Country: Canada Level: Graduate Scholarship for: International and Domestic Students Value: CA$13,000.00 University: NSCAD University

Each MFA student accepted into the Program is awarded a minimum of $13,000 in fellowships and assistantships to offset the costs of their Program.

Application Criteria


Firstly, each student is awarded a $3000 MFA Fellowship ($750 paid each semester for the four semesters of full-time continuous enrolment in which the student remains in good standing).

In addition, MFA applicants will be automatically reviewed, as part of the admissions process, for the following additional competetive scholarships:

  • The Robert Pope Foundation Scholarship: two $2,000 awards for entering Fine and Media Arts graduate students;
  • The Roloff Beny Foundation Scholarship: one $5,000 award for entering Fine and Media Arts graduate students, with a concentration in Photography;
  • The Faculty Union of NSCAD: one $1,000 award for entering Fine and Media Arts, or Craft graduate students;
  • The Joan Catherine DeWolfe Graduate Fellowship: five $2,000 awards for entering Canadian Fine and Media Arts, or Craft graduate students.

MFA program applicants may also apply for ​NSERC/SSHRC – Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships (check with Christina Warren [cwarren@nscad.ca] in the Office of Student Experience regarding deadlines and process). For NSERC/SSHRC scholarship application information click here

During a student's continued enrolment in the Master of Design and Master of Fine Arts Programs, they are eligible to apply for additional NSCAD non-entrance graduate scholarships and awards by posted fall and/or winter deadlines. 

Full information and application forms for scholarships, bursaries, and emergency loans can be obtained in the Office of Student Experience, Christina Warren who is the Manager of Financial Aid administers these programs.