Internal Awards

Entrance Scholarships

Rotman Institute of Philosophy Doctoral Entrance Scholarship
The Rotman Institute of Philosophy will award up to two scholarships annually to full-time students entering the Doctoral Program in the Department of Philosophy in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Students with demonstrated academic excellence and a stated research interest in philosophy and science (including epistemology, ethics or history of science) are eligible. The recipients will become members of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy. Recipients will be selected by the Graduate Chair of the program and the Director of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy.

Centre for Digital Philosophy Entrance Scholarship
The scholarship is awarded to Western PhD students with research interests that are consonant with the Centre for Digital Philosophy's mission of advancing research and teaching in philosophy through technology. Value: up to 2 awards, $4000 in total in four instalments of $1000 per year (as long as student is eligible)

Faculty of Arts and Humanities Chair’s Entrance Scholarship 
Awarded to students entering a Masters or Doctoral program in Arts and Humanities. Students must have a minimum admission average of 80%. Graduate chairs in each program will select recipients of the award.  The number of scholarships will be determined annually by the individual Department Chairs, Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Value: less than $2,000 each.  Effective: May 2008

Dean’s Entrance Scholarship
Awarded to full-time students entering a Masters or Doctoral program in Arts and Humanities.  Students must have a minimum admission average of 80%.  Graduate chairs in each program will select recipients of the award. Value: $2,000 each.  The number of scholarships will be determined annually by the Dean, Faculty of Arts and Humanities.  Effective: May 2007

Provost’s Entrance Scholarship
Awarded to full-time students entering a Doctoral program in Arts and Humanities.  Students must have a minimum admission average of 80%.  Graduate chairs in each program will select recipients of the award. Value: $4,000 each.  The number of scholarships will be determined annually by the Dean, Faculty of Arts and Humanities.  Effective: May 2007

President’s Entrance Scholarship
Awarded to full-time students entering a Doctoral program in Arts and Humanities.  Students must have a minimum admission average of 80%.  Graduate chairs in each program will select recipients of the award. Value: $6,000 each.  The number of scholarships will be determined annually by the Dean, Faculty of Arts and Humanities.  Effective:  May 2007

Faculty of Arts and Humanities Chancellor’s Entrance Scholarship 
Awarded to full-time students entering a Doctoral program in Arts and Humanities. Students must have a minimum admission average of 80%. Graduate chairs in each program will select recipients of the award.  The number of scholarships will be determined annually by the Dean, Faculty of Arts and Humanities. Value: $8,000 each. Effective: May 2008


Donor Funded Awards

Eligible Philosophy graduate students are specifically invited to apply for the following awards each year (details available via the Donor Funded Awards Search):

Faculty of Arts and Humanities Alumni Graduate Awards

Lynne-Lionel Scott Scholarship in Canadian Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Mary Routledge Fellowships

Harold Johnson Memorial Scholarship in Mediaeval Philosophy

Richard A. Harshman Memorial Scholarship

 


The Barnard Scholarship in Political Philosophy at Western

Mrs. Margot Barnard has generously endowed a scholarship trust in memory of her late husband, Frederick Mechner Barnard who was a distinguished political theorist and intellectual historian at Western from 1970 until his retirement in 1985. The F.M. Barnard Scholarship Trust offers scholarships to graduate students in political philosophy, entering MA or PhD programs in either Political Science or Philosophy at Western.

A condition of these awards is that recipients must propose to work under the supervision of a member of the Moral, Political, and Legal Philosophy Research Group. A list of current members and their interests may be found below.

Awarded annually, the Barnard Scholarships may be held during the first year of a student’s program. The awards are additional to the regular funding provided by departments. No special application is needed: recipients will be selected from the applicant pool by a committee appointed by the Chairs of Political Science and Philosophy.

Value: Please contact the Philosophy Graduate Program Coordinator.