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Graduate
Student Assistantships and Funding
The
policy of the department of animal science is, financial resources
permitting, to provide an assistantship to each full-time
graduate student on a thesis-type program of study unless
the student is the recipient of a scholarship or fellowship
or is supported financially by other sources while enroled
in a graduate studies program. The policy on stipends is listed
below.
Current
scholarships and bursary awards available
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Amount of Assistantships |
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As of April
2005, the following levels are suggested for graduate student
stipends:
(a)
MSc stipends: $15 000 per year.
(b)
PhD stipends: $17 000 per year.
Maximum
duration of funding will be 24 months for an MSc program,
36 months for a PhD after a master's and 48 months for a PhD
program following a bachelor's. Exceptions to this time limit
must be requested by the student's advisor to the graduate studies
committee of the department.
| Students
with no Financial Support |
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A
student may be accepted without financial support if the student
meets academic standards (i.e. grade point average of 3.0 during last
60 credit hours), agrees to enter the program without support
and a faculty member is willing to supervise. Careful consideration
should be given by staff and students before entering a program
without financial support.
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University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowships |
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A
limited number of University of Manitoba graduatefFellowships
are awarded each year. The current University of Manitoba fellowship
rates are $10 000 per year for MSc students and
$16 000 per
year for PhD students. A student normally requires a grade
point average of at least 3.5 in order to compete. If you feel
that you may qualify contact the department. The deadline
for applications is February 1 of each year.
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Duties and Responsibilities |
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Students
Supported with Assistantships
A full-time
student on an assistantship may be expected to perform duties
which are not part of the student's program of study or research
up to a maximum of 12 hours per week on the average.
The duties which in most instances will be directed by the
student's academic Advisor may consist of research other than
the student's own project and/or teaching duties: the latter
may include marking assignments or tests, demonstrating in
labs, tutoring, occasional lectures, etc. (time required to
prepare material for labs or lectures will be included in
the number of hours).
A student
who is the recipient of a scholarship or fellowship is not
normally expected to perform the duties of an assistantship
unless the duties are part of a study or training program.
The student is permitted to receive additional remuneration
during the 12 month period from September 1 to August 31 up
to the equivalent of 125 hours for services performed: in
most instances the added remuneration will be paid on an hourly
basis. It is recognized that in some instances the terms of
the scholarship, fellowship, etc. may restrict or prohibit
the earning of additional remuneration.
| Part-Time
Graduate Students, Students on Non-Thesis Programs, Pre-Master's
Students |
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Students
in these categories will not normally receive assistantships
but may undertake specified duties for remuneration on an hourly
basis.
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