Graduate Scholarships and Awards

Trent funding is generally agreed upon at the time you are admitted to your graduate program.  At that time your program will decide what amounts and sources can be offered to you.  These levels can vary by your degree and program. In addition, there are funding opportunities to graduate students through various scholarships and awards on a competitive basis.

The following awards posted below are available for the 2021-2022 academic year. Students must be aware that deadlines for these awards occur between September 2020 and March 2021. These applications may occur prior to a student beginning their graduate studies and/or during their graduate studies.  

We encourage all graduate students to carefully review the following funding opportunities posted below (Federal Scholarships & Award listings, Provincial Scholarships & Award listings, and Internal Scholarships & Awards) as the funding competitions have different application and eligibility criteria. Our office is dedicated to make sure that all graduate students are successful in meeting the financial demands of their graduate education.

Schedule of Scholarship Deadlines (Printable Version)

Federal Scholarships and Award Listings

Provincial Scholarships and Award Listings

Internal Scholarships and Award Listings 

Mitacs Funding 

Other Potential Funding and Awards 

Below you will find other potential student funding and award opportunities offered through third party organizations. Students are responsible to review the individual guidelines and adhere to the application requirements as posted by the third party organizations, if they wish to apply. 

Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Graduate Award
Douglas McRorie Memorial Scholarship
Dr. Karl C. Ivarson Scholarship
Feed Opportunity Fund
FinAid
Graduate Research Awards for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation (due March 15, 2021)
Henry Mandelbaum Graduate Fellowship Award
International Awards
IODE Ontario Lucy Morrison Memorial Award
IODE War Memorial Scholarship
John Charles Polanyi Prizes
John W. Davies Memorial Award (due June 25, 2021)
Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation of Canada Scholarship for Canadian Women     
Kathryn Huget Leadership Award (due June 30, 2021)
Laura Bassi Scholarship (due November 27, 2020, March 31, 2021 and July 27, 2021)
London Goodenough Association of Canada Scholarship
Metis Nation of Ontario Bursary
Muskoka Summit on the Environment Research Grant
Odyssey - full time work experience
Ontario Federation of Anglers & Hunters
Rotary Foundation Peace Fellowship
Rotary Global Grant Scholarship
Sarah Gaulin Memorial Scholarship (due April 1, 2021)
Scholarships Canada
Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada
Soroptomist Bursaries
The Ages Foundation Fellowship & Bursaries (due April 1, 2021)
The Claims Conference Saul Kagan Fellowship in Advanced Shoah Studies 
The Maple Leaf Centre for Action on Food Security (due February 12, 2021)
W. Garfield Weston Fellowship
Weston Family Foundation
WCS Canada - 2021 Weston Family Foundation Fellowship Program  (due February 22, 2021)
yconic (previously StudentAwards.com)
YWCA Hazel Fund, Education & Awareness Awards

Additional questions and assistance on scholarships and awards, please contact The School of Graduate Studies. 

Trent University Scholarship Adjudication Process

All application files are accepted, reviewed and processed by the School of Graduate Studies.  Eligible applications are provided to members of the Graduate Scholarships Subcommittee of Graduate Studies Committee. Typically, three members of the committee are assigned to a competition and they review and rank the applications.  Every adjudication process is guided by each scholarship’s criteria guidelines.

Committee membership is determined by the Terms of Reference of the committee.

The conduct of the Committee is guided by Trent University Conflict of Interest Policy

Scholarship decisions are final and no appeals are accepted.