Funding
Students are encouraged to consider multiple forms of funding: internal and external sources including 1) provincial (Fonds de Recherche du Québec FRQ) and 2) federal (Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)) grant agencies and 3) graduate research or teaching assistantships. Graduate and postdoctoral studies manages all internal and many external graduate student award competitions.
For students working with data from Statistics Canada and/or the Institut de la statistique du Québec, the Québec Inter-University Centre for Social Statistics (QICSS/CIQSS) provides a number of scholarships:
- Entrance scholarships (MA $1000; PhD $2000) Register
- Student research production (a publication or presentation based on their QICSS project) $300-$2000 (depending on media type) Register
- Complementary grant (MA students - for one semester of intensive data analysis) $2000 Register
See here for a full description of and criteria for the three different categories of scholarships.
The Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN), also supports the next generation of highly qualified personnel (HQP) through the CRDCN Emerging Scholars Grant, a $1,200 grant to Ph.D. students who are undertaking thesis-related research in one of the 32 Research Data Centres (RDCs) at universities across the country. More information can be found here.
Office Space
Graduate student office space is available in the Social Statistics Lab (Peterson Hall, Room 304). Ideal for research assistants and students doing quantitative research on social scientific topics, the lab boasts a stimulating and positive research environment, where students from a variety of disciplines, at various stages of graduate training, are invited to collaborate and facilitate each others' research and academic progress.