Graduate Research

While StFX is best known for its strong tradition as a primarily undergraduate university, graduate students are a vital component of the StFX academic community. Graduate students enhance the StFX academic programs and contribute significantly to teaching, student mentorship, and research excellence.  Graduate students can excel in an intimate, primarily undergraduate university setting.  

Graduate Student Research Funding Opportunities

Canada Graduate Scholarship (Masters) Information Sessions will be offered both in-person and virtually in the fall 2021:

Monday October 4, 3:00 - 4:00pm ATLANTIC time Click here to join the meeting

Thursday October 7, 11:30am - 12:30pm Nicholson Tower 821

Wednesday October 13, 3:00 - 4:00pm Nicholson Tower 821

Wednesday October 20, 7:00 - 8:00pm ATLANTIC time Click here to join the meeting

Wednesday November 3, 10:30 - 11:30am Nicholson Tower 821

Thursday November 4, 10:30 - 11:30am ATLANTIC time Click here to join the meeting

You may also contact David Bruce (dwbruce@stfx.ca), Director, Research Grants, for more information.

• Canada Graduate Scholarships
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) – Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships 
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) – Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) – Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships
• Research Nova Scotia (RNS) Scotia Scholar Awards
• Nova Scotia Graduate Scholarships
• MITACS Accelerate Awards
• Mackenzie King Scholarships
  • Internal deadline for submission of your entire application package is NOON February 6 each year (when this date falls on a weekend or holiday, the deadline is NOON the next business day), Nicholson Tower 715 (rsg@stfx.ca)
  • References can be sent directly by email, dropped off, or mailed, to our offices, 7th floor, Nicholson Tower.
  • Transcripts: For internal review, students need only submit STFX Unofficial Grade Report (and those from other universities if applicable). Successful nominees will be asked to provide official transcripts for national competition.
  • 4 travelling scholarships (to the US or UK) to study international relations or industrial relations ($12,500 each)
  • 1 open scholarship ($10,000)
  • Questions? Contact David Bruce (dwbruce@stfx.ca).
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) PhD Scholarships
  • Internal deadline to submit to STFX via the SSHRC online portal is October 21 each year.
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) PhD Scholarships
  • Internal deadline to submit to STFX via the NSERC online portal is October 21 each year.
• Vanier Scholarships