Financial Support for Graduate Students is important to Lakehead University.  Financial assistance is available in several forms and is generally awarded to graduate students by individual programs on the basis of academic promise and financial need.

Lakehead University has a variety of different funding options available to students.  Internal Scholarships, Bursaries and awards as well as External Scholarships and Bursaries, Graduate Assistanceships and Faculty Research Scholarships are all funding sources available to graduate students.

A searchable database of Graduate Scholarships, Bursaries and Awards is provided below.  Award eligibility, criteria and application procedures for graduate funding is indicated for each award.  Please use the general search tool to find available funding by program.  Alternatively, you may also click the advanced search link to specify available funding by program level, award category and/or award amount.

Although financial support cannot be guaranteed to all graduate students in all programs, we encourage you to inquire about financial assistance with your Graduate Coordinator in your program of study.  You may also contact the Graduate Funding Officer in the Faculty of Graduate Studies to learn more about your graduate funding options.

Conditions of Graduate Awards

Graduate scholarships are based on academic merit.  Graduate bursaries are based on financial need, although there may be a merit component to the bursary.  Where the award designates that an application is required, only those students who have submitted the specified application by the deadline will be considered for those awards.  Late and/or incomplete applications will not be considered.  Only successful applicants will be notified.

Recipients of scholarships, awards and bursaries must be registered in order to receive funding.  Graduate awards are applied to any outstanding balance on the student's account.  Students are entitled to their awards only after their fees are paid in full.  Only students with credit account balances will be refunded the balance of the overpayment.  Overpayment refunds of these awards will be issued at the end of September, January and May each year.

The University reserves the right to make changes without prior notice to the terms, conditions and award values listed in this section and in the University Calendar.

Graduate Assistantship (GA) Opportunities

Graduate Assistant appointments may be offered to some full-time graduate students (including Visa students) at a rate of $8,344 at the Master's level; and $9,099 at the Doctoral level. A regular appointment constitutes a maximum of 270 hrs of work over the Fall and Winter terms averaging not more than 10 hrs of work per week. Representative duties include, but are not limited to: preparing classes, teaching, demonstrating, leading seminars, supervising laboratories, marking, consulting with students, holding assigned office hours, setting tests, examination and lab sets, conducting field trips, and providing other academic support assistance. A graduate student is eligible to hold a maximum of two full-time appointments at the Master's level or three full-time appointments at the Doctoral level.