The generosity of our alumni and of corporations, foundations, and other supporters of York University has helped to establish graduate student award and support programs valued at more than $15 million annually. Recipients of these awards, who may be incoming or continuing students, are nominated by their graduate programs and selected by a program or FGS committee. New awards are added regularly.
For Current Students - Pan-University Awards
- Abella Scholarship for Studies in Equity
- Ambassador Gary Smith Award (for research on international studies)
- Armand and Denise LaBarge Graduate Scholarship in Multiculturalism
- Barbara Godard Prize for the Best Dissertation on the Study of Canada
- CCCJ–John Lockwood Memorial Award (for research on related to cultural diversity)
- David Hunter Jorgensen Memorial Award (for students with a disability)
- Diana Massiah Caribbean Canadian Scholarship (for research on the history of Caribbean or Canadian-Caribbean communities)
- Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholarship (for Global Health Research)
- Dr. Anthony Szeto Graduate Scholarship in Earth and Space Science (Earth and SPace Science)
- Enbridge Graduate Student Awards (for research on sustainability and the environment)
- Grace and David Taylor Graduate Scholarship in Caribbean Studies
- Greater Toronto Airport Authority (GTAA) Bursary (for research in urban development and planning, fine arts or environmental studies)
- Hatanaka Family Football Awards
- Hedi Bouraoui Mediterranean Scholarship with Emphasis on the Maghreb
- HSBC Exchange Award
- Jaclyn and Michelle Marcus Award (in recognition of student voluntarism)
- Kent Haworth Archival Research Fellowship
- Kostas Tsotsos Graduate Award (for studies in Hellenic Studies, History, Law, Mathematics, or Science)
- LaMarsh – Child/Youth Violence Research Award
- Lillian Campbell Memorial Award (for research on assistive technology)
- Mamdouh and Susan Shoukri Graduate Award (for extra-curricular activities and leadership)
- Manulife Graduate Scholarships (for research on international health policy and epidemics)
- Martin Cohnstaedt Graduate Research Award for Studies in Non-Violence
- Mary McEwan Memorial Award
- The Morris Wolfe Bursary for Examining the Role of Media in Society
- The Paavo & Aino Lukkari Award (for research on Latin American & the Caribbean)
- Penelope Jane Glasser Graduate Scholarship (for mature students)
- Pierre Elliott Trudeau Fellowship at York University (for social sciences and humanities research)
- St. George’s Society of Toronto Endowment for Graduate Student Award (for research on British culture or health sciences)
- Susan Mann Dissertation Scholarship and Provost Dissertation Scholarship
- Wilhelm Cohnstaedt Social Justice Award
- York University Retirees' Association Graduate Award (for extra-curricular activities and leadership)
Awards in European Studies
- Annunziata Di Ponio Award (for international study abroad in Italy)
- BMW Canada Award for Excellence (in German and European Studies)
- Gerling – GCAN Insurance Company Award (in German and European Studies)
- Hazel McCallion Scholarship Endowment Fund (in German and European Studies)
- The Vernon Oliver Stong Graduate Scholarship in German & European Studies
Awards in Jewish Studies
- The Avrom Silver Graduate Student Research Fund Award (in Jewish Studies)
- Enid Weiner Student Award (in Jewish Studies)
- Essay Prize in Canadian Jewish Studies
- Fleischer Awards at the Centre for Jewish Studies
- Gertrude and Jack Friedman Memorial Award (in Jewish Studies)
- Henry & Barbara Bank Fellowship in Jewish Studies
- Hershel and Michael Recht Graduate Student Award in Jewish Studies
- The Israel Mida and Family Student Award in Jewish Studies
- Jerry and Tammy Balitsky Graduate Award in Honour of Martin Lockshin (in Jewish Studies)
- The Joseph and Katie Klasner Graduate Fellowship in Jewish Studies
- Mark and Helen Gross Award in Jewish Studies
- Schrage Family Fellowship in Jewish Studies
Awards for Research in Asia
- Albert C.W. Chan Foundation Award (for field research in East and/or Southeast Asia)
- China Scholarship Council Scholarship
- David Wurfel Award (for social science and humanities programs)
- Dr. Sangdeok Woo and Mrs. Kwisoon Lim Woo Memorial Graduate Award (for research on Korea)
- Nirvan Bhavan Graduate Fellowship (for research on India)
- N. Sivalingam Award for Tamil Studies
- Penny and John Van Esterick Award for Graduate Research on Southeast Asia
- Vivienne Poy Asian Research Award
- YCAR Language Award (for Asian language-related studies)
