UofT_Graduate Funding Information 2011-2012

Graduate Funding Structures for U of T Doctoral-Stream Programs:

2011-12 Values for Students

School of Graduate Studies September 7, 2012

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page Table 1: Number of years for which funding is provided 1 Table 2: Minimum annual amount of funding 5 Table 3: Method and schedule of payment 8 Table 4: The role of external scholarships 11 Table 5: The role of teaching assistantships 14 Table 6: The role of research assistantships 17 Appendix: Additional commentary 20

Table 1. Number of years in the funding package

Program Dept. Code Master's level Doctoral level Total (maximum) NotesFactor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work

1 Social Work SWK N/A 5 5

Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering2 Aerospace Science & Engineering AER 1.66 4 5.663 Biomedical Engineering BME 2 4 6 *See Appendix for details of professional master's funding for the Clinical

Engineering (MHSc) program4 Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry CHE 2 4 65 Civil Engineering CIVIL 1.66 4 5.666 Electrical & Computer Engineering ECE 2 4 67 Materials Science & Engineering MSE 2 4 68 Mechanical & Industrial Engineering MIE 2 4 6

Faculty of Arts and Science (Note: The program 'European, Russian & Eurasian Studies' is not included in the funded cohort.)9 Anthropology ANT 1 4 5

10 Art FAH 0 5 511 Astronomy & Astrophysics AST 1 4 512 Cell & Systems Biology CSB 1 4 513 Chemistry CHM 1 4 514 Cinema Studies CINE 1 N/A 115 Classics CLAS 1 4 5 Students enrolled in 1-year masters in Classics are eligible for funding in

year 1; students enrolled in 2-year masters are eligible for funding in year 2.

16 Comparative Literature COL 0.5 4.5 5 Beginning 2010-11, students enrolled in the master's program are eligible for the equivalent of half of the funding package. Students enrolled in their 5th year of the PhD program are eligible for the equivalent of half of the funding package. Prior to Fall 2010, the funding definition was MA 1, PhD 4.

17 Computer Science CSC 1.33 3.67 5 Masters students in Computer Science are eligible for funding for 1.33 years [4 sessions]; doctoral students are eligible for funding for 3.67 years [11 sessions]. Total funding is for 5 years.

18 Criminology CRIM 0 5 519 Drama DRAMA 0.5 4.5 5 Beginning 2009-10, students enrolled in the master's program are

eligible for the equivalent of half of the funding package. Students enrolled in their 5th year of the PhD program are eligible for the equivalent of half of the funding package. Prior to Fall 2009, the funding definition was MA 1, PhD 4.

20 East Asian Studies EAS 0 5 521 Ecology & Evolutionary Biology EEB 1 4 5

Ph.D. Funding Structures, 2011-128/24/2012 For further information or clarification, please contact the graduate unit directly. Page 1 of 25


Program Dept. Code Master's level Doctoral level Total (maximum) Notes

22 Economics ECO 1 4 5 Economics offers both a doctoral-stream and a non-doctoral-stream masters in Economics. Students enrolled in the doctoral-stream masters are eligible for funding in year 1; students enrolled in the non-doctoral-stream masters in Economics are not eligible for funding.

23 English ENG 0 5 524 French Language and Literature FRE 0.5 4.5 5 Notes: Beginning 2012-13, students enrolled in the master's program are

eligible for the equivalent of half of the funding package. Students enrolled in their 5th year of the PhD program are eligible for the equivalent of half of the funding package. Prior to Fall 2012, the funding definition was MA 0, PhD 5.

25 Geography GGR 1 4 5 Masters in Geography is doctoral-stream; students are eligible for funding in year 1. MScPl [Planning] and MUDS [Urban Design] are professional masters; students are not eligible for funding.

26 Geology GLG 1 4 527 German Literature, Culture & Theory GER 0 5 528 History HIS 0 5 529 History & Philosophy of Science & Technology IHPST 1 4 530 Industrial Relations & Human Resources IRE N/A 4 5

Notes: Students with a Master’s degree in industrial relations, human resources or a cognate social science discipline such as economics, sociology, etc., will be funded for four years. Students without a Master's degree or with a Master's degree in an unrelated discipline (e.g., literature) will be funded for five years.

31 Italian Studies ITA 0 5 532 Linguistics LIN 1 4 5 Students enrolled in 1-year masters in Linguistics are eligible for funding

in year 1; students enrolled in 1.5-year and 2-year masters are eligible for funding in year 2.

33 Mathematics MAT 1 4 534 Medieval Studies MST 0 5 535 Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations NMC 0 5 536 Philosophy PHL 1 4 5 Philosophy students enrolled in the collaborative doctoral program in

Ancient and Medieval Philosophy are eligible for funding for 5 years37 Physics PHY 1 4 538 Planning GGR 0 4 439 Political Science POL 0 5 540 Psychology PSY 1 4 541 Religion RLG 0 5 542 Slavic Language & Literatures SLA 1 4 543 Sociology SOC 1 4 544 Spanish SPA 1 4 545 Statistics STAT 1 4 546 Women and Gender Studies WGSI 1 N/A 1




Faculty of Dentistry47 Dentistry DENT 1* 5 5 *First year funding dependant on supervisor.

Faculty of Forestry48 Forestry FOR 2 4 6* *For Master's students who transfer to a PhD program, a total of five

years of funding is provided. Also, see Appendix for details of professional master's funding for the Master of Forest Conservation (MFC) program.

Faculty of Information49 Information FIS N/A 4 + 5th year

tuition4 + 5th year tuition *See Appendix for details of funding to professional master's programs.

Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education50 Exercise Sciences EXSCI 2 4 6

Faculty of Law51 Law LAW 0 3 3* *See Appendix for details

Faculty of Medicine52 Biochemistry BCH 2** 5** From start of

program to 8 months after

receiving approval to write thesis

**In general, provided that the student is "in good standing", a student will be funded for the duration of his/her program. An MSc student is normally expected to complete and defend his/her thesis within 2 to 3 years, while a PhD student is expected to complete and defend his/her thesis in 4 to 6 years. Funding is guaranteed for a minimum of 2 years for Msc students and 5 years for PhD students

53 Health Policy, Management and Evaluation HPME 1 4 554 Immunology IMM 2** 5** 7.5 ** SEE ABOVE55 Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology LMP 2** 5** No maximum as

long as in good standing*

** SEE ABOVE

56 Medical Biophysics MBP 2** 5** From start of program to 8

**SEE ABOVE *Stipend stops if student takes on paid employment, even if thesis/defense is not completed yet

57 Medical Science MSC 2** 5** 5 ** SEE ABOVE58 Molecular Genetics MEDGM 2** 5** No maximum as ** SEE ABOVE59 Nutritional Sciences NUSCI 2** 5** 6 ** SEE ABOVE60 Pharmacology PCL 2** 5** No maximum as

long as in good standing

** SEE ABOVE

61 Physiology PSL 2** 5** 5 ** SEE ABOVE




62 Public Health Sciences PHSCI 0 5 563 Rehabilitation Science REHSC 2 4 4 or 5* *5 years for transfer students only.64 Speech-Language Pathology SLP 2 4 4 or 5* *5 years for transfer students only.

