Graduate Student Financial Support

In the Faculty of Medicine many graduate programs offer doctoral-stream students support at levels above the U of T base funding commitment for doctoral-stream graduate students.  Graduate student base funding is derived from multiple sources.  The principal source will be major external competitive studentship awards including, but not limited to, CIHR, NSERC, and independent foundations.  Other sources of support will include U of T Fellowships, Departmental and Affiliated Hospital/Research Institute internal awards (i.e. OSOTF awards) and student stipends from supervisor’s own research grant.

Student base funding agreement is established at each Graduate Department.  For the funding policy and payment details, students should contact their Graduate Department.

The Faculty of Medicine Harmonized Base Funding Agreement currently governs the stipend amount for doctoral-stream students in all nine Basic Science and Clinical gradaute units.   Yearly stipend amounts are calculated based on an estimate of living expenses (living allowance) and the current year’s tuition fees. 

2018-2019 Faculty of Medicine Harmonized Base Funding Agreement *2018-19 Tuition and Fees updated*

New:  2018 -19 List of Harmonized Base Funding Agreement Awards Eligible for Top-Up *Coming Soon*

2017-2018 Faculty of Medicine Harmonized Student Stipend Agreement

2016-2017 Faculty of Medicine Harmonized Student Stipend Agreement

Click here for Prior Agreements

Graduate Award Information

• Student Financial Assistance
• External Awards
• Internal Awards 

Graduate Award Opportunities

• FoM QEII-GSST Competition
• OSOTF and other Endowed Awards Competition

Graduate Funding
Doctoral Stream Master's & PhD Funding
Average Graduate Income & Average Time-to-Completion (TTC)

PhD Funding Information
Biochemistry
Immunology
Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
Medical Biophysics
Institute of Medical Science
Molecular Genetics
Nutritional Sciences
Pharmacology and Toxicology
Physiology
Rehabilitation Sciences Institute
Speech-Language Pathology

Research Office
What's New in Research Funding?

Financial Support
Provost's Response to Task Force on Graduate Student Financial Support

GLSE Leave of Absence (LOA) Stipendiary Fund

Graduate Student Financial Support Infographic