Money Matters
Costs
Tuition and Fees
Full-time MI students typically register for 4 half-credit hour courses in both the fall and winter terms.
Student Accounts calculates tuition costs on "billing hours".
Full-time:
- 4 courses per term: 12 billing hours
- 3 courses per term: 9 billing hours
Part-time:
- 2 courses per term: 6 billing hours
- 1 course per term: 3 billing hours
In 2020-21, a full-time MI student taking 4 courses per term pays a total of $10,882 in tuition and fees for the fall and winter terms. The average cost of books and electronic resources for both incoming and returning students in is approximately $110.
SIM Funding & Support
Entrance Awards & Scholarships
No application required unless otherwise stated. Incoming students with a GPA of 3.7 or higher, who have submitted a complete MI application by the March 1 deadline (4 p.m. AST) and are full-time students are automatically considered for these awards/scholarships. Award amounts vary annually.
In-Program Awards
Some awards require application. Refer to specific in-program awards for detail.
Conference Travel Award
Application required.
Convocation Awards
No application required. Determined by MI Awards & Scholarships Committee.
External Awards & Scholarships
Application required. See specific award/scholarship for criteria.
Name of Award/Scholarship | Awarding Body | Description | Amount |
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A.S. Mowat Prize | Dalhousie University | To perpetuate the memory of Alexander S. Mowat who, as O.E. Smith Professor of Education, served for thirty years (1939-1969) as chairman of the Department of Education at Dalhousie University, and to commemorate Professor Mowat's contribution to education in Nova Scotia. |
$1,500 CDN |
Abdul Majid Bader Graduate Scholarship | Dalhousie University | First preference will be given to Iranian students who are residents of Iran. Second preference will be given to other international students. Applicants with first class standing in their undergraduate program who are intending to pursue studies in any discipline in which Dalhousie offers graduate degrees are welcome to apply once they have been admitted into a program. Applications may also be submitted by departments for eligible students who have been accepted into a graduate program. The scholarship is renewable, subject to an annual progress review (scholarship-class standing required). The award can be held for a maximum of 24 months of full-time study. | $30,000 CDN |
Graduate Thesis Student Conference Travel Grant | Dalhousie University | Conference travel grants can be awarded to full time graduate students in Master's or Doctoral thesis program only. In order to be eligible, students must present a poster or paper based on the results of their graduate thesis research at a national or international scholarly meeting or conference. | $500 CDN |
Linda Marie Gillingwater Rainsberry Graduate Student Scholarship and Bursary | Dalhousie University | Preference will be given to single mothers whose area of study is in the Faculty of Arts and Social Science and whose research incorporates a social justice analysis. Preference given to a students whose research is on women's studies. Bursary option: The recipients must have demonstrated financial need. |
$1,500 CDN |
NS Black and First Nations Graduate Entrance Scholarship | Dalhousie University | Awarded annually to a First Nations and an Indigenous Black student entering a Dalhousie graduate program for the first time following graduation from a Dalhousie University undergraduate program. To increase the representation of Indigenous Black and First Nations communities in the university's wide diversity of graduate programs, and ultimately in the academy and in advanced professional occupations. The graduate program may be at the master's or doctoral level, and may include professional, course-based or thesis-based programs. | $15,000 CDN |
NS Graduate Scholarship | Dalhousie University | Open to research graduates at Nova Scotia universities for innovative work aligned with or advancing Nova Scotia priorities (see application form). The objectives of this award are to attract and retain top-quality research graduates, as well as to encourage exploration, discovery, and innovation. Note that only students in thesis-based programs are eligible for the Nova Scotia Graduate Scholarship. | $10,000 CDN |
Phi Kappa Pi Joe Ghiz Memorial Award | Dalhousie University | Awarded to a student studying at the Masters or Doctoral level, in any discipline at Dalhousie University. The student must have a first-class standing (GPA 3.7/4.3) or higher in the last two years of previous study (graduate and/or undergraduate) and demonstrate both community involvement and university life involvement. | $750 CDN |
Alice L. Haltom Educational Fund Scholarship | Alice L. Haltom Educational Fund | To increase and disseminate knowledge in information and records management. | $1,000 USD |
ARL/MLA Diversity & Inclusion Initiative (DII) | Association of Research Libraries | To address the growing need for professional staff in music and performing arts libraries who better reflect evolving demographics of students and faculty in music and performing arts higher education. | $2,500 USD/semester |
ARL/SAA Mosaic Program | Association of Research Libraries | To attract and retain individuals who demonstrate excellent potential for scholastic and personal achievement and who manifest a commitment both to the archives and special collections profession and to advancing diversity concerns within it. | $2,500 USD/semester |
Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce | Association of Research Libraries | The IRDW is a program designed to recruit master of information (MI) students from historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups into careers in research libraries and archives. The IRDW includes a stipend of up to $10,000, leadership and career development training, a site visit to an ARL member library, financial support for skills development, and a formal mentorship program. | Up to $10,000 |
