Graduate funding

The following list only highlights some of the available funding for graduate students at Concordia. For a more comprehensive list of funding opportunities, including deadlines for application, please consult the School of Graduate Studies Graduate Awards Directory.

Special Entrance Awards and Awards of Excellence

Offered to students who accept their offer of admission to Concordia and have received a fellowship/scholarship offer from one of the designated provincial or federal agencies (SSHRC or FQRSC). At the doctoral level, students receive a Special Entrance Award valued at $10,000 in the first year of tenure of their external award. At the master’s level, students receive a Special Entrance Award valued at $6,000 in the first year of tenure of their external award.

Faculty of Arts and Science Fellowships

The Faculty of Arts and Science offers, on a competitive basis, recruitment fellowships to incoming students valued at up to $7000 for one year in MA programs and $12,000 per year for three years at the PhD level. In addition, graduate students are eligible to hold teaching assistantships through their departments and to work as research assistants with faculty members and research centers in the Faculty.

Concordia University International Tuition Fee Remission Awards

This award exempts students from paying tuition fees at the international student rates, however candidates will be expected to pay tuition fees at the regular (Quebec) rate, as well as foreign insurance. These awards are valued at 11.25 credits per term.

Concordia University Open-Competition

There is an Open Competition for select awards for which all students are eligible. These awards range in value from $2,500 to $20,000 per year, and are granted based on the applicant’s ranking in the competition.

Supplemental Funds for Conferences

Funds are available to registered graduate students for presentations at major scholarly conferences, or artistic exhibitions in a peer-reviewed or juried context. Download the Department of Political Science Travel Support Form here. Deadlines are announced during the academic year. Learn more about conference funding & download forms.

IRI

Call for applications

Internal Competition: Support Program for Research Stays and Methodological Trainings Outside Quebec (2025-2026)

Immigration Research Initiative

The Immigration Research Initiative (IRI), located in the Department of Political Science at Concordia University, announces its internal competition for master’s and doctoral students for the 2025–2026 academic year in the field of immigration. IRI is seeking applications for three funding opportunities for research stays abroad of 1 to 3 months, or for those wishing to pursue specialized methodological training that is not currently offered in Quebec.

Funded by the Secrétariat du Québec aux relations canadiennes, IRI’s objective is to build bridges between immigration research in Quebec and elsewhere in the world. Its internal support program is intended to assist master’s and doctoral students who are conducting, or who wish to conduct, a research project related to IRI’s mission.

Applications will be accepted until May 15, 2025.

Appel de candidatures 

Concours interne : programme de soutien aux séjours de recherche et aux formations méthodologiques hors-Québec (2025-2026)

Initiative de recherche sur l’immigration

L'Initiative de recherche sur l'immigration (IRI) située au Département de science politique de l'Université Concordia, annonce son concours interne s'adressant aux étudiants et étudiantes à la maîtrise et au doctorat pour l’année 2025-2026 dans le domaine de l'immigration. L'IRI est à la recherche de candidatures pour trois financements de séjours à l’étranger de 1 à 3 mois, ou pour des personnes désirant poursuivre une formation méthodologique spécialisée n’étant pas actuellement offerte au Québec.

Financée par le Secrétariat du Québec aux relations canadiennes, l'IRI a pour objectif de tisser des liens entre la recherche en immigration qui se fait au Québec et celle qui se fait ailleurs dans le monde. Son programme de soutien interne vise à appuyer des étudiants et étudiantes à la maîtrise ou au doctorat qui réalisent ou veulent réaliser un projet de recherche en lien avec la mission de l’IRI.

Les demandes seront acceptées jusqu'au 15 mai 2025.

Please click here for more details and the procedure to apply.

IRMS

Communications and Operations Support Coordinator – Institute for Research on

Migration and Society (IRMS), Concordia University

Work Hours: 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, during office hours

Hourly Wage: 26.72 $ à 30 $, plus benefits

Start Date: July 2025, negotiable

Fixed Term position: 1 year, with renewal potential based on performance and funding

availability

Application Deadline: May 11th 2025

Coordonnateur.rice aux communications et au soutien opérationnel – Institut de recherche

sur les migrations et la société (IRMS), Université Concordia

35 heures de travail par semaine, du lundi au vendredi, pendant les heures de bureau

Salaire horaire : 26.72 $ à 30 $, plus avantages sociaux

Date d'entrée en fonction : juillet 2025, négociable

Poste à durée déterminée : 1 an, avec un horizon de renouvellement basé sur la performance et

la disponibilité des fonds.

Date limite de candidature : 11 mai 2025

For more information click here

FQRSC (Provincial)

https://frq.gouv.qc.ca/en/

All applications and recommendation letters MUST be submitted electronically to FQRSC and applicants must submit a cover page, the official transcripts, copy of medicare card, as well as the copy of IMM1000 (for Permanent residents only), to the Graduate Awards Office (M-205) in mid-October. Please check the FQRSC website for this years deadline. At the time of application, a candidate must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident and have been a resident of Quebec for at least one year. Both master’s and doctoral students are eligible.

Note: The MA competition requires a minimum 3.7 cumulative GPA.

M.A. (B-1 competition)             $15,000

Duration: Two years after initial registration in the graduate program.

Ph.D. (B-2 competition)           $20,000

Duration:  To a maximum of three years.

SSHRC (National)

https://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/home-accueil-eng.aspx

Applications to SSHRC must be submitted to the Department if the student is currently registered at Concordia. Those submitted through the University are first ranked at the Departmental level, and then sent to a University Committee where a set number of applications are chosen to send on to national competition. Applicants must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants.

For the MA fellowship, GPA must be 3.7 or over for the last two years of full-time study.

M.A. Scholarship Value: $17,500

Deadline for Submission to the Department: mid-October. Confirm specific date with Graduate Program Assistant.

Doctoral Fellowship Value: $20,000 - $35,000. (The top-ranked winners are awarded “Canada Graduate Scholarships,” worth $35,000 per year, for three years; the regular doctoral fellowships are worth $20,000 per year, for up to four years).

Deadline for Submission to the Department: mid-October. Confirm specific date with Graduate Program Assistant.