MCMASTER UNIVERSITY POLICY
https://gs.mcmaster.ca/tuition-financial-aid-scholarships/
As listed in Section 4 of the Graduate Calendar, McMaster University aims to provide competitive funding offers to highly qualified candidates recommended for admission to research-based graduate programs. Each program is responsible for determining the level of funding in the admission offers, although the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) sets a minimum level of funding for full-time doctoral studies for the first four years of full-time enrollment. McMaster University provides funding to Doctoral students who meet the criteria under Section 5 in the Graduate Calendar, and they shall receive financial support which meets or exceeds an annual minimum value equal to full time tuition plus $17,500. Funding for students enrolled in most research-based master’s programs will normally be provided for the nominal duration of the program. There is no minimum level of funding stipulated by SGS for master’s programs.
REHABILITATION SCIENCE PROGRAM POLICY
https://srs-rehabsci.healthsci.mcmaster.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/RS_Funding-Policy_2024-04-24-with-appendices.pdf
Who Qualifies?
The funded cohort consists of all full-time students who maintain good standing in the program as outlined in the following table:
| Years Eligible for Funding | |
| Master’s Thesis Years 1, 2 | Years 1, 2 |
| PhD Thesis | Years 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| PhD Dual-Degree | Years 1, 2, 5 |
Funding Amounts
Financial support to students can be derived from the following sources:
1) External scholarships, such as Tri-Council Agencies Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Canadian Graduate Scholarships-Doctoral (CGS-D) or Vanier CGS, Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Ontario Graduate Fellowship, etc.
2) Supervisor stipends in the form of Research Scholarship
3) Departmental Scholarship funding*
4) Internal Rehabilitation Science program awards, such as Jean Crowe Award, Patricia Solomon Award, Ian and Shirley Rowe Scholarship in Rehabilitation Science
5) Other approved funding sources
*Available for students of supervisors in the School of Rehabilitation Science. See Non-SRS Supervisors section for details.
The minimum funding for all eligible full-time MSc students will be $17,000 per year. The minimum funding for all eligible new and continuing full-time PhD students will be $24,000 per year (Years 1, 2, 5 for PhD Dual Degree). Supervisors may consider providing financial support over and above the minimum funding. Pending financial support from internal or external awards or other approved funding sources, annual contributions for students will be distributed as follows:
| STIPENDS | Research Scholarship | Departmental Scholarship | Total |
| Master’s Thesis | $11,000 | $6,000 | $17,000 |
| PhD Thesis | $17,000 | $7,000 | $24,000 |
| PhD Dual Degree for Years 1, 2, 5 | $17,000 | $7,000 | $24,000 |