Faculty of Music65 Music MUSIC 1 4 5 See Appendix for details of non-Ph.D. stream funding.

Faculty of Nursing66 Nursing Science NURS N/A 4 4

Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy67 Pharmaceutical Sciences PHM 1.5 4 to 5 5

Ontario Institute for Studies of Education68 Adult Education & Community Development AEC 1 4 569 Counselling Psychology AEC 1 4 570 Curriculum Studies and Teacher Development CTL 1 4 571 Developmental Psychology & Education HDP 1 4 572 Educational Administration TPS 1 4 573 Higher Education TPS 1 4 574 History & Philosophy of Education TPS 1 4 575 School & Clinical Child Psychology HDP 2 3* 5 *MA students from the SCCP directly entering the PhD only receive 3

years of doctoral funding, but MA students from any other program would be given 4 years of doctoral funding.

76 Second Language Education CTL 1 4 577 Sociology in Education SES 1 4 5

Rotman School of Management78 Management MGT N/A 5* 5* *Reductions in funding are possible after year 2 if academic progress is

not fully satisfactoryUniversity of Toronto Scarborough

79 Environmental Science UTSC N/A 5 5


Table 2. Minimum annual amount of funding (exclusive of tuition fees and non-academic ancillary fees)

Program Dept. Code Master's level Doctoral level Notes

Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work1 Social Work SWK N/A $15,000 First year PhD students receive $15,000 funding. PhD students in years 2 to 5 receive $10,000

Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering2 Aerospace Science & Engineering AER $15,000 $15,000

3 Biomedical Engineering BME $15,000 $16,000*See Appendix for details of professional master's funding for the Clinical Engineering (MHSc) program

4 Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry CHE $16,275 $16,500Named/endowed scholarships/awards are offered annually in addition to the minimum support, based on academic excellence and financial need

5 Civil Engineering CIVIL $15,000 $15,0006 Electrical & Computer Engineering ECE $15,000 $15,0007 Materials Science & Engineering MSE $15,000 $15,0008 Mechanical & Industrial Engineering MIE $15,000 $15,000

Faculty of Arts and Science 9 Anthropology ANT $15,000 $15,00010 Art FAH $0 $15,00011 Astronomy & Astrophysics AST $15,500 $15,50012 Cell & Systems Biology CSB $15,500 $15,50013 Chemistry CHM $15,500 $15,50014 Cinema Studies CINE $15,000 N/A15 Classics CLAS $15,000 $15,00016 Comparative Literature COL $7,500 $15,000 See notes in Table 117 Computer Science CSC $15,500 $15,50018 Criminology CRIM $0 $15,00019 Drama DRAMA $7,500 $15,000 See notes in Table 120 East Asian Studies EAS $0 $15,00021 Ecology & Evolutionary Biology EEB $15,500 $15,50022 Economics ECO $15,000 $15,00023 English ENG $0 $15,00024 French Language and Literature FRE $7,500 $15,000 See notes in Table 125 Geography GGR $15,000 $15,00026 Geology GLG $15,500 $15,50027 German Literature, Culture & Theory GER $0 $15,00028 History HIS $0 $15,00029 History & Philosophy of Science & Technology IHPST $15,000 $15,00030 Industrial Relations & Human Resources IRE N/A $15,00031 Italian Studies ITA $0 $15,00032 Linguistics LIN $15,000 $15,00033 Mathematics MAT $15,500 $15,50034 Medieval Studies MST $0 $15,00035 Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations NMC $0 $15,00036 Philosophy PHL $15,000 $15,00037 Physics PHY $15,500 $15,50038 Planning GGR $0 $15,00039 Political Science POL $0 $15,000




40 Psychology PSY $15,500 $15,50041 Religion RLG $0 $15,00042 Slavic Language & Literatures SLA $15,000 $15,00043 Sociology SOC $15,000 $15,00044 Spanish SPA $15,000 $15,00045 Statistics STAT $15,500 $15,500

46 Women and Gender Studies WGSI $15,000 N/A

Faculty of Dentistry47 Dentistry DENT $15,000 $17,000 See Appendix for extra funding for students winning external competitive awards.

Faculty of Forestry48 Forestry FOR $12,000 $15,000 In addition to the minimum annual amount, full tuition and fees are paid to students in the

funded cohort. Also, see Appendix for details of professional master's funding for the Master of Forest Conservation (MFC) program.

Faculty of Information49 Information FIS N/A $15,500 *See Appendix for details of funding to professional master's programs.

Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education50 Exercise Sciences EXSCI $16,000 $16,000 In addition to the minimum annual amount, full tuition and fees are paid to students in the

Faculty of Law51 Law LAW $0 $15,000 *See Appendix for extra funding for students winning external competitive awards.

Faculty of Medicine52 Biochemistry BCH $17,000 $18,000 See Appendix for extra funding for students winning external competitive awards.53 Health Policy, Management and Evaluation HPME $15,000 $15,000 See Appendix for extra funding for students winning external competitive awards.54 Immunology IMM $17,000 $18,000 See Appendix for extra funding for students winning external competitive awards.55 Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology LMP $17,000 $18,000 See Appendix for extra funding for students winning external competitive awards.56 Medical Biophysics MBP $17,000 $18,000 Stipend stops if student takes on paid employment, even if thesis/defense is not completed. 57 Medical Science MSC $17,000 $18,000 See Appendix for extra funding for students winning external competitive awards.58 Molecular Genetics MEDGM $17,000 $18,000 See Appendix for extra funding for students winning external competitive awards.59 Nutritional Sciences NUSCI $17,000 $18,000 See Appendix for extra funding for students winning external competitive awards.60 Pharmacology PCL $17,000 $18,000 See Appendix for extra funding for students winning external competitive awards.61 Physiology PSL $17,000 $18,000 See Appendix for extra funding for students winning external competitive awards.62 Public Health Sciences PHSCI $0 $15,000 See Appendix for extra funding for students winning external competitive awards.63 Rehabilitation Science REHSC $16,459 $17,459 64

Speech-Language Pathology SLP $15,000 $15,000

Faculty of Music65 Music MUSIC $15,000 $15,000 See Appendix for details of non-Ph.D. stream funding.