- Young-Rahn Woo Graduate Memorial Award (for research on Korea)
For Current Students - Discipline-Specific Awards
- Cardarelli Family Award in Art History
- Cinespace Studios Graduate Award in Film & Video Production
- Don Rubin Dissertation Award in Canadian Theatre
- Donald and Murray Davis Scholarship–in Theatre & Theatre Studies
- Evelyn Carnie Rowe Graduate Studies Dance Scholars Award
- George Vari Graduate Award–in Film & Video
- Jacques Israelievitch Scholarship in Interdisciplinary Arts
- John Arpin Award in Fine Arts–in Music
- Joyce and Fred Zemans Scholarship
- The Joyce Zemans Prize–in Art History
- Julianna Lau Award in Dance Therapy
- Lawrence Heisey Graduate Award in Fine Arts
- Mac Hone Visual Arts of the Americas Graduate Bursary - in Art History
- Manorama Thakkar Award in Indian Dance
- The Michael Boguski Graduate Bursary in First Nations Ethnomusicology
- Miron Deca Memorial Award–in Film & Video
- Nalini and Tim Stewart Arts Awards
- Dr. Paul-Emile Chaput and Therese Thouin Chaput and Genevieve Alexandra Williams Award–Music
- Samuel Sarick Purchase Prize–in Visual Art
- Shanti Chakravorty Award in Indian Classical Music
- St. George’s Society of Toronto Endowment for Graduate Student Award–for research in British culture or in Health
- Sunnuz Sarah Taheri Graduate Award in Fine Arts
- Susan Crocker and John Hunkin Award in Fine Arts
- Susan Crocker and John Hunkin Scholarship in the Fine Arts
- Wilhelm Cohnstaedt Social Justice Award
- Zdenka Volavka Research Fellowship–in Art History
- Cornerstone Leadership in Action Award
- Eva Wien Prize–in Early Childhood Education
- Ferdinands Family Prize for Studies in Immigration, Citizenship and Transitions for New Canadians
- Learning Company School Canada Technology Leadership Award
- Patrick Solomon Memorial Award in Urban Diversity
- Penelope Jane Glasser Graduate Scholarship (for students returning to university from a work or family career)
- The Vernon Oliver Stong Graduate Scholarships in Education
- Adrienne and Donna Pocock Memorial Award (to support fieldwork)
- Alectra Inc. Graduate Award in Sustainable Energy
- Charles Caccia Graduate Award in Sustainable Development
- The Dian Marino Award (for students who use multi-media inquiry and communication to assess environmental issues)
- EUC Graduate Academic Award (for 2nd year MES students)
- EUC Graduate Award in Energy Studies
- EUC Graduate Research Scholarship
- GESSA 2007 Award (for student ambassadors)
- Glen Frankfurter Conference Award
- Glen Frankfurter Scholarship in Geography
- The Harold Mahabir Student Award for International Development
- The Howard Daugherty Graduate Award in Neotropical Conservation
- It’s Never Too Late to Transform Your Life and Impact the World Bursary
- Jim MacNeill Award
- The John A. Livingston Ecological Conscience and Nature Advocacy Award
- The John Page Planning Scholarship
- Lambert Family Graduate Award
- The Mark Nawrot Memorial Award
- MES–York Planning Alumni Committee (MYPAC) Award
- The Pat Placzek Award in Indigenous Urban Studies
- Paul Simpson–Housley Award
- The Ross Hunter Paterson Award
- Stantec Bursary in Planning
- Unilever Canada Graduate Award in Environmental Studies
- The Whitaker Family Bursary
- The Wilkinson Family Graduate Award in Environmental Studies
- Alumnae Association of the School of Nursing Toronto General Hospital Endowed Fellowship at the York/UHN Academy
- Award for Excellence in Psychotherapy Process Research
- The Bengt Lindqvist Human Rights Prize in Critical Disability Studies
- BIPOC Award in Medical Science and Medical Biotechnology
- Clinical Psychology Student Excellence Award
- Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholarship
- Dr. Norman Gledhill KAHS Graduate Student Travel Award
- Dr. R. Jamnik Graduate Award–in Kinesiology
- E. Lynn Kirshner Memorial Scholarship–in Psychology
- Gales Graduate Scholarship–in Psychology
- Graduate Student Leadership Award in Clinical Developmental Psychology
- Graduate Student MA Award in Clinical-Developmental Psychology
- Graduate Student Research Award in Clinical-Developmental Psychology
- Graduate Student YUPC Award in Clinical-Developmental Psychology
- Ivana Guglietti-Kelly Award–in Psychology
- Ivana Guglietti-Kelly Prize–in Psychology
- Kevin Jackson Disability Activism Award
- Lillian Meighen Wright Maternal-Child Health Graduate Scholarship – Travel Support
- March of the Dimes Canada Scholarship (for research in stroke recovery)
- Marcia Byrne Practicum Nursing Award
- Norman Endler Research Fellowship in Psychology
