Heidi Mussar
Associate Director, Graduate Financial Aid and Awards
As the Associate Director, Graduate Financial Aid & Awards, Heidi manages a dynamic team whose primary function is to promote and administer graduate funding opportunities for current and prospective graduate students, provide direction to students, staff and faculty regarding award eligibility and application processes and ensure students receive their award payments. Heidi is also responsible for postdoctoral funding opportunities for current and prospective postdocs.
Having spent summers at the family cottage on the Nottawasaga River in Wasaga Beach, Heidi developed a love for swimming and hopes to spend her retirement at the beach.
Responsible for:
- Vanier CGS Doctoral Scholarship competition
- Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship competition
- John Charles Polanyi Prize competition
- CIHR/NSERC/SSHRC Postdoctoral Scholarship inquiries
- Haitham Kamil Graduate Award
- J. Alan George Student Leadership Award
- Professor Sofyan Taya Memorial Graduate Scholarship
- Establishing and amending award agreements for donor-funded endowments and trusts with Advancement
- Establishing and amending terms of reference for department/Faculty-funded scholarships
- GSEF Board of Governors staff representative