Faculty of Nursing66 Nursing Science NURS N/A $15,000 See Appendix for details of tuition refund for instructors of nursing programs in Ontario.




Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy67 Pharmaceutical Sciences PHM $15,000 $17,000 See Appendix for details of field-dependent funding amounts and exclusions.

Ontario Institute for Studies of Education68 Adult Education & Community Development AEC $15,000 $15,00069 Counselling Psychology AEC $15,000 $15,00070 Curriculum Studies and Teacher Development CTL $15,000 $15,00071 Developmental Psychology & Education HDP $15,000 $15,00072 Educational Administration TPS $15,000 $15,00073 Higher Education TPS $15,000 $15,00074 History & Philosophy of Education TPS $15,000 $15,00075 School & Clinical Child Psychology HDP $15,000 $15,00076 Second Language Education CTL $15,000 $15,00077 Sociology in Education SES $15,000 $15,000

Rotman School of Management78 Management MGT N/A $26,000

University of Toronto Scarborough79 Environmental Science UTSC N/A $15,500

For all OISE Programs: See Appendix for details of extra funding for students winning major external awards and for those in grant-based enrolment.


Table 3. Method and schedule of payment for department/faculty awards (e.g., UTF)

Note: Under 'Method of Payment', 'Directly to student' indicates that the full award instalment is issued to the student. ''Student fees account' indicates that the award is automatically applied toward any outstanding charges (e.g., tuition) and the remainder is issued to the student.

Program Dept. Code Method of Payment Payment ScheduleFactor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work

1 Social Work SWK Directly to student Semi-annually

Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering2 Aerospace Science & Engineering AER Directly to student Sessionally (3 times a year)3 Biomedical Engineering BME Directly to student (fall, summer) / Student fees account (wi Sessionally (3 times a year)4 Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry CHE Directly to student Monthly (end of month)5 Civil Engineering CIVIL Directly to student (fall) / Student fees account (winter, sum Sessionally (3 times a year)6 Electrical & Computer Engineering ECE Directly to student Monthly (end of month)7 Materials Science & Engineering MSE Directly to student Monthly (end of month)8 Mechanical & Industrial Engineering MIE Directly to student (Sept) / Student fees account (Jan) Bi-annually

Faculty of Arts and Science 9 Anthropology ANT Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)

10 Art FAH Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)11 Astronomy & Astrophysics AST Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)12 Cell & Systems Biology CSB Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)13 Chemistry CHM Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)14 Cinema Studies CINE Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)15 Classics CLAS Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)16 Comparative Literature COL Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)17 Computer Science CSC Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)18 Criminology CRIM Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)19 Drama DRAMA Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)20 East Asian Studies EAS Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)21 Ecology & Evolutionary Biology EEB Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)22 Economics ECO Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)23 English ENG Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)24 French Language and Literature FRE Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)25 Geography GGR Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)26 Geology GLG Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)27 German Literature, Culture & Theory GER Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)28 History HIS Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)29 History & Philosophy of Science & Technology IHPST Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)30 Industrial Relations & Human Resources IRE Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)31 Italian Studies ITA Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)32 Linguistics LIN Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)




Program Dept. Code Method of Payment Payment Schedule

33 Mathematics MAT Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)34 Medieval Studies MST Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)35 Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations NMC Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)36 Philosophy PHL Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)37 Physics PHY Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)38 Planning GGR Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)39 Political Science POL Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)40 Psychology PSY Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)41 Religion RLG Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)42 Slavic Language & Literatures SLA Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)43 Sociology SOC Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)44 Spanish SPA Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)45 Statistics STAT Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)

46 Women and Gender Studies WGSI Student fees account Sessionally (2-3 times a year)

Faculty of Dentistry47 Dentistry DENT Directly to student (Sept) / Student fees account (Jan, May) Sessionally (3 times a year)

Faculty of Forestry48 Forestry FOR Student fees account Sessionally (up to 3 times a year)

Faculty of Information49 Information FIS Student fees account Semi-annually

Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education50 Exercise Sciences EXSCI Directly to student (1st instalment) / Student fees account

(1st and/or 2nd instalment)Semi-annually

Faculty of Law51 Law LAW Directly to student Semi-annually

Faculty of Medicine52 Biochemistry BCH Student fees account Sessionally (up to 3 times a year)53 Health Policy, Management & Pathobiology HPME Student fees account Sessionally (3 times a year)54 Immunology IMM Student fees account Sessionally (up to 3 times a year)55 Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology LMP Student fees account Annually (UT Fellowship is paid in one lump sum)56 Medical Biophysics MBP Student fees account Sessionally (up to 3 times a year)57 Medical Science MSC Student fees account Sessionally (up to 3 times a year)




Program Dept. Code Method of Payment Payment Schedule

58 Molecular Genetics MEDGM Student fees account Sessionally (up to 3 times a year)59 Nutritional Sciences NUSCI Student fees account Sessionally (up to 3 times a year)60 Pharmacology PCL Student fees account Sessionally (up to 3 times a year)61 Physiology PSL Student fees account Sessionally (up to 3 times a year)62 Public Health Sciences PHSCI Student fees account Sessionally (3 times a year)63 Rehabilitation Science REHSC Student fees account Sessionally (up to 3 times a year)64 Speech-Language Pathology SLP Student fees account Sessionally (up to 3 times a year)

Faculty of Music65 Music MUSIC Student fees account Semi-annually

Faculty of Nursing66 Nursing Science NURS Directly to student (1st instalment) / Student fees account

(2nd & 3rd instalments)Sessionally (3 times a year; beginnining of each session)

Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy67 Pharmaceutical Sciences PHM Directly to student (1st instalment) / Student fees account

(2nd instalment)Semi-annually

Ontario Institute for Studies of Education68 Adult Education & Community Development AEC69 Counselling Psychology AEC70 Curriculum Studies and Teacher Development CTL71 Developmental Psychology & Education HDP72 Educational Administration TPS73 Higher Education TPS74 History & Philosophy of Education TPS75 School & Clinical Child Psychology HDP76 Second Language Education CTL77 Sociology in Education SES

Rotman School of Management78 Management MGT Student fees account Sessionally (3 times a year; beginnining of each term)

University of Toronto Scarborough79 Environmental Science UTSC Student fees account Semi-annually

For all OISE Programs: Student fees account Students are paid monthly except for major scholarships which are paid in three instalments (Sept, Jan, and May) and the OISE Grant which is paid semi-annually (Sept, Jan). The OISE Grant goes directly to the student fees account first with the remainder of the amount issued to the student.


Table 4. The role of external scholarships

Program

Dept. Code

Does the external

scholarship count toward the

funding?

Is a top-up (premium) offered in addition?

