The sponsorship implies that the faculty member will assist the student to seek support from external sources and will supervise their research. It reflects a strong commitment from the faculty sponsor to act as an advocate for the student. Each year CGS makes a financial offers to admissible applicants with the aim of balancing acceptances with available funds. The timing of offers is influenced by several factors, especially visits from applicants. A national agreement among universities allows applicants until April 15 to formally accept or decline offers of support.
Any financial offer stands until that date.
Also, no institution can require an applicant to finalize their decision prior to April 15. Thus, confirmation of the status of pending offers on April 15 often affords the opportunity to extend financial support to additional applicants. However, departmental resources are rarely sufficient to provide financial support to all applicants admitted to graduate degree programs. We actively solicit applications from international students for admission into the graduate program in Geological Sciences. We strongly encourage prospective students to correspond with faculty members in their field of interest.