Occasionally graduate courses and informal seminars are given in the Summer Term. This figure is to be considered near minimum and excludes academic fees. Applicants are eligible to apply for a variety of these fellowships. The University of Toronto Open Fellowships are awarded by the School of Graduate Studies to outstanding applicants. New graduate students who submit a formal application for admission to the School of Graduate Studies before February 1 will automatically be considered for these Open Fellowships.
Most fellowships are available only to Canadian citizens and landed immigrants.
Some also carry residence requirements. At the time of application, the Department will advise outstanding applicants about fellowships for which they should apply. Research Assistantships Funds in this category are usually obtained by a teaching staff member to be used for some specific research problem. The staff member then may make an award to a student to carry out portions of the research work under his supervision. Usually this work constitutes part of the thesis work of the student.