How does the holding of a scholarship affect the

likelihood of student also holding a teaching assistantship (TA)?


likelihood of student also holding a research assistantship (RA)? Notes

Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work1 Social Work SWK Yes* Yes* No effect* No effect* *See Appendix for details

Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering2 Aerospace Science & Engineering AER Yes Yes No effect** No effect*3 Biomedical Engineering BME Yes Yes No effect** No effect*4 Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry CHE Yes* Yes† No effect** No effect*5 Civil Engineering CIVIL Yes Yes No effect** Adjusted accordingly6 Electrical & Computer Engineering ECE Yes Yes† No effect** No effect*†7 Materials Science & Engineering MSE Yes Yes No effect** No effect*8 Mechanical & Industrial Engineering MIE Yes Yes† No effect** No effect*†

Faculty of Arts and Science 9 Anthropology ANT Yes Sometimes No effect No effect10 Art FAH Yes Sometimes No effect No effect11 Astronomy & Astrophysics AST Yes Sometimes No effect No effect12 Cell & Systems Biology CSB Yes Sometimes No effect No effect13 Chemistry CHM Yes Sometimes No effect No effect14 Cinema Studies CINE Yes Sometimes No effect No effect15 Classics CLAS Yes Sometimes No effect No effect16 Comparative Literature COL Yes Sometimes No effect No effect17 Computer Science CSC Yes Sometimes No effect No effect18 Criminology CRIM Yes Sometimes No effect No effect19 Drama DRAMA Yes Sometimes No effect No effect20 East Asian Studies EAS Yes Sometimes No effect No effect21 Ecology & Evolutionary Biology EEB Yes Sometimes No effect No effect22 Economics ECO Yes Sometimes No effect No effect23 English ENG Yes Sometimes No effect No effect24 French Language and Literature FRE Yes Sometimes No effect No effect25 Geography GGR Yes Sometimes No effect No effect26 Geology GLG Yes Sometimes No effect No effect27 German Literature, Culture & Theory GER Yes Sometimes No effect No effect28 History HIS Yes Sometimes No effect No effect29 History & Philosophy of Science & Technology IHPST Yes Sometimes No effect No effect30 Industrial Relations & Human Resources IRE Yes Sometimes No effect No effect31 Italian Studies ITA Yes Sometimes No effect No effect32 Linguistics LIN Yes Sometimes No effect No effect33 Mathematics MAT Yes Sometimes No effect No effect34 Medieval Studies MST Yes Sometimes No effect No effect

*Awards greater than $4,000 may affect departmental funding package; † the top-up or RA is optional with the NSERC CGS-D award; **unless restricted by the granting agency.



Program

Dept. Code

Does the external


funding?






35 Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations NMC Yes Sometimes No effect No effect36 Philosophy PHL Yes Sometimes No effect No effect37 Physics PHY Yes Sometimes No effect No effect38 Planning GGR Yes Sometimes No effect No effect39 Political Science POL Yes Sometimes No effect No effect40 Psychology PSY Yes Sometimes No effect No effect41 Religion RLG Yes Sometimes No effect No effect42 Slavic Language & Literatures SLA Yes Sometimes No effect No effect43 Sociology SOC Yes Sometimes No effect No effect44 Spanish SPA Yes Sometimes No effect No effect45 Statistics STAT Yes Sometimes No effect No effect

46 Women and Gender Studies WGSI Yes Sometimes No effect No effect

Faculty of Dentistry47 Dentistry DENT Yes Yes No effect No effect

Faculty of Forestry48 Forestry FOR Yes Yes* No effect Likelihood may be reduced if

external scholarship covers funding amount

*See Appendix for details

Faculty of Information49 Information FIS Sometimes* Sometimes Sometimes Sometimes *See Appendix for details

Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education50 Exercise Sciences EXSCI Yes Yes No effect No effect

Faculty of Law51 Law LAW Yes Sometimes* No effect No effect *See Appendix for details

Faculty of Medicine52 Biochemistry BCH Yes Yes* *See Appendix for details53 Health Policy, Management and Evaluation HPME Yes Yes *See Appendix for details54 Immunology IMM Yes Yes* *See Appendix for details55 Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology LMP Yes Yes* *See Appendix for details56 Medical Biophysics MBP Yes Yes* *See Appendix for details57 Medical Science MSC Yes Yes* *See Appendix for details58 Molecular Genetics MEDGM Yes Yes* *See Appendix for details

For all programs in Medicine:

TAs are not included in the funding package

For all programs in Medicine:

RAs are not included in the funding package



Program

Dept. Code

Does the external


funding?






59 Nutritional Sciences NUSCI Yes Yes* *See Appendix for details60 Pharmacology PCL Yes Yes* *See Appendix for details61 Physiology PSL Yes Yes* *See Appendix for details62 Public Health Sciences PHSCI Yes Sometimes* *See Appendix for details63 Rehabilitation Science REHSC Yes Yes64 Speech-Language Pathology SLP Yes No

Faculty of Music65 Music MUSIC Yes Sometimes N/A N/A

Faculty of Nursing66 Nursing Science NURS Yes Yes No effect No effect

Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy67 Pharmaceutical Sciences PHM Yes Yes No effect* No effect* *See Appendix for details

Ontario Institute for Studies of Education68 Adult Education & Community Development AEC Sometimes Sometimes *See Appendix for details69 Counselling Psychology AEC Sometimes Sometimes70 Curriculum Studies and Teacher Development CTL Sometimes Sometimes71 Developmental Psychology & Education HDP Sometimes Sometimes72 Educational Administration TPS Sometimes Sometimes73 Higher Education TPS Sometimes Sometimes74 History & Philosophy of Education TPS Sometimes Sometimes75 School & Clinical Child Psychology HDP Sometimes Sometimes76 Second Language Education CTL Sometimes Sometimes77 Sociology in Education SES Sometimes Sometimes

Rotman School of Management78 Management MGT Yes Yes No effect No effect

University of Toronto Scarborough79 Environmental Science UTSC YES Yes Lowers likelihood Lowers likelihood

For all OISE programs: No effect*

For all OISE programs: Currently, no effect.

Students with scholarships over $15,000 may not be

eligible for some RAs*


Table 5. The role of teaching assistantships (TAs) and Sessional Instructors (CI)

Program Dept. Code Normal number of hours (or range) included in the funding package

Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work1 Social Work SWK Within the CUPE expectations. Students can hold a combination of TA and/or RA.

Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering2 Aerospace Science & Engineering AER 03 Biomedical Engineering BME 04 Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry CHE 40 hours5 Civil Engineering CIVIL 108 hours (minimum)6 Electrical & Computer Engineering ECE 07 Materials Science & Engineering MSE 308 Mechanical & Industrial Engineering MIE 0

Faculty of Arts and Science 9 Anthropology ANT

10 Art FAH11 Astronomy & Astrophysics AST12 Cell & Systems Biology CSB13 Chemistry CHM14 Cinema Studies CINE15 Classics CLAS16 Comparative Literature COL17 Computer Science CSC18 Criminology CRIM19 Drama DRAMA20 East Asian Studies EAS21 Ecology & Evolutionary Biology EEB22 Economics ECO23 English ENG24 French Language and Literature FRE25 Geography GGR26 Geology GLG27 German Literature, Culture & Theory GER28 History HIS29 History & Philosophy of Science & Technology IHPST30 Industrial Relations & Human Resources IRE

For all Arts and Science Programs: Normal TA hours vary from unit to unit. For all units, a maximum 205 hours per student is included in the funding package.




31 Italian Studies ITA32 Linguistics LIN33 Mathematics MAT34 Medieval Studies MST35 Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations NMC36 Philosophy PHL37 Physics PHY38 Planning GGR39 Political Science POL40 Psychology PSY41 Religion RLG42 Slavic Language & Literatures SLA43 Sociology SOC44 Spanish SPA45 Statistics STAT46 Women and Gender Studies WGSI

Faculty of Dentistry47 Dentistry DENT N/A

Faculty of Forestry48 Forestry FOR N/A (TAs are paid over and above the amount of the funding package)

Faculty of Information49 Information FIS 150 hours per year for 4 years (average)

Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education50 Exercise Sciences EXSCI 100-110 hours

Faculty of Law51 Law LAW N/A (TAs are paid over and above the amount of the funding package)

Faculty of Medicine52 Biochemistry BCH N/A53 Health Policy, Management & Evaluation HPME N/A54 Immunology IMM N/A55 Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology LMP N/A56 Medical Biophysics MBP N/A57 Medical Science MSC N/A58 Molecular Genetics MEDGM N/A




59 Nutritional Sciences NUSCI N/A60 Pharmacology PCL N/A61 Physiology PSL N/A62 Public Health Sciences PHSCI N/A63 Rehabilitation Science REHSC N/A64 Speech-Language Pathology SLP N/A

Faculty of Music65 Music MUSIC 210 hours maximum (with additional hours paid on top of the funding package)

Faculty of Nursing66 Nursing Science NURS 140 hours

Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy67 Pharmaceutical Sciences PHM Ranging from 50-200 hours

Ontario Institute for Studies of Education

68 Adult Education & Community Development AEC69 Counselling Psychology AEC70 Curriculum Studies and Teacher Development CTL71 Developmental Psychology & Education HDP72 Educational Administration TPS73 Higher Education TPS74 History & Philosophy of Education TPS75 School & Clinical Child Psychology HDP76 Second Language Education CTL77 Sociology in Education SES

Rotman School of Management78 Management MGT 200 hours per year in years 2 to 4 (or RA hours; See Appendix for details)

University of Toronto Scarborough79 Environmental Science UTSC 140-210 for non-scholarship students

For all OISE programs: TAs in the Teacher Education Program (TEPAs) are normaly required to work 220 hours, but only 205 hours are counted towards the funding package. TAs held outside OISE are not counted as part of the funding package.


Table 6. The tole of research assistantships (RAs)

ProgramDept. Code

Normal amount of work (hours or bursary sum) included in the funding package

Mandated or encouraged practice regarding payment structures (e.g., salary or bursary)

Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work1 Social Work SWK Within the expectations of 10-12 hours/week.

This depends on the faculty grant, therefore the combination of RA and/or TA/SI is more flexible and feasible.

The standing policy is that PhD students receive a minimum of $25/hr as an RA. Any PhD student in good standing in years 1 to 5 whose funding falls short of the minimum amount of the University funding package for that academic year, when calculating a combination of external funding/ U of T fellowship funding, will be provided with RA and/or TA or SI opportunities that will meet or exceed the minimum funding package.

Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering2 Aerospace Science & Engineering AER 40 hours/week Stipend 3 Biomedical Engineering BME 40 hours/week Stipend 4 Chemical Engineering & Applied Chemistry CHE 40 hours/week Stipend 5 Civil Engineering CIVIL 40 hours/week Stipend 6 Electrical & Computer Engineering ECE 40 hours/week Stipend 7 Materials Science & Engineering MSE 40 hours/week Stipend 8 Mechanical & Industrial Engineering MIE 40 hours/week Stipend

Faculty of Arts and Science 9 Anthropology ANT

10 Art FAH11 Astronomy & Astrophysics AST12 Cell & Systems Biology CSB13 Chemistry CHM14 Cinema Studies CINE15 Classics CLAS16 Comparative Literature COL17 Computer Science CSC18 Criminology CRIM19 Drama DRAMA20 East Asian Studies EAS21 Ecology & Evolutionary Biology EEB22 Economics ECO23 English ENG24 French Language and Literature FRE25 Geography GGR26 Earth Sciences GLG27 German Literature, Culture & Theory GER28 History HIS29 History & Philosophy of Science & Technology IHPST30 Industrial Relations & Human Resources IRE31 Italian Studies ITA32 Linguistics LIN33 Mathematics MAT34 Medieval Studies MST

For all Faculty of Arts and Science programs: Normal RA hours vary from unit to unit. It is expected that the aggregate value of RAs for the category of students without major scholarships will range from $0 to $8000 per student.

For all Faculty of Arts and Science programs: Many graduate units encourage supervisors to pay RAs as T4A income when appropriate



ProgramDept. Code



35 Near & Middle Eastern Civilizations NMC36 Philosophy PHL37 Physics PHY38 Planning GGR39 Political Science POL40 Psychology PSY41 Religion RLG42 Slavic Language & Literatures SLA43 Sociology SOC44 Spanish SPA45 Statistics STAT46 Women and Gender Studies WGSI

Faculty of Dentistry47 Dentistry DENT N/A Salary

Faculty of Forestry48 Forestry FOR No fixed hours for RAs RAs are paid as scholarships/fellowships.

Faculty of Information49 Information FIS None currently. Paid hourly.

Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education50 Exercise Sciences EXSCI $3,500 per year N/A

Faculty of Law51 Law LAW RAs not included in funding package. N/A

Faculty of Medicine52 Biochemistry BCH N/A53 Health Policy, Management and Evaluation HPME N/A54 Immunology IMM N/A55 Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology LMP N/A56 Medical Biophysics MBP N/A57 Medical Science MSC N/A58 Molecular Genetics MEDGM N/A59 Nutritional Sciences NUSCI N/A60 Pharmacology PCL N/A61 Physiology PSL N/A62 Public Health Sciences PHSCI N/A63 Rehabilitation Science REHSC N/A64 Speech-Language Pathology SLP N/A

Faculty of Music

For all Faculty of Medicine programs: The Faculty of Medicine very strongly discourages supervisors from hiring their own graduate students as research assistants (i.e., T4 income)



ProgramDept. Code



65 Music MUSIC RAs not included in funding package. N/A

Faculty of Nursing66 Nursing Science NURS N/A

Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy67 Pharmaceutical Sciences PHM There are no fixed hours attached to the research

assistantship (e.g. , a student could spend approximately 45 to 60 hours per week in laboratory research).

