Student Funding Packages

As an Interdisciplinary program, individual student's funding packages will follow their supervisor's home department and/or Faculty funding model. While funding packages will vary amongst students in the program, you can expect to receive a similar funding package to other students within the same lab.

General funding package details are accesible through the chart below.  There are variances in minimum funding levels across Faculties and Departments.  It is important that you're familair with your anticipated funding package before accepting an offer of admission.  

From your funding package, you are expected to pay tuition and ancillary fees.

Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTA):

  • only funding eligible students will be considered for placement
  • placements will be within your supervisors home department
  • typically, your placement will be within the fall and/or winter terms
  • missing GTA application deadlines may result in reduced funding (process usually takes place over the summer)

📩 Questions? Email: neuroscience@uwo.ca

 

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Supervisors who hold primary appointments in the following departments:

  • Anatomy & Cell Biology
  • Biochemistry
  • Clinical Neurological Sciences
  • Medical Biophysics
  • Medical Imaging
  • Microbiology and Immunology
  • Paediatrics
  • Physiology & Pharmacology
  • Psychiatry

Graduate Student Funding (Effective September 1, 2025)

To support tuition and living expenses, the following base funding packages are provided:

  • MSc Students (domestic): $18,500/year
  • MSc Students (international): $26,300/year
  • PhD Students (domestic & international): $27,902/year

Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTA)

  • PhD Students: Guaranteed a 140-hour annual GTA position if not holding external award funding. This GTA funding is included in the base funding amount above. 
  • MSc Students: GTA positions are not guaranteed, but the program will assist in securing placements. All students are expected to apply. MSc students without external awards will retain the full value of a 0.5 GTA (approximately $7,500), which supplements the base funding.
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Faculty of Social Science

Supervisors who hold primary appointments in the following departments:

  • Psychology

Graduate Student Funding (Effective September 1, 2025)

To support tuition and living expenses, the following base funding packages are provided:

  • MSc students (domestic) – $27,466/year
  • MSc students (international) - $38,466/year
  • PhD students (domestic) – $28,466/year
  • PhD students (international) - $28,466/year

Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTA)

  • PhD and MSc Students: Guaranteed a 280-hour annual GTA position if not holding external award funding.  This GTA funding is included in the base funding amount above. 
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Faculty of Science

Supervisors who hold primary appointments in the following departments:

  • Biology
  • Computer Science
  • Mathematics

Graduate Student Funding (Effective September 1, 2025)

To support tuition and living expenses, the following base funding packages are provided.  Department websites will have further details. 

Biology (https://www.uwo.ca/biology/graduate/current-students/financial-support.html)

  • MSc students (domestic) – $29,489/year
  • MSc students (international) - $43,095/year
  • PhD students (domestic and international) – $29,489/year

Computer Science (https://www.csd.uwo.ca/graduate/future/finances.html)

  • MSc students (domestic) – $24,553/year
  • MSc students (international) - $33,153/year
  • PhD students (domestic) – $26,563/year
  • PhD students (international) - $27,163/year

Mathematics (https://www.math.uwo.ca/graduate/tuition.html)

  • MSc students (domestic) – $31,000/year
  • MSc students (international) - $43,000/year
  • PhD students (domestic and international) – $32,000/year

Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTA)

Biology

  • PhD and MSc Students: Guaranteed a Graduate Teaching Assistantship (GTA) each year. Students without external scholarship funding receive a full GTA assignment (140 hours per term), while those holding external awards are assigned a half GTA (70 hours per term).  This GTA funding is included in the base funding amount above.

Computer Science

  • PhD and MSc Students: Guaranteed a 280-hour annual GTA position.  This GTA funding is included in the base funding amount above.

Mathematics

  • PhD and MSc Students: Students may receive an annual GTA position if not holding external award funding. Eligibility will be assessed through the admissions process.  This GTA funding is included in the base funding amount above.

 

Faculty of Health Science

Supervisors who hold primary appointments in the following departments:

  • Communication Sciences and Disorders
  • Health and Rehabilitative Sciences (Physical Therapy) 
  • Kinesiology

Graduate Student Funding (Effective September 1, 2025)

To support tuition and living expenses, the following base funding packages are provided:

  • MSc students (domestic and international) – $7,476/year
  • PhD students (domestic and international) – $23,360/year

Please visit the Faculty of Health Science website for further details.

Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTA)

  • PhD Students: Guaranteed a 210-hour annual GTA position if not holding external award funding.  This GTA funding is included in the base funding amount above.  
  • MSc Students: Guaranteed a 140-hour annual GTA position if not holding external award funding.  This GTA funding is included in the base funding amount above.