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 2022:

Wednesday October 5, 11:15am - 12:15am ATLANTIC time Click here to join the meeting

Thursday October 13, 10:15 - 11:15am Nicholson Tower 821

Friday October 14, 1:30 - 2:30pm ATLANTIC time Click here to join the meeting

Wednesday October 19, 7:00 - 8:00pm ATLANTIC time Click here to join the meeting

Tuesday October 25, 9:15am - 10:15am Nicholson Tower 821

Wednesday November 2, 10:15am - 11:15am ATLANTIC time Click here to join the meeting

Thursday November 3, 1:15pm - 2:15pm Nicholson Tower 821

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

• Canada Graduate Scholarships - Application deadline December 1 each year.
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) – health research-based
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) – science research-based
  • Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) – social sciences, arts, and humanities research-based
• 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