Up to $45,000 Bridging Divides Graduate Stipend

Organization: Toronto Metropolitan University, Global Migration Institute (Bridging Divides)

Type: Scholarship

Location: Global

Deadline: April 1, 2027

Funding: Partially Funded

Toronto Metropolitan University's Global Migration Institute pays a limited number of yearly stipends to full-time Master's and PhD students whose research connects to migration and immigrant integration, through Bridging Divides, a research programme funded by the Government of Canada's Canada First Research Excellence Fund. Master's students can receive up to $35,000 a year for up to two years, and existing TMU PhD students up to $45,000 a year. It is open to Canadian and international students, but you must be admitted to, or already enrolled in, a research-based TMU graduate programme in Toronto. **What you get:** - Master's: up to $35,000 a year, for a maximum of two years for incoming students, renewed each year subject to your progress and available funds - PhD (existing TMU PhD students only): up to $45,000 a year, for a maximum of three years, renewed each year subject to your progress and available funds - A place on the Global Migration Institute's research team, working with scholars from TMU, Concordia University, the University of Alberta and the University of British Columbia - Research training, workshops and professional development through Bridging Divides - If you already hold an external award such as SSHRC, CIHR or NSERC, you can ask for a top-up, decided case by case **What you'll do:** - Incoming Master's: apply to an eligible TMU Master's programme first, then send the Bridging Divides stipend form - Submit your CV, transcript, the statement of interest from your programme application, and a motivation letter of up to two pages linking your research to at least one Bridging Divides theme - PhD applicants also submit a writing sample of up to 10 pages - Take part in research training activities and workshops once funded **Key dates:** - TMU Fall 2027 graduate applications are open now; first consideration date January 22, 2027 for most programmes - Preferred deadline for international applicants to The Creative School and to Engineering and Architectural Science: December 1, 2026 - International applications to TMU graduate programmes close March 12, 2027 unless a programme says otherwise - PhD stipend applications: February 1, 2027 (listed under Upcoming deadlines; the PhD section of the same page says April 1, 2027) - Master's stipend applications (incoming and existing): April 1, 2027 - Stipends start in Fall 2027 **More information:** - Eligible programmes include Immigration and Settlement Studies (MA), Public Policy and Administration (MA), Policy Studies (PhD), Psychology (MA, PhD), Social Work (MSW), Urban Health (PhD), Journalism, Data Science and Analytics (MSc), Communications and Culture (MA, PhD) and others. The list is not exhaustive; other research programmes are considered case by case - Watch the recorded Virtual Open House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xBikh20qMk - Questions: bridging.divides@torontomu.ca

Toronto Metropolitan University, Global Migration Institute (Bridging Divides)Scholarship

Up to $45,000 Bridging Divides Graduate Stipend

Apr 01, 2027 23:59:00 ET

Opportunity type

Scholarship

Funding

Partially Funded

Location

Global

Deadline

Apr 01, 2027 23:59:00 ET

About this opportunity

What you get:

Master's: up to $35,000 a year, for a maximum of two years for incoming students, renewed each year subject to your progress and available funds
PhD (existing TMU PhD students only): up to $45,000 a year, for a maximum of three years, renewed each year subject to your progress and available funds
A place on the Global Migration Institute's research team, working with scholars from TMU, Concordia University, the University of Alberta and the University of British Columbia
Research training, workshops and professional development through Bridging Divides
If you already hold an external award such as SSHRC, CIHR or NSERC, you can ask for a top-up, decided case by case

What you'll do:

Incoming Master's: apply to an eligible TMU Master's programme first, then send the Bridging Divides stipend form
Submit your CV, transcript, the statement of interest from your programme application, and a motivation letter of up to two pages linking your research to at least one Bridging Divides theme
PhD applicants also submit a writing sample of up to 10 pages
Take part in research training activities and workshops once funded

Key dates:

TMU Fall 2027 graduate applications are open now; first consideration date January 22, 2027 for most programmes
Preferred deadline for international applicants to The Creative School and to Engineering and Architectural Science: December 1, 2026
International applications to TMU graduate programmes close March 12, 2027 unless a programme says otherwise
PhD stipend applications: February 1, 2027 (listed under Upcoming deadlines; the PhD section of the same page says April 1, 2027)
Master's stipend applications (incoming and existing): April 1, 2027
Stipends start in Fall 2027

More information:

Eligible programmes include Immigration and Settlement Studies (MA), Public Policy and Administration (MA), Policy Studies (PhD), Psychology (MA, PhD), Social Work (MSW), Urban Health (PhD), Journalism, Data Science and Analytics (MSc), Communications and Culture (MA, PhD) and others. The list is not exhaustive; other research programmes are considered case by case
Watch the recorded Virtual Open House: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xBikh20qMk
Questions: bridging.divides@torontomu.ca

Who can apply

Full-time Master's or PhD student studying at, or applying to study at, Toronto Metropolitan University
Open to both domestic and international students
Your research must relate to at least one of the four Bridging Divides themes: Immigrant Health and Well-Being, Employment and Lifelong Learning, Place and Infrastructure, Citizenship and Participation
Incoming students: first-year Master's only. Your stipend application is considered only if you are accepted to the TMU Master's programme
Existing Master's students: entering the second year of an eligible programme in 2027-28, with a thesis or major research project aligned to a theme
PhD: existing TMU PhD students enrolled full time in an eligible programme in Fall 2027. There is no PhD stipend for incoming PhD students
Course-based graduate programmes are not eligible
Your supervisor or co-supervisor must be a TMU faculty member directly involved in Bridging Divides; Engineering and Architectural Science (FEAS) applicants must name a Bridging Divides researcher as supervisor, and incoming FEAS applicants need a statement from the FEAS Associate Dean of Graduate Studies

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Good to know

+Run by a university research institute and funded by the Government of Canada (CFREF)
+Open to international as well as domestic students, at the same amounts
+Large annual stipends: up to $35,000 (Master's) and $45,000 (PhD)
+Clear eligibility, document list and eligible programme list on TMU's own page

Worth checking yourself

!Incoming Master's students must first apply to the TMU programme through OUAC, which charges a non-refundable $110 CAD per programme ($150 for the MBA). The stipend itself is free to apply for
!Apply to your programme early: TMU's first consideration date is January 22, 2027, and international applications close March 12, 2027 unless a programme says otherwise (December 1, 2026 preferred for international applicants to The Creative School and FEAS)
!PhD students: TMU's page lists February 1, 2027 as the PhD deadline in one place and April 1, 2027 in another. Apply by February 1
!The $45,000 PhD stipend is only for students already enrolled in a TMU PhD; incoming students can only get the Master's stipend
!Amounts are maximums ('up to'), awards are limited in number, and renewal depends on progress and available funds. The page does not say the stipend covers tuition
!The 2027-28 incoming Master's stipend form was not open on October 13, 2026: TMU's link leads to last year's closed form. Check back on the page before April 1
!Course-based Master's programmes are not eligible; you need a thesis or major research project

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