Funding at MIRARCO Mining Innovation and Laurentian University

Funding at MIRARCO and L.U.

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Through various scholarship opportunities and MIRARCO funding, students are rewarded with very competitive funding for their Graduate studies. Funding for research is often offered to the most qualified students, leading to research stipends of up to $20,000.

Check out these funding opportunities for Masters and Ph.D. research!

Graduate Teaching Assistantship, requiring 12 hours / week of teaching assistance at Laurentian University ($6,750)
GRC Scholarship, allowing you to focus on your thesis project ($5,000 - 6,000)
Summer research scholarship $2,000 (one time only)
Student NSERC awards (applicable to the university of your choice) ($17,500)
MIRARCO NSERC-matching grants (up to $17, 500)
Industry Awards (various amounts)
Aboriginal Awards Programs (various amounts)
Ontario Graduate Scholarship

There are many more funding programs available. Candidates selected to do research with MIRARCO may meet with our Funding Officer to identify all potential funding sources.

MIRARCO is always on the lookout for bright, creative individuals for a variety of positions.

GRC Scholarship

1995 Barrick Gold Corporation and ISS International made special sponsors' contributions to GRC. With these donations, GRC established a scholarship fund to attract graduate students to GRC's research team. Over the last nine years, GRC has had Master's and Ph.D. students from a number of countries, including Canada, Brazil, Ethiopia, Ghana, Germany, Great Britain, India, Iran, P.R. China, Tunisia, and Turkey.