Ensuring you have sufficient funding while you complete your graduate degree is essential to maintaining wellbeing and remaining focused on your academic progress. As a graduate student, it is important that you understand how your funding works and the options available to you. To explore all sources of available funding at Queen's, please visit the School of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs's website.
Program Funding
Financial assistance is available to thesis-based MNSc students from sources internal and external to Queen’s University (for the course-based MNSc, see 'Other Programs' tab below). Eligible full-time students in good standing normally receive a Queen’s Graduate Award (QGA) of approximately $4,000 per year in their first and second years. Thanks to the generosity of School of Nursing benefactors, there are also a small number of departmental awards available each year, based on academic merit.
All graduate nursing students may apply for Teaching Assistantships (TA) within the School of Nursing and for Research Assistantships (RA) funded by faculty grants. Students with funding guarantees receive preference for these positions. Research Assistantships and Teaching Assistantships are limited to 10 hours per week. Opportunities are posted at https://nursing.queensu.ca/about/careers. Faculty members may also provide funding support through a Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF), where the student’s thesis research aligns with the terms of the grant.
There is an expectation that all students apply for federal, provincial, and foundation fellowships, grants and awards for which they are eligible (e.g. Ontario Graduate Scholarships, CIHR, SSHRC). Students are also encouraged to seek out funding opportunities from employers and professional associations.
For more information, please see the SGSPA Academic Calendar - Nursing Section or email grad.nursing@queensu.ca.
Financial assistance is available to PhD students from sources internal and external to Queen’s University. Eligible full-time PhD students in good standing in years 1 through 4 normally receive a Queen’s Graduate Award (QGA) of approximately $6,000 per year, or a named internal award of similar value. Thanks to the generosity of School of Nursing benefactors, there are also a small number of departmental awards available each year, based on academic merit. For recipients of major external scholarships, support from internal funding sources will be reduced.
PhD students may apply for Teaching Assistantships (TA) and Teaching Fellowships (TF) within the School of Nursing and for Research Assistantships (RA) funded by faculty grants. Students with funding guarantees receive preference for these positions. Research Assistantships and Teaching Assistantships are limited to 10 hours per week. Opportunities are posted at https://nursing.queensu.ca/about/careers. Faculty members may also provide funding support through a Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF), where the student’s thesis research aligns with the terms of the grant.
There is an expectation that all students apply for federal, provincial, and foundation fellowships, grants and awards for which they are eligible (e.g. Ontario Graduate Scholarships, CIHR, SSHRC). Application to external funding opportunities is an eligibility criterion for many internal SGSPA fellowships. Students are also encouraged to seek out funding opportunities from employers and professional associations.
For more information, please see the SGSPA Academic Calendar - Nursing Section or email grad.nursing@queensu.ca.
There is no guaranteed funding support for the Master of Nursing – Nurse Practitioner (MN-NP), the post-Master’s NP Diploma, or the course-based Master of Nursing Science (MNSc). Thanks to the generosity of School of Nursing benefactors, there are a small number of departmental awards available each year, based on academic merit.
All graduate nursing students may apply for Teaching Assistantships (TA) within the School of Nursing and for Research Assistantships (RA) funded by faculty grants. Students with funding guarantees receive preference for these positions. Research Assistantships and Teaching Assistantships are limited to 10 hours per week. Opportunities are posted on the Nursing Career's page.
Students are encouraged to seek out external funding from government sources, employers, and professional associations.
The Ban Righ Centre offers financial assistance to mature women students.