Graduate Funding

Research Travel Fund

Up to $500/one time application

To provide History graduate students with funding for travel expenses related to research for the major paper. Expenses could include travel to libraries or archives, or travel related to an oral history project. This fund is for research only, not for attending conferences (unless you are doing research in the same location as the conference). The Faculty of Graduate Studies has a program for conference travel expenses.

University of Windsor Entrance Scholarship

Approx. $5,500/year

Tuition Scholarships (for both domestic and international students): At the time of admission, all full-time applicants to research-based programs with high academic averages (11.0 GPA or equivalent) will be considered for scholarships upon the recommendation of their program. No separate application is required. These scholarships are offered for three terms, renewable for up to three additional terms on a competitive basis.   Incoming Masters students may be eligible for an entrance scholarship.  To be eligible for a tuition scholarship for the Fall your complete application must have been received by the university by May 1.  (For January start application must be received by September 1)

Information about other funding available to University of Windsor graduate students, including OSAP, is available on the Graduate Studies website. The scholarships below apply to History students only.

Department of History Outstanding Scholar Award (1)

Approx $5,000

This will be awarded to a top applicant in any area of study, with a strong overall application (outstanding GPA and reference letters, writing sample and Statement of Purpose). Applicants wishing to be considered for this award must indicate this in the Statement of Purpose.
Deadline: March 1, 2010

Department of History Entrance Scholarships

Approx $2,000

These will be awarded to students with an overall average of 80% in their last 20 undergraduate courses. This award will be given to the student in his or her third (summer) semester, and is contingent on the student maintaining an overall GPA of 11.0 (A-) in their graduate courses. Students not maintaining an A- average will have their scholarships revert to a Research Assistantship (same monetary value as scholarship). No separate application is required.

Graduate Assistantships (G.A.s)

 Most graduate students accepted into the M.A. program in History are awarded a Graduate Assistantship. Those awarded a G.A. will be offered a total of three semesters of G.A. funding: Fall/Winter and the following Fall, provided that they continue full-time in the program. G.A.s assist professors by leading tutorials and/or marking exams and assignments and meeting with students. The current G.A. pay rate is $ 4768.40 per semester for 140 hours of work.

Atlantic World Scholarship (1)

Approx. $3,000

This scholarship will be for a candidate proposing to write a Major Paper in the area of Atlantic World history, involving regions bordering the Atlantic Ocean (including North America, Latin America, Europe and Africa) and/or the history of interactions among them. Specific topics could include colonial North or South America, transatlantic migrations and diasporas, military history, social and economic history.

Cultural History Scholarship (1)

Approx. $3,000

This scholarship will be for a candidate proposing to write a Major Paper in the area of cultural history. This could include the history of the book and the written word, intellectual history, studies of relationships between social/economic and cultural change, film and history, and history of popular culture.

Area Studies with Language Component (1)

Approx. $3,000

This scholarship will be for a candidate proposing to write a Major Paper featuring a specific geographic, national or cultural region where skills in a language (other than English) would enhance the research. Topics are open but they would have to be in an area/language that one of our Graduate Faculty members could supervise. For a description of faculty research interests, see the History Department website. Various Faculty members use a number of different languages besides English in their own research, including Spanish, German, French, Polish, Arabic as well as several African languages. Demonstration of second language abilities will be required such as proof of university courses taken, submitting a writing sample or demonstrating that the language is known to the applicant by birth.

Gender History (1)

Approx. $3000

This scholarship will be for a candidate planning to pursue a major paper project in any area of gender history. This could include women’s history, history of masculinity, gender and society, gender and the state.

International Scholarship (for non-Canadians, non-Canadian Residents) (1)

Value. $3000

This scholarship is targeted for applicants who are neither Canadian citizens nor Canadian residents.  It can be applied for any are of historical study in the M.A. program.  Deadline for application: April 15