The minimum stipend amount paid to the student from the supervisor's grant is paid on a monthly basis for 12 months (Sept to Aug). Departmental funding in the form of a U of T Open Fellowship or the Ben Cohen Bursary is paid to the students in two installments (Sept and Jan).

Ontario Institute for Studies of Education68 Adult Education & Community Development AEC69 Counselling Psychology AEC70 Curriculum Studies and Teacher Development CTL71 Developmental Psychology & Education HDP72 Educational Administration TPS73 Higher Education TPS74 History & Philosophy of Education TPS75 School & Clinical Child Psychology HDP76 Second Language Education CTL77 Sociology in Education SES

Rotman School of Management78 Management MGT

p y y (See Appendix for details) Bursary

University of Toronto Scarborough79

Environmental Science UTSC variablePayment is arranged between supervisor and student. RA Packages are counted toward the funding package.

For all OISE programs: Full Graduate Assistantships require students to work 266 hours (September to April). Major RAs that are considered part of students' funding packages are limited to 275 hours.

For all OISE programs: Students are paid in 8 equal monthly installments between September and April.


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Appendix: Additional Commentary on the Administration of Funding

Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work

1. We do not limit students. They are able to hold a major scholarship, plus a teaching and/or research assistantship. The teaching assistantships and research assistantships provide academic opportunities that are beneficial to the career prospects of the students; others take assistantships primarily for the income. We try to ensure that those without scholarships get an RA or TA for their benefit. These sources are counted as part of the doctoral stream funding package.

2. As of September 2009, PhD students must apply for external awards, teaching assistantships and research assistantships equivalent to the domestic tuition and fees portion of the funding package, starting in their first year. Students who choose not to apply for external competitive awards will forfeit consideration for funding.

3. Students who obtain a major external competitive award above $10,000 receive a merit bonus of $5,000. Vanier and Bombardier award recipients will have exceeded the amount of the funding package and are not eligible for a merit bonus.

4. The Faculty also provides several Royal Bank Fellowships, and we inform students of additional Fellowship opportunities (e.g., health fellowships) administered at the UofT.

5. The Faculty offers a flex-time program but students in that program are excluded from the funded cohort.

Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering

1. The Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering offers its MHSc (Clinical Engineering) students two years of funding, which is a combination of a department scholarship, federal/provincial funding and supervisory research funds. The amount of funding provided varies year to year based on provincial funding, but exceeds $15,000 plus tuition and fees. A thesis stipend is included in this funding package, which begins when the thesis research project is started.

2. Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry offer limited Teaching Assistantships to Master of Engineering students. There are approximately 5 TAs available annually, and the typical number of hours included in each TA is 50 hours.

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Faculty of Dentistry

1. Students who receive an external competitive award over $10,000 receive a $3,000/year top up.

Faculty of Forestry

1. Students in the Faculty’s Master of Forest Conservation (MFC) program are awarded admission fellowships on the basis of academic excellence. Approximately $50,000 is awarded annually, overall. Over the course of their program, MFC students also received additional funding in the form of need-based and in-course awards.

2. Top-up values are as follows: NSERC Doctoral - $5,000 per year for up to 3 years NSERC Master's - $2,500 per year for one year OGS - $1,500 for one year

3. Teaching assistantships are awarded on the basis of the application (e.g., experience), availability and instructor preferences, and not necessarily on the basis of an external scholarship.

Faculty of Information

1. In cases where students in the funded cohort receive an external, competitively-reviewed award valued at or over $15,000 per annum (e.g., OGS, SSHRC, NSERC, NSF) that award will stand in lieu of the stipend portion of the funding package from the University. Students with these awards are exempt from all requirements of the funding package to serve as a teaching or research assistants. The Faculty of Information will continue to meet either international or domestic tuition fees (as appropriate for the student) and, in recognition of their success, the Faculty will award them an Academic Excellence Award of $2000 each year that they hold the external award and remain in the funded cohort. These students continue to be eligible to work as a teaching or research assistants if they wish to supplement their funds, and if the Faculty has available TA positions.

2. Fellowships are available for both the Master of Information (MI) and Master of Museum Studies (MMSt) programs, consisting of full tuition up to the value of domestic tuition fees. Students may renew these fellowships on their second year if an overall GPA of 3.7 is attained. This funding was not affected by or related to TA/RAships or external scholarships in 2011-12. More information is available at http://www.ischool.utoronto.ca/degrees/phd/funding.

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Faculty of Kinesiology & Physical Education

1. Students in flex-time Ph.D. programs and part-time M.Sc. program are not eligible for funding

Faculty of Law

1. We have only one required course for students with an LLM, two for direct-entry students. Doctoral students are not required to TA for their stipend and so have more time than ordinary graduate students to focus on research. We find that our students tend to finish in three to three-and-a-half years and so we try to fund students for an extra six months if their supervisory committee determines they need that time to finish their theses.

2. Students who receive an external competitive award may receive a small top-up if resources are available.

3. The Faculty of Law has limited teaching assistantship opportunities and does not count teaching or research assistantships in doctoral students’ funding packages.

Faculty of Medicine Biochemistry, Immunology, Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, Medical Biophysics, Medical Science, Molecular Genetics, Nutritional Sciences, Pharmacology, Physiology

1. A student who receives $15,000 or more as a major, competitive, external award will be provided with an additional $3,000 top up in recognition of receiving an external award. In such cases, the student will be paid the amount of his/her award plus the difference between his/her award and the total stipend plus a $3000 top-up. Payment of top-ups will occur for the duration of the award. Students who receive an award of greater value than the total stipend plus $3000 (e.g. Doctoral or Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship) will be ineligible for a further top-up.

Institute of Health Evaluation, Policy and Management

1. Students who receive a major, external competitive award receive a top up of $3000.00

Public Health Sciences

1. Students who receive an external competitive award over $15,000 receive a top up to a maximum of $25,000 for the student’s total package.

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Faculty of Music

1. The Faculty of Music Master’s of Music (M.Mus.) professional degree students are not part of the funded cohort. However, the funding package for the Faculty of Music currently offers $2,000 funding, which is derived from named scholarships and from the Faculty of Music. Domestic Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) students will receive tuition plus $6,000 stipend. The stipend includes a teaching assistant position with a maximum of 140 hours. If a student receives an outside scholarship, it will replace this funding.

2. The Faculty of Music is considering possible adjustments to committed funding to the different graduate programs. Please contact the graduate unit for further information.

3. The research assistantship is paid in addition to scholarships. Faculty of Nursing

1. Students who are teaching at a post-secondary institution in Ontario may be eligible for the faculty tuition waiver program through the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. The tuition waiver counts towards the funding guarantee.

Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy

2. For 2011-2012 academic year, the minimum stipend for full-time domestic PhD students is as follows: $24,000 for students conducting research in the fields of Molecular Pharmacology & Toxicology and Pharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics while the minimum stipend for students conducting research in the Clinical, Social and Administrative Pharmaceutical Sciences is $23,050. The minimum stipend for full-time domestic MSC students in all the fields of study is $23,050 in 2011. These stipends are compared favourably with the stipends offered by other departments in the Life Sciences and Social Sciences respectively.

3. The minimum stipend for international students is $15,000 plus tuition. For the academic year 2011/2012, the total stipend was $32,922.

4. Students are strongly encouraged to apply for external scholarships. 5. For students with an RA contract funding from the supervisor's grant is paid to the

student to bring the scholarship to the amount of our minimum stipend. 6. A student with a scholarship is just as likely to receive a TA contract as one

without a scholarship. A senior doctoral student who holds a scholarship could decline a TA contract if the scholarship amount is greater than the department’s minimum stipend.


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Ontario Institute for Studies of Education

1. Those students who are awarded TAs (including TEPAs, teaching assistantship in the Teacher Education Program) may also hold an external scholarship, such as OGS or SSHRC. In addition to TAs, OISE students in the funded cohort are offered Graduate Assistantships (GA), which are research positions funded from the OISE operating budget.

2. Two types of research assistantships are available at OISE: 1) GAs (described above) and 2) Major Research Assistantships (RA) through faculty members’ research grants. In addition, students may hold a Research Fellowship as part of their funding package. The role of the GA in graduate funding is different depending on a student’s funding package. A student receives one of the following funding packages:

a. Core Package: Students who do not hold a major scholarship, a Combined RF/GA (see below) or Major RA (worth at least 40% of the funding package level for domestic students) are provided with a GA. Such students receive the ‘core package’. Students may decline the GA but will also forfeit the equivalent dollar value in their graduate funding package. Students may substitute a TA for their GA.

b. Scholarship Package: Students who have large scholarships (worth at least 40% of the funding package level for domestic students) receive the ‘scholarship package’. Students holding scholarships worth less than the level of the funding package are given an OISE Grant. Such students with scholarships below $15,000 will also be offered a GA, but may decline half of the GA and have the value replaced by an OISE Grant. Students holding a scholarship with the value of an OGS ($15,000) or greater will NOT be offered a GA. However, they will receive an OISE Grant if the value of their scholarship is below the level of the funding package.

c. Combined Research Fellowship/Graduate Assistantship Package: Students in this category are offered a Research Fellowship (RF) and a half GA with an OISE faculty member as part of the graduate funding package. Students complete the RF in the fall and the half GA in the winter. Students may decline the RF and/or the GA but will also forfeit the equivalent dollar value in the graduate funding package.

d. Major Research Assistantship Package: Students who have RAs (worth at least the equivalent of a full GA) through faculty research grants receive the ‘Major RA Package’.

3. Students who obtain a scholarship worth the value of an OGS ($15,000) or greater also receive an Academic Excellence Award worth $2,000.

4. Students who obtain major scholarships (with the value of an OGS or greater) for all or most of their period of funding are eligible for a Scholarship Recognition Award valued at the cost of tuition plus $2,000 if they are registered in the year following the end of their funding.

5. Research Assistantships outside the Combined RF/GA Package or RA Packages are not counted toward the funding package.

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6. Students in any of the funding packages can earn additional monies by working on external research grants. This includes students who receive the Combined RF/GA or Major RA Packages, if they work hours additional to those counted as part of the funding package.

Rotman School of Management

1. Work requirements can be satisfied through research assistantship and/or teaching assistantship work.

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Appendix: Additional Commentary on the Administration of Funding

Applied Science and Engineering, Faculty of

1. The Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering offers its MHSc (Clinical Engineering) students two years of funding, which is a combination of a department scholarship, federal/provincial funding and supervisory research funds. The amount of funding provided varies year to year based on provincial funding, but exceeds $15,000 plus tuition and fees. A thesis stipend is included in this funding package, which begins when the thesis research project is started.

2. Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry offer limited Teaching Assistantships to Master of Engineering students. There are approximately 5 TAs available annually, and the typical number of hours included in each TA is 50 hours.

Dentistry, Faculty of

1. Students who receive an external competitive award over $10,000 receive

$3,000/year top up. Education, Ontario Institute for Studies of

1. Those students who are awarded TAs (including TEPAs, teaching assistantship in the Teacher Education Program) may also hold an external scholarship, such as OGS or SSHRC. In addition to TAs, OISE students in the funded cohort are offered Graduate Assistantships (GA), which are research positions funded from the OISE operating budget.

2. Two types of research assistantships are available at OISE: 1) GAs (described above) and 2) Major Research Assistantships (RA) through faculty members’ research grants. In addition, students may hold a Research Fellowship as part of their funding package. The role of the GA in graduate funding is different depending on a student’s funding package. A student receives one of the following funding packages:

a. Core Package: Students who do not hold a major scholarship, a Combined RF/GA (see below) or Major RA (worth at least 40% of the funding package level for domestic students) are provided with a GA. Such students receive the ‘core package’. Students may decline the GA but will also forfeit the equivalent dollar value in their graduate funding package. Students may substitute a TA for their GA.

b. Scholarship Package: Students who have large scholarships (worth at least 40% of the funding package level for domestic students) receive the ‘scholarship package’. Students holding scholarships worth less than the

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level of the funding package are given an OISE Grant. Such students with scholarships below $15,000 will also be offered a GA, but may decline half of the GA and have the value replaced by an OISE Grant. Students holding a scholarship with the value of an OGS ($15,000) or greater will NOT be offered a GA. However, they will receive an OISE Grant if the value of their scholarship is below the level of the funding package.

c. Combined Research Fellowship/Graduate Assistantship Package: Students in this category are offered a Research Fellowship (RF) and a half GA with an OISE faculty member as part of the graduate funding package. Students complete the RF in the fall and the half GA in the winter. Students may decline the RF and/or the GA but will also forfeit the equivalent dollar value in the graduate funding package.

d. Major Research Assistantship Package: Students who have RAs (worth at least the equivalent of a full GA) through faculty research grants receive the ‘Major RA Package’.

3. Students who obtain a scholarship worth the value of an OGS ($15,000) or greater also receive an Academic Excellence Award worth $2,000.

