The McGill Graduate Funding Working Group (FWG)

This page provides information about the McGill Graduate Funding Working Group (FWG), graduate funding, travel advances, and how the FWG can support you.

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What is the FWG?

The McGill Graduate Funding Working Group (FWG) is a cross-disciplinary collective of McGill graduate students, assembled in the Fall semester of 2020.

FWG McGill surveys the financial health of graduate students at McGill across departments. These results are formulated into reports and recommendations to inform university-wide policy proposals concerning graduate funding. The PGSS is excited to launch the next Graduate Funding Survey on February 3rd, 2025!

What can the FWG do for you?

The FWG is committed to supporting Post Graduate Student Associations (PGSAs) in their efforts to improve funding practices in their departments, while we continue to advocate for better funding policies across McGill. We help PGSAs conduct departmental funding surveys and provide complementary data from our own survey results.

Need to know – Graduate Funding

Travel Advances

Did you know that some academic travel expenses may be eligible for reimbursement before travelling? For more information, see document below:

REQUESTING ADVANCES FROM McGILL FINANCIAL SERVICES

Report Archive:

Graduate Report 2020 – 2021

FWG Report 20-21

Graduate Report 2022 – 2023

Graduate Student Funding Report 2022-2023

Please see the link below for the 2022 funding reports specific to certain faculties:

PGSS faculties funding reports 

Let's keep in touch!

Email the Funding Working Group at fwg.mcgill@gmail.com or the PGSS Funding Supervision Commissioner at fsc.pgss@mail.mcgill.ca. Follow us on Instagram @pgss_funding_working_group