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Financial Support/Awards

Normally the School of English and Theatre Studies guarantees funding to ALL entering students in its MA programs.
 

Funding guarantees are made on the basis of the School’s financial resources and the applicant’s academic merit, but typically, the funding would comprise of two or three teaching assistantships, based on the stream of study.  Typically students will receive one TAship per semester (Course work stream = F/W position, Thesis stream = F/W/S position). In addition, the School has a limited number of scholarships which are awarded on a competitive basis to qualified students. There are also a number of internal awards and prizes available to graduate students in SETS; please consult the awards website: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/awards-database

Several faculty members are the recipients of major research grants that allow for the hiring of graduate research assistants:

Prof. Daniel Fischlin
 
Prof. Susan Brown
 
Prof. Ajay Heble
 
Prof. Mark Lipton
Media Education Project
 
Prof. Sky Gilbert
The Shakespeare Experiment
 
Prof. Jerrard Smith
Asterion: A Journey through the Labyrinth
 
Prof. Alan Filewod
Political Intervention Theatre in Canada
 
Prof. Daniel O’Quinn
Despotic Alliances, Romantic Interculturalism, Islam & the War with France, 1790-1825
 
Prof. Martha Nandorfy
The Concise Guide to Global Human Rights
 
Prof. Ric Knowles
Performing Intercultural Toronto
 
Prof. Christine Bold
Around 1902: Towards a Different History of Popular U.S. Westerns
 
Prof. Jennifer Schacker
Cross-Dressed Tales: French Fairy Tales and the British Pantomime Tradition
 

For additional information about Scholarships and Financial Aid, please see the University of Guelph's Office of Registrarial Services: Student Financial Services

Bursaries

The University of Guelph has established a number of ACCESS awards which provide bursaries for students in financial need. To be eligible for these bursaries, students must complete a needs assessment application available from Student Financial Services, or check the website: www.uoguelph.ca/registrar/studentfinance/index.cfm.

External Scholarships

The main sources of external funding for MA students are the Ontario Graduate Scholarship Program (OGS), and the SSHRC/CGS Master’s Scholarships. MA students are strongly encouraged to apply for all sources of external funding for which they are eligible. For more information about terms and conditions of these awards, please consult the respective websites:

OGS: https://osap.gov.on.ca/eng/not_secure/ogsapply.htm

SSHRC: www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/programs-programmes/fellowships/doctoral-doctorat-eng.aspx