- The Fancher-Bakan-Danziger Awards for Excellence in Historical, Theoretical and Critical Studies of Psychology
- The Laurenne Kredentser Memorial Award for Critical Disability Studies
- The Marcia H. Rioux Award in Critical Disability Studies, Human Rights and Social Justice
- Peter MacKey Scholarship in Critical Disability Studies
- The Sammy Graduate Scholarship in Autism Research
- Sandra Pyke Award for Graduate Student Excellence –in Psychology
- Computer Science & Engineering Outstanding Thesis & Dissertation Prize
- Dymond Prize - Outstanding performance in Theory of Computing and Scientific computing
- Dr. Diane Michelangeli Memorial Scholarship–in Atmospheric or Earth & Space Science/Engineering
- Dr. Ralph Nicholls Graduate Scholarship (for research on Physics, Astronomy, Atmospheric or Space Sciences)
- Eshrat Arjomandi Scholarship in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- Excellence Award for Graduate Research–in Mechanical Engineering
- Hadi and Ozra Arjomandi Graduate Scholarship–in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- Mercedes T. Richards and Jane St. Amour Award in Engineering
- Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award–in Mechanical Engineering
- Patel Family Fighting Spirit Award
- Roderick Guthrie Graduate Scholarship–for research in Process Engineering Metallurgy and related Environmental/Energy Issues
- Albert Tucker Award in British Graduate History
- Anne Simone Graduate Student International Conference Award
- Annear/Bertram Family Graduate Award–in Public Policy, Administration and Law
- Carroll Hern Memorial Award for Excellence in Human Resources Management
- Clara Thomas Doctoral Scholarship in Canadian Literature
- Derek S. Hau-Guzmann Memorial Scholarship–in Philosophy
- Doris Anderson Research Fellowship–in Gender, Feminist & Women's Studies
- E.B. Rowe Communications & Culture Politics & Policy Scholarship
- Elizabeth Bentham Prize–in Philosophy
- Ethel Armstrong Awards—Students with Disabilities–in Gender, Feminist & Women's Studies
- Esther Kohl Vale Graduate Award in Social Work
- Feminist Historical Research Scholarship (for research travel costs outside Toronto)
- Gerry Erickson Essay Prize–in Social Work
- Glen Frankfurter Conference Award–in Geography
- Glen Frankfurter Scholarship in Geography
- Graduate Fellowship of Distinction in Philosophy
- Graduate Program in Sociology Distinguished Dissertation Award
- Graham Lockett-Lees Memorial Award-in Social Political Thought
- Ioan Davies Award–in Communications & Culture
- Jean Fewster Award–in Gender, Feminist & Women's Studies
- John A. Price & Joan Rayfield Fieldwork Award–in Social Anthropology
- John F. Bosher Fellowship–in History
- Karen Hadley Memorial Award–in Gender, Feminist & Women's Studies
- Kitty and Lou Newman Memorial Graduate Scholarship–in Philosophy
- Linda Heather Lamont-Stewart Scholarship in Canadian Literature
- Margaret R. Awards–in Gender, Feminist & Women's Studies
- Paul Simpson-Housley Award–in Geography
- Ramsay Cook Bursary–in History
- Richard J. Storr Graduate History Award for Research
- Ross Hunter Paterson Award–in Geography
- Sandra Pyke Conference Fellowship–in Gender, Feminist & Women's Studies
- Stephen K. Levine Award in Social and Political Thought
- Wilhelm Cohnstaedt Social Justice Award
- Verney MA Book Prize–in Political Science
- Victor Hedges Graduate Scholarship–for research in British & Irish history
For a comprehensive list of awards for Osgoode students, please visit Osgoode Hall Law School website.
- Arthur Brunskill Fellowship (for research in Labour Relations Law)
- Charles Edward Woodrow Award
- Fogler Rubinoff LLP – Robert R. Jason Prize in the JD/MBA Program
- Harry W. Arthurs Fellowship
- Helena Orton Memorial Scholarship (for a focus on the relationship between law and social equality)
- John W. Graham Fellowship (for research in communications law)
- Joyce and Fred Zemans Scholarship (for research in Alternative Dispute Resolution or Access to Justice)
- Marilyn L. Pilkington Award
- The Nathanson Graduate Fellowship (for research related to research programs in the Nathanson Centre for the Study of Organized Crime and Corruption)
- The Nathan Strauss Q.C. Essay Prize in Legal Ethics
- Newton W. Rowell Graduate Scholarship (for a focus on Alternative Dispute Resolution)
- Nicol Kingsmill Fellowship (for research in Administrative Law)
- Peter W. Hogg Graduate Award
- Sidney Peck Graduate Law Scholarship
- Tory Research and Writing Award
For all awards for Schulich students, please visit Schulich School of Business website.
