Awards & Scholarships

The scholarship is awarded to first year research-stream Master’s or Doctoral students, whose graduate research is based at UTSC. Applicants are evaluated on academic merit, experiential University-based contributions, and demonstrated success in areas outside academia. Value: $2,500.

The Office of the Vice-Principal and Dean Academic provides a travel grant of up to $500 per student per year to support graduate student travel and registration expenses when attending and presenting research results at academic conferences.

The Graduate Student Research Award recognizes excellence in graduate student research and leadership in the U of T Scarborough community by offering two awards annually, one for a master's student, valued at $2,000 and one for a doctoral student, valued at $3,000.

The UTSC Housing Support Grant is offered by the Office of the Vice-Principal Academic & Dean to provide assistance with housing costs for eligible graduate students who have dependent children or other exceptional need-based circumstances. Requests must identify issues created by the lack of available graduate housing on the UTSC Campus that this grant would mitigate.

Variable award amounts will be given based on demonstrated financial need up to a maximum of $8,000.

The Office of the Vice-Principal Academic & Dean has launched the UTSC Graduate Student Emergency Grant to support graduate students facing emergent financial shortfalls.

The University of Toronto Scarborough’s UTSC Inclusive Excellence Postdoctoral Fellowship provides funding to UTSC departments to increase opportunities for hiring postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented groups, specifically Indigenous and Black researchers. 

Guidelines and application form are available on the UTSC Inclusive Excellence Postdoctoral Fellowship webpage.

The University of Toronto Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellowship program provides funding to Graduate Faculties to increase opportunities for hiring postdoctoral fellows from underrepresented groups, specifically Indigenous and Black researchers.

The Office of the Vice-Principal Academic & Dean has launched the UTSC COVID-19 Program Completion Award to support full-time students in the PhD in Environmental Science or PhD in Counselling & Clinical Psychology (Clinical Psychology Field) who, for reasons due to COVID-19, require additional time in their program that takes them beyond the program length required for their degree.

The Office of the Vice-Principal Academic & Dean has launched the UTSC COVID-19 Research Pivot Fund to support full-time students in the PhD in Environmental Science and MA or PhD in Counselling & Clinical Psychology (Clinical Psychology Field) who must pivot their research plans due to a COVID-19 related disruption. 

Guidelines and application form are available on the UTSC COVID-19 Research Pivot Fund webpage.

The Vice-Dean Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies supports graduate students in staying active over the summer months and provides an important summer gym rebate for eligible graduate students who purchase a Summer Gym Membership.

Highlights of TPASC Memberships for UTSC Postdocs (Adult, Couples, Family-1 and Family-2 memberships):

• The First two months of the UTSC Postdoc membership are free! The Vice-Dean, Graduate will cover the cost of the first two months of the TPASC gym membership for UTSC Postdocs.
• The UTSC Postdoc membership can be terminated without a cancellation fee after 8 months.