Financial Information

Full-time graduate students receive a stipend guaranteed to be not less than a minimum determined annually by the Graduate Students Collective Agreement. The minimum stipend for 2022-2024 are $25,197/year and $24,089/year for doctoral and master students, respectively. The source of funds may be either from the supervisor, and/or from a funding agency external to the Department. Graduate Supervisors supporting students from restricted funds are encouraged to exceed the minimum rates when possible. The supervisor is responsible, together with his/her student, for making every attempt to secure external student financial support for the completion of the program. International students are also responsible for payment of the differential fee; some supervisors choose to contribute to the payment of this fee and international students should consult with their supervisor in this regard. It is a further responsibility of the student to maintain the highest possible standards of performance during the program of study in order to ensure continuing financial support.

A limited number of graduate research assistantships are available through the NMHI. In addition, graduate teaching assistantships and research assistantships may be available through one of the faculties or departments participating in the graduate program in Neuroscience or from research grants held by individual investigators. Other funding is provided by scholarships awarded to students by federal and provincial agencies such as the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), Alberta Innovates Health Solutions (AIHS) and the Provincial Government of Alberta. Many private foundations also have scholarship programs to support graduate students. Students are expected to apply for external funding.

A number of University of Alberta and private scholarships are available to NMHI graduate students. Students are responsible for researching scholarship eligibility and deadlines on GPS’s website. Emails are sent out as reminders to students to ensure that they submit their applications to the NMHI (internal deadlines) to be reviewed by the graduate committee.

Fees and Tuition

For information on fees, tuition and cost of living estimates, please visit Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies, Fee & Cost of Living Estimates.

Please note that is the student's responsibility to track all fees and pay all amounts owing by the specified deadline.