Eligible graduate students in the PhD Program are provided with a minimum level of financial support which includes a combination of a Graduate Teaching Assistantship (GTA), Research Fellowship, and/or a Dean’s PhD Scholarship. The support provided to students is adjusted annually as a result of collective bargaining for the graduate teaching assistantship (GTA) portion of the support, and periodically by the Graduate Studies Committee for overall levels of support. Funding will be guaranteed to all eligible full-time students for four years conditional on successful progress through the Program.
In addition to bursaries and scholarships available from Trent University, students contemplating application to the program are urged to apply for an Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) and/or a SSHRC/ CGS Scholarship and to additional external (non-university) funding agencies. Application materials for the OGS and SSHRC/ CGS are available online and from the School of Graduate Studies at Trent University.
For further information on financial support for graduate students, please refer to the Graduate Studies website.