International Doctoral Student Award (IDSA)

The award value and duration varies depending on: the number of terms the student has been enrolled in a program; whether or not they were admitted from a master’s degree, a bachelor’s degree or transferred from a master’s to a PhD; and the number of terms in which the student has previously received the award. The value of a full IDSA/IDSA4 is approximate to the difference in tuition between full-time domestic PhD and full-time international PhD students.

• Eligible international students registered full-time in a doctoral program and who were admitted from a master’s degree will receive an IDSA valued at $15,420 each year $5,140* per term) to the end of the third year of the doctoral program, term 9.0. In year 4 (terms 10.0 to 12.0), the qualified student will receive an IDSA4 funded as follows: 2/3 from the University/Faculty in the amount of $3,427* per term as an award, and 1/3 from the department/supervisor in the amount of $1,713* per term as an award. 
• All eligible students who transferred from a master's program to a doctoral program in term 4.0 will receive an IDSA valued at $5,140* from terms 4.0 to 12.0.
  • Students who were admitted into a program prior to spring 2019 and transferred from a master’s to a doctoral program will receive an extension of the IDSA at the IMSA value of $2,570 from terms 13.0 to 15.0.
  • Students who were admitted into a program effective spring 2019 and thereafter and subsequently transfer from a master’s to a doctoral program will receive an extension of the IDSA at the IMAE fixed value of $2,500 for terms 13.0 and 14.0. Students may receive this cumulative IDSA funding for a maximum of 11 full-time terms providing they are within the allowable program time limits (15 terms).
• All eligible students who were admitted directly from a bachelor’s degree to a doctoral program will receive an IDSA valued at $5,140* from terms 4.0 to 12.0.
  • Students who were admitted into a PhD directly from a bachelor’s degree prior to spring 2019 will receive an IDSA at the IMSA value of $2,570 in terms 1.0 to 3.0 and 13.0 to 15.0.
  • Students who were admitted into a PhD directly from a bachelor’s degree effective spring 2019 and thereafter will receive an IDSA at the IMAE fixed value of $2,500 for terms 1.0 to 3.0 and 13.0 to 14.0.

*Rates effective May 1, 2024