Navigating graduate studies can be challenging, especially when you’re starting a new program or trying to understand your available supports. NAVI helps you find answers to common questions about funding packages, fellowships, graduate employment, student accounts and financial supports available at York University—all in one place.
Ask NAVI a question in your own words, and it will direct you to relevant information based on official Faculty of Graduate Studies' policies, procedures and collective agreement resources.
Try asking NAVI:
- What financial supports are available to me?
- When will my funding be paid?
- How does my TA position affect my funding package?
- Am I eligible for Graduate Financial Assistance?
- How do fellowships appear on my student account?
Who can use NAVI?
NAVI is designed for future and current graduate students with questions about graduate funding, employment and financial assistance.
Use NAVI to:
Learn more about your funding package
Understand graduate employment opportunities
Find information about available financial supports
Navigate funding processes and timelines
Identify the appropriate office or resource for additional assistance
Topics NAVI can help with
Have questions? We’ve got answers in one place!
Graduate Funding
- Graduate funding packages
- Fellowships
- Graduate Financial Assistance (GFA)
- Grant-in-Aid (GIA)
- International Tuition Offset (ITO)
Graduate Employment
- Teaching Assistant (TA) and Graduate Assistant (GA) positions
- Eligibility requirements, hours, and assignments
- Posting and hiring processes
- Workload expectations, appointment structures, and funding packages
- Payroll processes and payment timelines
Funding Payments and Student Accounts
- How and when funding is paid
- How fellowships are applied to student accounts
- Tuition and fee charges
- Account balances and payment information
Funding Commitments
- Annual funding commitment reviews
- How funding shortfalls are identified and addressed
- Types of support that count toward a funding commitment
Graduate Employment and Collective Agreements
General guidance related to CUPE 3903 Units 1 and 3, including:
- Employment structures
- General rights and responsibilities
- Pay structures and employment terms
Additional Financial Assistance
- Bursaries
- Emergency funding
- Equity-related funding supports
- UHIP and health-related funding supports
- Program- and Faculty-level supports
More about NAVI
Help us improve NAVI
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