support and runs certain competitions for funding from external agencies. Refer to the Graduate Funding website for more information and funding opportunities.

Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies holds funding agreements with some international agencies to fund graduate degrees at McGill for eligible international students. These sponsorship opportunities can be found on the Graduate Funding website: mcgill.ca/gps/funding/international. A small number of citizens from countries whose governments have entered into agreements on tuition fees with Quebec may be exempted from the supplemental tuition fees normally required of international students. Availability varies for such exemptions from year to year; refer to www.quebec.ca/en/education/study-quebec/financial-assistance-international-students/exemptions-tuition-fees-under-international-agreements, and contact your local government to find out if an agreement with Quebec is in effect. The list of organizations in charge of applications can be accessed from this website.

For detailed information regarding the rules and regulations of graduate awards and fellowships administered by Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (e.g., Tomlinson Doctoral Fellowships and Graduate Excellence Fellowships), please refer to the General Award Holder's Guide.