Government loans

If you’re a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or protected person living in Ontario, you may be able to apply for financial assistance through the Ontario Student Assistance Program. If you live in Quebec, you qualify for aid through provincial government programs. If you live outside Ontario and Quebec, check the financial aid programs of your province or territory of residence.

As a First Nations or Inuit student, you may be eligible for financial support for Indigenous Canadians. 

If you’re an American resident, you may be able to apply for student loans through the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program.

If you're an international student, check with your government representatives to find out if there are any loans you can benefit from. 

uOttawa and Faculty of Arts scholarships 

Our scholarship program is one of the most generous in Canada. It rewards not only pre-university academic achievements, but also achievements at every term of full-time study at university. Scholarships are awarded in recognition for academic success while bursaries are awarded based on financial need. To apply, use the Online Scholarships and Bursaries tool.

• Allard Henry Scholarship
• APUO Student Award Program
• Bennett Student Admissions Award
• Student Association of the Faculty of Arts Bursary
• Dr. Dalton J. P. McGuinty Sr. Scholarship Fund
• Louise Lavigne Bursary
• Dean of the Faculty of Arts' Merit Scholarship
• Barclay T. Hazelton Scholarship at the Faculty of Arts
• Colonel Gérard Ouimet Faculty of Arts Scholarship
• Dean of the Faculty of Arts' Merit Scholarship
• Faculty of Arts Scholarship for First Generation Students
• Student Travel Fund
• Kevin and Anne-Marie Kee Scholarship
• Joseph Marie Quirion Scholarship
• MIFO Scholarship
• Legas Scholarship
• KC Consultings Bursary for Black International Students
• Indigenous Student Bursary
• MNP Indigenous Student Scholarship
• Ontario Indigenous Student Bursary
• International Student Scholarship
• Merit Scholarship (international student)
• University of Ottawa Financial Aid Bursary (for international students)
• University of Ottawa Financial Aid Bursary (international students)
• Gilles G. Patry Student Engagement Scholarship for Ontario Student Residents
• Gilles G. Patry Student Engagement Fund for Non-Ontario Students Residents
• Student Experience Fund

If you have any question, please contact the uOttawa Admissions’ office by email ([email protected]) or by phone (613-562-5700).

Department of History scholarships

Our department offers a number of undergraduate scholarships and bursaries. To learn more about application criteria, see the link below each program. To apply, go to the Online Scholarships and Bursaries page.

• Brunette Family Scholarship
• Bourse commémorative Laurence Thibault
• D. M. Hogarth Bursary in History
• D. M. Hogarth Bursary in History (OTSS)
• Department of History Graduate Scholarship for Students Outside of Ontario
• Gaston Héon Undergraduate History Scholarship
• Matthew Hanson Undergraduate History Scholarship
• Nadine Saumure Bursary in History
• Faculty Plaque in History
• Thomas Vares Prize for Department of History Students
• Vasilis Vourkoutiotis Prize in Military History
• Pierre Savard Memorial Scholarship
• IODE Lord Dundonald Chapter Award
• IODE Lord Dundonald Giselle Lazure Memorial Award
• Michel Prévost Award of Excellence
• Marcel Trudel Scholarship

If you have any question, don’t hesitate to contact our Graduate Studies and Financial Aid Committee.

Canadian citizens & permanent residents

The University of Ottawa offers a wide range of scholarships and financial support programs for Canadian citizens and permanent residents. You can also apply for several external awards and financial support programs. If you intend to pursue your study at the graduate level, you should apply during the last year of your bachelor studies.

Internal scholarships

• Admission Scholarship
• Special Merit Scholarship

External awards and financial support

• Ontario Graduate Scholarships
• Métis Nation of Ontario Scholarship
• Caisses Populaires Desjardins de l'Ontario Scholarship
• Desjardins Scholarship
• Canada Graduate Scholarships Master's Program – CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC
• Fonds québécois de recherche (for students domiciled in Québec)
• The Queen Elizabeth II graduate scholarships in science and technology
• CIBC Mentorship Program Scholarship - Ontario Resident
• CIBC Mentorship Program Scholarships - Outside Ontario
• Ontario – Ukraine Solidarity Scholarship
• Noëlla Larocque and Louis-David Major Bursary for Students in Northern Ontario
• Ontario Indigenous Student Bursary
• Gilles G. Patry Student Engagement Fund for Non-Ontario Students Residents
• Gilles G. Patry Student Engagement Scholarship for Ontario Student Residents
• Ontario Women's Health Scholars Award
• Rhodes scholarships
• Mackenzie King Scholarships
• Foreign Study Supplement
• McCall MacBain Scholarships
• Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW)
• Ontario residents Financial Aid

As an international student, you will be paying tuition fees equivalent to those paid by Canadian PhD candidates. You might consider applying for the Special Merit Scholarship. If you are enrolled in the second year of your PhD program and beyond, you can apply for the PhD Student International Research Scholarship to conduct research abroad for at least one term. If you're studying in French, you can apply for the Differential Tuition Fee Exemption Scholarship. In any case, tuition fees to be paid will be reduced by the application to the International Doctoral Scholarship. Other sources of funding for international Graduate students might be available. If you have a question, contact the uOttawa International Office. 

Last but not least, you can also apply for several external programs, such as Ontario Graduate Scholarships, Mitacs Globalink Fellowship, or Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.

