Award type:
Financial need awards/bursaries
Award description:
Limited funding for up to eight months (two terms) is available to eligible students who take a parental leave (includes adoption). The goal of this bursary is intended to maintain a student’s income at about 95% of the average level of income received during the three previous academic terms, net tuition, with a maximum value of $5,000 for the first term and $3,000 for the second term.
Value:
Value description:
The maximum value of the bursary is $5,000 for the first term and $3,000 for the second term.
To be eligible for a Graduate Student Parental Leave Bursary, a student must:
- be a full or part-time graduate student (with no outstanding fees) who has been registered for at least one academic term prior to the start of the leave
- be receiving financial support (ie. TA, RA, scholarship, bursary, awards)
- be taking a parental leave
Recipients are restricted from employment (in any capacity) within the University of Waterloo during the term(s) of their bursary.
Level:
Masters, Doctoral
Program:
Citizenship:
Canadian/Permanent resident, International/study permit student
Selection process:
Application required
- Award/bursary application
- Complete the appropriate application on our forms page
- Attach required documentation (as per application form)
- Submit your complete application package to Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA) by the appropriate term deadline below
A completed application form, should be submitted to Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs, normally two months prior to the start of the leave.
Contact person:
- For further information about this award please contact the appropriate:
Manager, Graduate Financial Aid and Awards Programs in Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA)