The H.S. Thurston Fellowship in Policing and Organized Crime
This fellowship, created by Philip Anisman in memory of his friend, Herb Thurston, will be awarded at the discretion of the Graduate Awards and Admissions Committee to a student in the graduate program who:
- has prior experience as a police officer and intends to pursue studies relating to an aspect of policing, police administration or law enforcement, or
- has an outstanding academic record and intends to pursue studies and research on the detection, prosecution or prevention of organized crime or a subject that is directly related to organized crime and law enforcement, including securities fraud, money laundering and local, national and international cooperation among police forces.
John Beattie Research Fund
The John Beattie Research Fund was established in 2000 through a generous donation by Professor Jim Phillips to support the research of faculty and students of the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies. This research fund is awarded to support the direct cost of research undertaken by people who fall into one of three groups at the Centre: doctoral students, other University of Toronto doctoral students who are junior fellows at the Centre, and core faculty members.
The distribution of the funds is guided by the objective of providing support for research in those cases in which other sources of financial assistance are unavailable. Thus, student applicants must demonstrate that their dissertation supervisors do not currently have available funds for this purpose.
In the case of Junior Fellows who are registered in other departments in the university, all possible efforts must be undertaken initially to obtain funds from their “home departments.”
The guidelines are as follows:
- Any research expenses (e.g., travel and subsistence expenses to collect data related to doctoral work, the costs of purchasing research materials, research assistance in the case that it is necessary for the collection of data) are considered acceptable expenses. Generally speaking, research expenses that would be eligible under a SSHRC grant would qualify in all likelihood.
- “Core” faculty are eligible to apply but will generally be accorded lower priority than graduate students. Among graduate students, preference will be given to Centre of Criminology and Sociolegal Studies doctoral students.
- The distribution of funds is guided by the objective of providing support for research in those cases in which other sources of financial assistance are not available. Thus, student applicants must demonstrate that their dissertation supervisors do not currently have available funds for this purpose. In the case of Junior Fellows who are registered in other departments in the university, all possible efforts must be undertaken initially to obtain funds from their “home departments.” Faculty applicants will normally have to exhaust other possible funding sources (e.g., SSHRC or general research grants from the SGS) before applying. It is not within the spirit of the fund as interpreted by the committee that faculty apply for research funds simply to provide graduate student support. However, this understanding is not meant to preclude, in any way, the hiring of graduate students from these funds.
- This is not an endowed fund. Competitions will be held as long as funds continue to be available.
- The John Beattie Research Fund should be acknowledged in a dissertation and in any publications derived from the research.
Mariana Valverde Grant
To be awarded to a student entering a Master's Program at the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies who has graduated from the undergraduate Criminology and Sociolegal Studies program, on the basis of academic merit and financial need.
John Edwards Award
The John Edwards award is awarded to an MA student at the November convocation reception to an MA student in the program with overall outstanding academic performance.
Tony Doob Scholarship
The Tony Doob Doctoral Scholarship is available for doctoral students who are beyond the funded cohort and are near completion. Both domestic and international students are eligible to apply and should submit their application to the Graduate Administrator by the appropriate deadline.
To be eligible for the award you must be:
• a full-time CrimSL PhD student;
• beyond the funded cohort;
• are near completion;
• within time limit for the degree; and
• in good academic standing.
Richard Ericson Award
The Richard Ericson Award is awarded to registered doctoral students for a paper that contains some original research (theoretical or empirical) and that has the potential to grow into a refereed journal article. It can be either a course paper (revised if possible) or a dissertation chapter (if no longer than 15,000 words) or part of a dissertation chapter.
First Year PhD Immersion Award
The First Year PhD Immersion Award is a component of first-year PhD students’ funding packages in the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies (CrimSL). The intent of this award is to enable students to limit their hours of teaching assistant (TA) employment without suffering financially, particularly in the first semester, thereby freeing up their time to acclimatize to the graduate program environment. The first year of a PhD can be challenging, and we hope offering this award will lower competing work demands on first year students and support their mental and physical wellbeing. If students are able to defer their appointments as TAs in their first semester, they can instead focus on coursework, intensive reading and learning about their doctoral program.
All students are different and have different financial needs and demands. This award is offered regardless of a student’s intent to work as a TA. Receiving this award does not restrict the student from taking up an appointment as TA at CrimSL or any other U of T department. All registered graduate students at U of T are eligible to apply for open CUPE 3902 Unit 1 positions.
Doctoral Completion Award
The Doctoral Completion Award (DCA) is available for doctoral students in the first year beyond the funded cohort. Both domestic and international students are eligible to apply and should submit their application to the Graduate Administrator by the appropriate deadline. The value of the award is determined by available funds.
To be eligible for the award you must be:
• a full-time CrimSl PhD student;
• beyond the funded cohort;
• in year 6;
• within time limit for the degree; and
• in good academic standing.
These awards are internal awards and to be eligible to apply and be considered for these awards, you must be a graduate student registered in the program.
The 2024-25 application period for all centre funding awards is September 1 through October 1, 2024.
Questions: email crimsl.grad@utoronto.ca.