Awards & grants
Financial suppport for graduate students
The university and School offer, on a competitive basis, a limited number of scholarships, teaching assistantships, and research assistantships. Submit your application by December 1 to be automatically considered for all types of assistance.
Fountain Graduate Fellowships
The Fountain School of Performing Arts offers a limited number of Fountain Graduate Fellowships to incoming MA students who demonstrate excellence in academic scholarship. Candidates with a minimum A- GPA, equivalent to a Dalhousie GPA of 3.7 will be prioritized. All applicants who have applied by December 1 will be considered. For further information, please contact the Associate Director, Graduate Studies & Research at adresgrd@dal.ca.
Institutional and national scholarships
Some institutional and national scholarships require a separate application. The most common scholarships are:
| Scholarship | Availability | Nomination deadline |
|---|---|---|
| Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS-M)* |
National | November |
| Vanier Scholarship | National | October |
| Killam Scholarship** | Institutional | January |
| Nova Scotia Graduate Scholarship (NSGS)** | Institutional | January |
* All Canadian applicants are strongly encouraged to apply for a Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS-M). In order to be nominated for a Master's-level Killam fellowship, applicants have to have applied to CGS-M or, in the case of international applicants, its equivalent.
** To be considered for departmental funding, all applicants must complete Dalhousie's Harmonized Scholarship Process (HSP), which allows students to apply for both the Killam and the NSGS (and others) with one application.