• Admission Scholarships
  The MSc(PT) program offers three (3) admissions scholarships. One scholarship is allocated to each of the admission streams, Conventional, Facilitated Indigenous Admissions Program (FIAP), and Facilitated Black Admissions Program (FBAP), and offered to highest ranked candidate in each stream.
  Valued: $8,000.00 each
• Entrance Scholarship 
  In recognition and support of our new student leaders, the Physiotherapy Program offers entrance scholarships to students who have demonstrated leadership and academic excellence.
  Value: Varies
• Leadership & Community Contributions Scholarship – In recognition and support of our student leaders, the Physiotherapy Program offers scholarships to students who demonstrate outstanding leadership in academic, clinical and community contexts/environments.
  Value: Varies
• Program Academic Student Committee (PASC) Awards – The PASC awards acknowledge MSc (PT) Program student achievement. These merit-based awards will be bestowed to student(s) who espouse and exemplify the attributes of the Essential Competency Profile roles during the Academic portion of each Unit.
  Value: $50 each
• Ontario Physiotherapy Association (OPA) Award – The Physiotherapy Program offers support for students to attend the Ontario Physiotherapy Association annual conference. This award will only be available during the year that the conference takes place.
  Value: Cost of registration
• Canadian Physiotherapy Association (CPA) Award – The Physiotherapy Program offers support for students to attend the Canadian Physiotherapy Association (CPA) Congress. This award will only be available during the year that the congress takes place.
  Value: Cost of registration

Note: All awards are subject to change based on funding availability. Information on how to apply for these awards will be provided to students upon starting the program.

• The Canadian Physiotherapy Association Award
  Established in 1992 by the Canadian Physiotherapy Association. To be awarded to the graduating student who has attained the highest cumulative average in the Physiotherapy Program.
• The Eleanor Lees Prize
  Established in 1994 in memory of Eleanor Lees by friends in Physiotherapy, the Prize is awarded to a graduating student who, in the judgement of the SRS, has demonstrated notable academic achievement and excellence in clinical fieldwork related to neurology.
• The New Brunswick Physiotherapy Association: Student Professionalism Award
  To be awarded to a graduating student (from New Brunswick) from the Master of Science, Physiotherapy Program, who has demonstrated exceptional professional behaviours and attitudes within the academic and clinical setting by accepting responsibility for own actions and accepts criticism without defensives; demonstrating initiative and contributes to positive work environment; adapts to change and manages conflict in constructive ways; treats others with respect, dignity and compassion and makes choices considering consequences to self and others; demonstrates productive working relationships with patients, families, clinical instructors, other health professionals, peers and faculty and preferably be a student member of the Canadian Physiotherapy Association.
• CanChild Research Award
  These awards were established in 2011 by CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research to encourage exploration of important issues in childhood disability. The awards are offered to graduating students who have demonstrated academic strength in pediatrics and have conducted or taken a leadership role within an innovative research project focused on child or youth disability.
• The Canadian Physiotherapy Association, Leadership Award of Excellence
  Established by the Leadership Division of the CPA. This award is to recognize a student in the final year of a physiotherapy program who demonstrates exceptional leadership qualities for the promotion of the physiotherapy profession and/or improvement of the quality of student experience.
• The Physiotherapy Professional Advancement Award
  Established in 2003, it is awarded to the graduating physiotherapy student who, in the judgement of the faculty of the SRS will make a significant contribution to the profession of physiotherapy upon graduation. The student has exhibited exceptional leadership qualities, academic excellence, professional commitment, and innovation throughout the time as a student in the program. This award will not be presented every year. It will only be awarded when there is an exceptional candidate who has demonstrated their outstanding qualities.
• The Northern Studies Stream Award
  To be awarded to a graduating student in the MSc Physiotherapy Program, who has demonstrated exemplary interest and effort in understanding and incorporating the healthcare issues of northern, rural and remote practice, and knowledge base unique to the health care concern of the Indigenous people and their communities.
• The Northern Orthopaedic Division (NOD) Award
  The award will be given to a student who has demonstrated exceptional leadership and an interest in orthopaedics. Each year, one award will be offered to a graduating student who: (1) Has completed the requirements of an entry to practice physical therapy program in Canada; and (2) Is deemed to be the highest ranked student based on a combination of the candidate’s demonstration of leadership, advocacy and interest in orthopaedics.
• The Paul W. Stratford REBP Awards
  Established in 2018, the Paul W. Stratford REBP Awards honor Professor Stratford’s exceptional contributions to the Physiotherapy Program, particularly in evidence-based practice, measurement, and statistics. The awards recognize excellence in three categories: Highest Mark for Presentation, Highest Mark for Manuscript, People’s Choice Award.

Note: All awards are subject to change, depending on donor availability.

The Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) provides funding to students in graduate studies at the master’s and doctoral levels. It is a merit-based scholarship, for students with an A- or above average. The PT Program offers OGS awards to students entering the second year of the program.

Value: $15,000 over three terms

Please visit the School of Graduate Studies website for further opportunities.