Awards, Grants & Scholarships | American Library Association (ALA) | varies | |
Bermudian Scholarships | BermudaScholarships.com | Awarded to a Bermudian student commencing or pursuing a postgraduate degree at an approved university abroad. | varies |
Carin Alma E. Somers Scholarship | Atlantic Provinces Library Association (APLA) | To assist a Canadian citizen who is an Atlantic Provinces resident needing financial assistance to undertake or complete the academic requirements leading to a degree in Library and Information Science. | $1,000 CDN |
CFUW Dr. Alice E. Wilson Awards | Canadian Federation of University Women | For graduate studies in any field. The applicant must justify the relevance of her work to women. | up to $7,000 CDN |
ChLA Hannah Beiter Graduate Student Research Grants | Children's Literature Association | Support for research that may be related to the dissertation or master's thesis. | $5,000 CDN |
Diana M. Priestly Memorial Scholarship | Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL)/ACBD | Scholarship is intended to support professional development in the field and is awarded to a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant | $2,500 CDN |
Eileen Wallace Research Fellowship in Children's Literature | UNB Children's Literature Collection Committee | Applicant must show evidence of scholarly knowledge in the field of children's literature, use UNB's Children's Literature Collection in the course of the research and acknowledge both the fellowship and the collection in any subsequent publication | $5,000 CDN |
Fritz Schwartz Serials Education Scholarship | NASIG | To advance the profession by providing an aspiring library student who has prior experience with managing information resources the opportunity to enhance their educational opportunities. | $3,000 USD |
Graduate Education Scholarships | ARMA International Educational Foundation (AIEF) | Funding for candidates intent on achieving a Masters or PhD degree with a focus on records and information management disciplines. | $3,000 USD |
Helen Ferris Award | John M. Cuelenaere Public Library | $2,000 CDN | |
Initiative to Recruit a Diverse Workforce (IRDW) | Association of Research Libraries | To attract students from traditionally underrepresented groups to careers in academic and research libraries, and archives. | $10,000 USD |
Library & Information Studies Graduate Student Grant | Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL) | To support librarians and current LIS students actively conducting research in academic librarianship with the intent to publish the results. To promote research in the field of academic librarianship by and/or about Canadians. | $1,000 CDN |
Lucille M. Wert Student Scholarship | American Chemical Society, Division of Chemical Information (CINF) | Designed to help persons with an interest in the fields of Chemistry and Information to pursue graduate study in Library, Information, or Computer Science. | $1,500 USD |
Margaret Williams Trust Fund Award | Memorial University Library | Established to promote the development of librarianship in Newfoundland and Labrador. Funds are awarded on a competitive basis to applicants seeking funding for library‐related projects or assistance in pursuing graduate studies in librarianship, archival studies, or teacher librarianship. | $1,000 CDN (max) |
Marion Sherman Bursary for Children's Librarians | Wapiti Regional Library | To encourage libary science students to study children's librarianship. | $750 CDN |
MLA Scholarship | Medical Library Association | Grants a scholarship to a student who is enrolled in or entering an American Library Association–accredited library school. | $5,000 USD (max) |
MLA Scholarship for Minority Students | Medical Library Association | Grants a scholarship to a minority student who is enrolled in or entering an American Library Association–accredited library school. | $5,000 USD (max) |
RBC Aboriginal Student Awards Program | Royal Bank of Canada | The RBC Aboriginal Student Awards Program was launched in 1992 to assist Aboriginal students to complete post-secondary education, and provide an opportunity for RBC to strengthen its relationship with the Aboriginal community. Selected students are awarded up to $4,000 each academic year for two to four years to use towards tuition, textbooks, supplies and living expenses. | up to $4,000 CDN/year |
Roger K. Summit Scholarship | ProQuest | Supporting promising graduate students in library and information sciences. | $5,000 USD |
Sarah Rebecca Reed Scholarship | Beta Phi Mu | For beginning IM studies at an ALA accredited school | $2,250 USD |
Student Scholarship | Association of Jewish Libraries | Awards an annual scholarship to a promising student with a history of participating in Judaic studies or libraries, accepted into or attending an accredited graduate school of library and information science. This scholarship is merit-based rather than needs-based. | $1,000 USD |
Student Stipend Award | Special Libraries Association, Business & Finance Division | To help cover expenses at the SLA Annual Conference. | $1,000 USD |
Virginia Mathews Memorial Scholarship | American Indian Library Association (AILA) | To provide tuition to an American Indian individual who lives and works in the American Indian community, and who is enrolled, or has been accepted and will enroll, in a master’s degree program at a university with a library and/or information sciences program accredited by the American Library Association. | $4,000 USD |
Wolfgang M. Freitag Internship Award | Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) | To support a 150 hour internship in an art or architecture related setting such as a library, archive, or visual resources collection. | $3,000 USD |