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Graduate students are required to serve a Teaching Assistant (TA) position in our undergradate programs during one term of the academic year. With supervisors' approval, student's may TA more than the one term/year requirement. 

Training our graduate students in an apprentice relationship, and NOT the provision of financial support, is the principle rationale for the TA requirement. All teaching assistants are assigned to work under the direct supervision of a faculty member. During closed meetings at which graduate student progress is evaluated, faculty members may be invited to comment on the performance of TAs under their supervision.

TA duties might include development of laboratory exercises, grading of laboratory or other reports, conducting seminars with small groups of students, tutoring students individually, attending lectures given by the professor, and/or preparation, grading, and proctoring of examinations.

Capable students might be given the opportunity to give guest lectures to the class. The faculty member is responsible for assigning grades to the undergraduates in the class, for supervising the aforementioned duties, and for providing an evaluation of the teaching assistant. In exceptional circumstances, the GPC may agree to substitute for this requirement (but not the Psychology 2000/Neuroscience 2007 – Psychology 7100 combination) teaching of at least comparable responsibility and complexity at аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±, but outside our undergraduate program.

Note: TAships for Clinical and Doctorate students after Year 1 may be less than 130 hours. 

TAship Support
The amount of a TAship is determined by the CUPE agreement. The first TA asignment for each graduate position is an automatic "TA-130 Hour" requirement which offers support equivalent to $3,900 per term.

The Department of Psychology and Neuroscience may nominate outstanding students for a Killam Scholarship. This scholarship recognizes the very best in graduate and postgraduate education. аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½± is one of only four universities in Canada to award Killam Scholarships and Prizes, which have made a major difference in the lives and the research of its recipient graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.

These scholarships are, as a rule, more competitive than those awarded by government agencies. Killam Scholarships offer up to $42,000 in support to students.

Students holding or being nominated for the prestigious Killam Scholarship must apply for scholarship support from at least one of the External Funding agencies listed below, if eligible to do so.

Students holding an external scholarship who also win a Killam, are topped up to the Killam level (if necessary) or are awarded an Honorary Killam Award.

Note: Students do not apply directly for Killam Awards; this application is done through the Harmonized Scholarship application.

Students admitted to our graduate programs who do not receive external scholarships (e.g., NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR, or Killam Scholarships), and meet the conditions of financial support, and who are making satisfactory progress, may receive a аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½± Graduate Fellowship (DGF) with a base level minimum of $21,000/year.

Fellowship Support
Students who win scholarships over the amount of the аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½± Graduate Fellowship (DGF) do not receive DGF funds. Students who have been awarded a scholarship below the value of the DGF are eligible for a top-up. In this case, they are given the amount to bring them up to the minimum of the DGF + $1000 (see below).

Students applying for admission as well as students currently in our graduate programs are expected to apply for any external funding for which they are eligible. The primary sources of external funding for graduate training are as follows:

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Information about how to apply for these awards is available online; additional information is available from the Graduate Coordinator or from the Faculty of Graduate Studies in the Henry Hicks Academic Administration Building. Pay particular attention to the deadlines and the application requirements and note that internal deadlines may be several weeks earlier than the deadlines indicated on the websites. Be sure to follow all formatting guidelines and page restrictions.

For Further information on other funding opportunities and scholarships please see: Faculty of Graduate Studies Funding Opportunities

Sessional instructors are employed on a non-contract basis with the department for an agreed number of hours worked within a specified period of time. 

Advanced students might have the option of serving as a sessional instructor in undergraduate classes; however, the approval of the student's thesis supervisor and the Graduate Coordinator are required before such a position can be offered.

Students holding external scholarships should consult the regulations and the conditions associated with their particular scholarship to determine what restrictions (upon the amount of teaching and/or other external work) might apply.

International student applicants are urged to seek funding from their own governmental agencies and private agencies.

International students are now eligible for funding from the Canadian Tri-Council agencies (open in new windows): , ,

Spouses of Iinternational students are eligible to receive work permits for any occupation. Further information can be obtained at the .

International students can now work in Canada for a certain time period (depending on the length of their degree) at a job related to their studies. For more information, please visit the .