What funding is available to Master’s students?
This is an excellent question and one which each student should carefully consider before enrolling in a Masters Program in Psychology. This best Masters Program is actually in School or Educational Psychology. With this degree, you can find work any where in the nation and be assured of a comfortable salary. You can also provide Educationally Therapy and testing. There are grants available for this training from the Federal Government as well as some School Districts.
The general psychology masters and the MFT will probably not inable you to find work. Yes, you can go into private practice but your chance of earning enough to support yourself is really slim. There is really no funding available for these degrees.
The school offers several scholarships and other forms of financial support; funding is also available from other sources. Each year, the school awards three or more major scholarships (worth $5,000 or $6,000) and a number of Teaching and Research Assistantships. Students can also enter the program with a major fellowship from a Canadian or foreign granting agency, e.g., SSHRC, NSERC, FQRSC & FQRNT (for Quebec Permanent Residents), Commonwealth). Staff will also help students write scholarship applications during their studies, for instance to obtain financial support from the Canadian International Development Agency for work on their Supervised Research Project in a developing country.