Faculty of Arts Scholarships 

There are hundreds of scholarships offered by the Faculty of Arts to reward academic achievements. Some scholarships are more specifically intended for history students: 

• Joseph Marie Quirion Scholarship
• Legas Scholarship Fund (OSOTF)
• Student Travel Fund
• Dean's Honour List Scholarship of the Faculty of Arts
• Doctoral Student Mobility Scholarship - Francophone International Student
• APUO Student Award Program
• Student Experience Fund
• Bourses du Centre de recherche sur les francophonies canadiennes

Department of History Scholarships 

The Department of History offers financial support to students participating in research activities related to their master or doctoral program through variety of grants: 

• Marcel Trudel Scholarship
• Michel Prévost Award of Excellence
• Michel Prévost Bursary in Regional Studies
• Brunette Family Scholarschip
• D. M. Hogarth Bursary in History
• D. M. Hogarth Bursary in History (OTSS)
• Department of History Graduate Scholarship for Students Outside  of Ontario
• Faculty Plaque in History
• Gaston Héon Graduate Research Scholarships in History
• Gaston Héon Graduate Scholarships in History
• IODE Lord Dundonald Giselle Lazure Memorial Award
• Nadine Saumure Bursary in History
• Pierre Savard Memorial Scholarship
• Thomas Vares Prize for Department of History Students
• Vasilis Vourkoutiotis Prize in Military History

If you need any assistance with your application, please contact our Graduate Studies and Financial Aid Committee.

Federal and Provincial Scholarships

• Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships
• Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship
• SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
• Doctoral training (FRQ)
• China Council Scholarships
• Dorothy Killam Fellowship

uOttawa Scholarships 

The University of Ottawa offers internal funding programs for research, awarded on a competitive basis, which allows researchers to gain momentum, strengthen their proposals and be more competitive in external competitions.

• Seed Funding Opportunity
• Bridge Funding Opportunity
• Conference/Workshop on Campus Opportunity
• Interdisciplinary Research Group Funding Opportunity - Research Team Creation
• Interdisciplinary Research Group Funding Opportunity - Grant Proposal Development
• Sabbatical Leave or Research Leave
• Bourses du Centre de recherche sur les francophonies canadiennes

Faculty of Arts Scholarships

As a graduate student, you can apply for several research funding programs. If you are planning to present a paper directly related to your thesis research at a conference, you may be eligible for a travel grant for a conference. If you are conducting research outside of the National Capital Region, you can apply for a research travel grant. 

You'll find more information about these research funding opportunities here. 

Department of History Scholarships

The Department of History offers several research funding programs:

• Pierre Savard Memorial Scholarship
• Michel Prévost Bursary in Regional Studies
• Department of History Graduate Scholarship for Students Outside of Ontario

If you need some help with your application, please contact our Graduate Studies Committee.

• Adela and John Ridzon Memorial Scholarship and Research Bursary
• American and Canadian Slovak Scholarship and Research Bursary
• Canadian Slovak Benefit Society Scholarship and Research Bursary
• Helen and John Ivanco Memorial Scholarship & Research Bursary
• Imrich and Margita Stolarik Memorial Scholarship and Research Bursary
• Skladany-Repansky Family Scholarship and Research Fund in Slovak Studies

British Library: Visiting Fellowships (London, UK) : North America, Caribbean Indigenous studies, Book History and Art, Pacific Ocean Politics and Geopolitics, Migration in/from/through Canada, the Caribbean, and the US, LGTBQ+ cultures and histories in the Caribbean & US

Phil Zwickler Memorial Research Grants (Cornell University Library Rare and Manuscript Collections, Ithaca, NY, USA): Lesbian and gay rights, AIDS, Human Sexuality Collection

Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library (Ann Arbor MI, USA): US History, Ford presidency

Harvard Houghton Library (Cambridge, MA, USA): Europe, the Americas, Arabic and Indian manuscripts, History of Missions, Russian Revolution, Publishing History and more

Huntington Library (San Marino, CA, USA): British History, Pacific Rim, Western USA, USA, Medieval and more

John Carter Brown Library (Providence, RI, USA): Colonial America, North and South, and more

Queen’s University Pre-Doctoral Fellowships for Indigenous Students and Pre-Doctoral Fellowships in Black Studies

The American Heritage Center: US Military History

Dr Edward H Bensley-Osler Library Research Grant (Montreal, McGill University): History of Medicine

American Philosophical Society (Philadelphia, USA): US History (Indigenous peoples and languages, Natural History, Naval History)

Teaching or Research Assistant

You can become a Teaching or Research Assistant. Priority for the attribution of these positions is given to uOttawa admission scholarship holders. Contact the Office of Graduate Studies of the Faculty of Arts to know if positions are available and learn how to apply:

Simard Hall
60 University Private, Room 416
Ottawa, ON  K1N 6N5

Tel.: 613-562-5439
Fax: 613-562-5340
[email protected]

The Work-Study Program

The Work-Study Program is a great way to combine work with university education. It gives you the opportunity to work part-time on campus during the academic year and full-time during the summer. Working on campus helps you minimize travel time between your work and class and benefit from a flexible schedule that allows you to prioritize your studies. It will also enhance skills that will be an asset for your career.

CO-OP

The CO-OP Program provides a great opportunity to grow professionally while gaining some valuable paid experience. It offers you a chance to apply concepts you learn in class through paid work terms. You will gain approximately 16 months of work experience in your field of study and build a network of valuable contacts.

If you have any questions, contact Kouky Fianu, who is in charge of the CO-OP program at our Department.