4. Students who obtain major scholarships (with the value of an OGS or greater) for all or most of their period of funding are eligible for a Scholarship Recognition Award valued at the cost of tuition plus $2,000 if they are registered in the year following the end of their funding.

5. Research Assistantships outside the Combined RF/GA Package or RA Packages are not counted toward the funding package.

6. Students in any of the funding packages can earn additional monies by working on external research grants. This includes students who receive the Combined RF/GA or Major RA Packages, if they work hours additional to those counted as part of the funding package.

Forestry, Faculty of

1. Students in the Faculty’s Master of Forest Conservation (MFC) program are awarded admission fellowships on the basis of academic excellence. Approximately $50,000 is awarded annually, overall. Over the course of their program, MFC students also received additional funding in the form of need-based and in-course awards.

2. Top-up values are as follows: NSERC Doctoral - $5,000 per year for up to 3 years NSERC Master's - $2,500 per year for one year OGS - $1,500 for one year

3. Teaching assistantships are awarded on the basis of the application (e.g., experience), availability and instructor preferences, and not necessarily on the basis of an external scholarship.

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Information, Faculty of

1. In cases where students in the funded cohort receive an external, competitively-reviewed award valued at or over $15,000 per annum (e.g., OGS, SSHRC, NSERC, NSF) that award will stand in lieu of the stipend portion of the funding package from the University. Students with these awards are exempt from all requirements of the funding package to serve as a teaching or research assistants. The Faculty of Information will continue to meet either international or domestic tuition fees (as appropriate for the student) and, in recognition of their success, the Faculty will award them an Academic Excellence Award of $2000 each year that they hold the external award and remain in the funded cohort. These students continue to be eligible to work as a teaching or research assistants if they wish to supplement their funds, and if the Faculty has available TA positions.

2. Fellowships are available for both the Master of Information (MI) and Master of Museum Studies (MMSt) programs, consisting of full tuition up to the value of domestic tuition fees. Students may renew these fellowships on their second year if an overall GPA of 3.7 is attained. This funding was not affected by or related to TA/RAships or external scholarships in 2011-12. More information is available at http://www.ischool.utoronto.ca/degrees/phd/funding.

Kinesiology & Physical Education, Faculty of

1. Students in flex-time Ph.D. programs and part-time M.Sc. program are not

eligible for funding Law, Faculty of

1. We have only one required course for students with an LLM, two for direct-entry students. Doctoral students are not required to TA for their stipend and so have more time than ordinary graduate students to focus on research. We find that our students tend to finish in three to three-and-a-half years and so we try to fund students for an extra six months if their supervisory committee determines they need that time to finish their theses.

2. Students who receive an external competitive award may receive a small top-up if resources are available.

3. The Faculty of Law has limited teaching assistantship opportunities and does not count teaching or research assistantships in doctoral students’ funding packages.

Management, Rotman School of

1. Work requirements can be satisfied through research assistantship and/or teaching assistantship work.

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Medicine, Faculty of Biochemistry, Immunology, Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology, Medical Biophysics, Medical Science, Molecular Genetics, Nutritional Sciences, Pharmacology, Physiology

1. A student who receives $15,000 or more as a major, competitive, external award will be provided with an additional $3,000 top up in recognition of receiving an external award. In such cases, the student will be paid the amount of his/her award plus the difference between his/her award and the total stipend plus a $3000 top-up. Payment of top-ups will occur for the duration of the award. Students who receive an award of greater value than the total stipend plus $3000 (e.g. Doctoral or Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship) will be ineligible for a further top-up.

Institute of Health Evaluation, Policy and Management

1. Students who receive a major, external competitive award receive a top up of $3000.00

Public Health Sciences

1. Students who receive an external competitive award over $15,000 receive a top up to a maximum of $25,000 for the student’s total package.

Music, Faculty of

1. The Faculty of Music Master’s of Music (M.Mus.) professional degree students are not part of the funded cohort. However, the funding package for the Faculty of Music currently offers $2,000 funding, which is derived from named scholarships and from the Faculty of Music. Domestic Doctor of Musical Arts (D.M.A.) students will receive tuition plus $6,000 stipend. The stipend includes a teaching assistant position with a maximum of 140 hours. If a student receives an outside scholarship, it will replace this funding.

2. The Faculty of Music is considering possible adjustments to committed funding to the different graduate programs. Please contact the graduate unit for further information.

3. The research assistantship is paid in addition to scholarships. Nursing, Faculty of

1. Students who are teaching at a post-secondary institution in Ontario may be eligible for the faculty tuition waiver program through the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. The tuition waiver counts towards the funding guarantee.

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Pharmacy, Leslie L. Dan Faculty of

1. For 2011-2012 academic year, the minimum stipend for full-time domestic PhD students is as follows: $24,000 for students conducting research in the fields of Molecular Pharmacology & Toxicology and Pharmaceutics & Pharmacokinetics while the minimum stipend for students conducting research in the Clinical, Social and Administrative Pharmaceutical Sciences is $23,050. The minimum stipend for full-time domestic MSC students in all the fields of study is $23,050 in 2011. These stipends are compared favourably with the stipends offered by other departments in the Life Sciences and Social Sciences respectively.

2. The minimum stipend for international students is $15,000 plus tuition. For the academic year 2011/2012, the total stipend was $32,922.

3. Students are strongly encouraged to apply for external scholarships. 4. For students with an RA contract funding from the supervisor's grant is paid to the

student to bring the scholarship to the amount of our minimum stipend. 5. A student with a scholarship is just as likely to receive a TA contract as one

without a scholarship. A senior doctoral student who holds a scholarship could decline a TA contract if the scholarship amount is greater than the department’s minimum stipend.


Social Work, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of

1. We do not limit students. They are able to hold a major scholarship, plus a teaching and/or research assistantship. The teaching assistantships and research assistantships provide academic opportunities that are beneficial to the career prospects of the students; others take assistantships primarily for the income. We try to ensure that those without scholarships get an RA or TA for their benefit. These sources are counted as part of the doctoral stream funding package.

2. As of September 2009, PhD students must apply for external awards, teaching assistantships and research assistantships equivalent to the domestic tuition and fees portion of the funding package, starting in their first year. Students who choose not to apply for external competitive awards will forfeit consideration for funding.

3. Students who obtain a major external competitive award above $10,000 receive a merit bonus of $5,000. Vanier and Bombardier award recipients will have exceeded the amount of the funding package and are not eligible for a merit bonus.

4. The Faculty also provides several Royal Bank Fellowships, and we inform students of additional Fellowship opportunities (e.g., health fellowships) administered at the UofT.

5. The Faculty offers a flex-time program but students in that program are excluded from the funded cohort.

Documents

UofT_Graduate Funding Information 2011-2012