Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU)'s Bridging Divides scholarship program for Master's students, which offers up to $20,000 per year for domestic students, and $30,000 per year for international students, closes on April 1, 2025. These scholarships are open to incoming first-year Master's students, as well as second-year Master's students already enrolled at TMU.

These scholarships are open to Canadian and international students — fitting, since Bridging Divides focuses on four major interdisciplinary research themes centered around newcomers' experiences of Canada. If your area of study fits with one of the four research themes, and you're interested in conducting original research at TMU, you may want to apply for a scholarship before the deadline on April 1, 2025.

Bridging Divides' four research themes:

Here are the four main themes of the Bridging Divides project:

1. Immigrant Health and Well-Being

The Immigrant Health and Well-Being stream is all about health and wellness for newcomers to Canada. Explore population analysis, innovative interventions, and potential policy actions, to keep Canada's growing population healthy.

Check out research projects under the Immigrant Health and Well-Being stream.

2. Employment and Lifelong Learning

The Employment and Lifelong Learning stream focuses on innovation and the economy. Use advanced technologies to interrogate unemployment and underemployment, explore bias in hiring processes, and discover new tech for training the next generation of Canadian workers.

Check out research projects under the Employment and Lifelong Learning stream.

3. Place and Infrastructure

Social infrastructure and physical infrastructure go hand-in-hand. The Place and Infrastructure stream digs into what "place" means, and how our conceptions of space are changing in the digital era. Use advanced tech to research how social and physical infrastructures affect and influence people.

Check out research projects under the Place and Infrastructure stream.

4. Citizenship and Participation

The Citizenship and Participation stream is focused on the experiences of migrants, immigrants, newcomers, and refugees, with particular emphasis on people born outside of Canada who live here with temporary or permanent status.

Check out research projects under the Citizenship and Participation stream.

How to apply for a Bridging Divides research scholarship

Bridging Divides offers research stipends to incoming and returning graduate students at Toronto Metropolitan University whose research interests fit one of the four research themes. Here's how to apply:

First-year Master's students

Starting your graduate research at TMU? First-year incoming Master's students must apply for a TMU program, then submit an online Bridging Divides application form before April 1, 2025.

Here's what you'll need:

• The TMU program(s) you've applied for.
• Your CV / resumé.
• A transcript from your undergraduate degree.
• Your statement of interest / letter of intent from your Master's program application.
• Bridging Divides motivation letter, up to two pages long, explaining how your research interests fit the Bridging Divides theme, and why you should receive funding support.

(Students entering the Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science (FEAS) must find a research supervisor, and get a letter from the FEAS Associate Dean of Graduate Studies.)

Current TMU Master's students

If you're already a graduate student at TMU, entering your second year in 2025, and your thesis or research project aligns with at least one of Bridging Divides' four research themes, you can apply for funding online before the April 1, 2025 deadline.

Here's what you'll need:

• Your TMU ID number.
• The TMU program you're currently pursuing.
• Your CV / resumé.
• A transcript from your first year of Master's studies at TMU.
• Your statement of interest / letter of intent from your Master's program application.
• Bridging Divides motivation letter, up to two pages long, explaining how your research interests fit the Bridging Divides theme, and why you should receive funding support.

(Students in the Faculty of Engineering and Architectural Science (FEAS) must find a research supervisor.)

If you're a current TMU Master's student, or you're looking for the right graduate school, and one or more of the Bridging Divides research themes resonates with you, be sure to submit your Bridging Divides scholarship application before the deadline on April 1, 2025.

Here are the links to apply:

• First-year graduate students new to TMU, apply here.
• Current TMU graduate students returning to second year, apply here.

Late applications will not be accepted, so don't wait! Apply today.