- Carswell Scholarship in the Faculty of Science
- C.D. Fowle Scholarship in Ecology
- Dalton Pharma Services / Dr. Douglas Butler Award in Organic Chemistry
- Dr. Ralph Nicholls Graduate Scholarship — for research on Physics, Astronomy, Atmospheric or Space Sciences
- Dr. Sara Maghdoori Graduate Scholarship in Mathematics
- George & Frances Denzel Award for Excellence in Statistics
- Helene Massam Memorial Prize for Excellence in Statistics
- Iristel Graduate Physics Award — for research in the field of Optical Physics
- Michael M. Pollard Bursary in Organic Chemistry
- Nestmann Scholarship — in Biology
- Peter Moens/AGSBS Graduate Award in Biology
- Vernon Oliver Stong Graduate Scholarship in Science
For Current International Students
- Anne Simone Graduate Student International Conference Award
- Armand and Denise LaBarge Graduate Scholarship in Multiculturalism
- Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholarship
- Howard Daugherty International Graduate Award in Neotropical Conservation
- Joyce and Fred Zemans Scholarship
- Kent Haworth Archival Research Fellowship
- Manulife Graduate Scholarship
- Provost Dissertation Scholarship
- Sherrill Cheda Graduate Scholarship
- Susan Mann Dissertation Scholarship
- The Sammy Graduate Scholarship in Autism Research
For Incoming Students
Incoming students are automatically considered for all eligible awards through the admissions process and no separate application is required for these awards. For some awards, incoming students may be contacted to provide additional information.
- Bennett Family Graduate Scholarship for Black and Indigenous Students (MA)
- Bennett Family Graduate Scholarship for Black and Indigenous Students (PHD)
- Carswell Scholarships in the Lassonde School of Engineering
- Carswell Scholarship in the Faculty of Science
- Chancellor Bennett Doctoral Scholarship for Liberal Arts
- Chancellor Bennett Masters Scholarship for Liberal Arts
- Charles Plourde Memorial Scholarship—in Economics
- China Scholarship Council Scholarship
- Dahdaleh Global Health Graduate Scholarship
- David Leyton-Brown Endowment Fund - in Political Science
- Donald Biback and Family Entrance Scholarship
- Dorothy Rowe Visual Cultures and Canada Graduate Award
- Ecole Polytechnique Montreal Women’s Memorial Scholarship (for studies in science)
- Elia Scholars Program (for doctoral studies)
- Faculty of Education Doctoral Entrance Scholarship
- Friends of Glendon Graduate Entrance Scholarship in Public and International Affairs
- The George & Helen Vari Foundation Award–in Environmental Studies
- Graduate Entrance Scholarship in Philosophy
- Graduate Fellowship for Academic Distinction
- Harley D. Hallett Graduate Scholarship–in Law
- Harold I. Schiff Graduate Award in Atmospheric Chemistry
- Hellenic Heritage Foundation Graduate Fellowship 2010 in Modern Greek History
- Hellenic Heritage Foundation Graduate Fellowship in Modern Greek History
- Hellenic Heritage Foundation International Graduate Fellowship in Modern Greek History
- Honorable Willard Z. Estey Teaching Fellowship in Law
- Honorable Willard Z. Estey Teaching Fellowship in Legal Research & Writing
- Ian P. Howard Family Foundation Graduate Scholarship (for study/research in vision-related fields)
- Jim MacNeill Award–in Environmental Studies
- John Arpin Award in Fine Arts
- Kenneth and Grace Penrose Scholarship–in Public & International Affairs
- The Kitty and Lou Newman Memorial Graduate Scholarship in the Humanities–in Philosophy
- Lambert Family Award (for studies in engineering or medicine)
- Martha Shuttleworth Graduate Entrance Scholarship in Public and International Affairs
- Mary Jane Mossman Graduate Scholarship–in Law
- Neal Wood Graduate Award–in Political Science
- The Packer Award in Social Justice–in Political Science
- Peter Mackey Scholarship in Critical Disability Studies
- PowerStream Graduate Award in Sustainable Energy–in Environmental Studies
- Rocco Liegghio Memorial Entrance Award–in Chemistry
- Russell David Smith Graduate Award in Public and International Affairs
- Sherrill Cheda Graduate Scholarship–in Gender, Feminist & Women's Studies
- Stavros Niarchos Foundation International Visiting Graduate Scholar Award
- Universal Studios Canada Graduate Production Scholarship
- Vincent M. Del Buono Graduate Scholarship–in Public & International Affairs
- VISTA Graduate Scholarships
- Women's Canadian Historical Society Scholarship
- William Pearson Scott Scholarship–in Economics and Political Science