University of Toronto Launches $100 Million Scholarship Program Targeting PhD Talent
The $100-million fund will pay 12 or 13 doctoral recruits $80,000 a year for four years, twice the current minimum funding.
- On Monday, the University of Toronto launched a $100 million scholarship program to attract PhD talent, offering $80,000 in annual funding that doubles current minimum base pay. The initiative helps the school compete globally as United States universities face pressure from the Trump administration.
- Trump administration cuts to scientific research and lawsuits against top universities have created an "anti-science" climate in the United States. Moderna Inc co-founder Derrick Rossi noted the program signals that Canada remains "serious about science."
- A Canadian family foundation provided a $50 million endowed gift, which the University matched to create the $100 million fund. The program will eventually support 50 scholars, providing $80,000 in annual funding per student for four years.
- University president Melanie Woodin said the funding package positions the institution near the top globally, surpassing Princeton, Harvard, Cambridge, and Oxford. The Impact Scholarship Program directly addresses the barrier of paltry graduate student pay for doctoral research.
- The effort aligns with the Prime Minister's focus on talent for economic resiliency and sovereignty. It follows a similar $1.7 billion federal recruiting initiative launched by Mark Carney's Liberal government last year to attract top research talent to Canada.
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U of T launches $100M scholarship program targeting PhD talent
The University of Toronto says it’s launching a new $100 million scholarship program designed to attract PhD talent to Canada. The institution says the Presidents’ Impact Scholarship Program will provide $80,000 in funding per year for 50 scholars for a total of $320,000 of funding over four years. The school says the program is the […]
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The University of Toronto provides scholarship-winning doctoral students with $80,000 per year for four consecutive years. (Image: University of Toronto file photo. [Shutterstock])
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