Funding and Awards

Financing your future

Finding full funding is critical to your acceptance into the Physiology and Biophysics graduate program. Your funding may come from a supervisor’s grant, an individual scholarship or a combination of both. Without full funding, we can’t accept you.

The full funding period is up to two years for MSc students and up to four years for PhD students. This is dependant upon annual written evidence of satisfactory progress, plus the availability of research funding support from the supervisor.

Please note: Income from teaching assistantships cannot be used towards full funding.

Funding opportunities

There are a number of ways to fund your graduate studies. For more information on scholarships, please see http://www.dal.ca/faculty/gradstudies/funding.html

• Department of Physiology & Biophysics - Entrance Scholarship
• The President's Awards
• Other scholarships and fellowships
  

For more information on funding, check out our Frequently Asked Questions [PDF 268 KB] and Dalhousie's 2022-23 Tuition Fee Schedule.

During the 2022-23 academic year, the average take-home pay for graduate students in the department was $17,400 and $21,000 for MSc and PhD students, respectively. Please note that this is an average value and depends upon a variety of factors. Students are advised to have discussions regarding financial support directly with their proposed supervisor prior to joining the program. Please note that students cannot be self-funded.