GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS 1.2 Administrative Officers Table of Contents MARTHA CRAGO, B.A., M.Sc.A., Ph.D.(McG.) 1. Office of Fellowships and Awards, page 41 Associate Vice-Principal (Graduate Studies) 1.1 Location, page 41 1.2 Administrative Officers, page 41 CLAUDE LALANDE Manager, Admissions, Fellowships 1.3 A Message from the Associate Vice-Principal (Graduate and Systems Studies), page 41 DEBRA BLANCH External Fellowships 2. Financing Graduate Education, page 41 (Administration of Awardees) 2.1 Information for International Students and Fellows, JOCELYNE RÉGNIER External Fellowship Competitions page 43 BRENDA STEWART McGill Fellowships and 3. External Fellowships, page 43 Differential Fee Waivers 4. McGill Graduate Faculty Awards, page 50 4.1 Max Stern Recruitment Fellowships, page 50 CATHY DUGGAN Reception and General 4.2 McGill Major Fellowships Funding Information (for continuing students only), page 50 4.3 Complementary McGill Awards to Major Fellowships, 1.3 A Message from the Associate Vice-Principal page 53 (Graduate Studies) 4.4 Dissertation Fellowships, page 53 4.5 Differential Fee Waivers, page 53 Graduate study and research in all scholarly, scientific and 4.6 General Graduate Studies Awards, page 53 professional disciplines depends upon adequate financial support 5. Fellowships Awarded by Departments and Faculties, page 53 for students and postdoctoral fellows. At McGill University, the 5.1 Multidisciplinary, page 53 Office of Fellowships and Awards in the Faculty of Graduate 5.2 Medical and Health Sciences, page 54 Studies and Research provides information and administers sev- 5.3 Natural Sciences and Engineering, page 58 eral major internal fellowship competitions each year. The Office 5.4 Social Sciences and Humanities, page 64 also coordinates McGill applications and distributes information 6. Loans and Bursaries, page 71 related to numerous graduate and postdoctoral fellowship and 6.1 Government Loans and Bursaries, page 71 award competitions administered outside the University. The 6.2 McGill Loans and Bursaries, page 71 Office works closely with individual applicants, academic depart- 7. Postdoctoral Fellowships, page 71 ments at McGill, and external granting agencies in order to facili- tate applications for all these sources of funding. 8. Exchange and Travelling Fellowships, page 76 This Graduate Fellowships and Awards Calendar is published 9. Index of Fellowships and Awards, page 81 yearly by the Office of Fellowships and Awards to furnish current and prospective McGill students with information about financing Please note that in the body of this Calendar, awards are listed al- graduate education. It contains descriptions of all McGill's internal phabetically by their complete official names. In the index, awards graduate fellowships, as well as many external fellowships tenable are listed alphabetically by family name of benefactor if applicable. for graduate and postdoctoral level study. In addition to this Calen- dar, the Office maintains a computerized data bank of many other, All efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of information smaller or more specialized external fellowships and awards. in this Calendar. However, it is ultimately the responsibility of fel- Students seeking admission to a McGill graduate program lowship and award seekers themselves to verify program dead- should note that decisions about admission are made by individual lines and requirements with the source agencies. The Office of academic departments. The Office of Fellowships and Awards will Fellowships and Awards cannot be held responsible for any errors be pleased to advise about possible sources of funding; however, or omissions, but would appreciate being informed of these, for applications for funding should be directed to the department into correction or addition in the next edition. The University reserves which admission is sought. Students already enrolled in graduate the right to make changes without prior notice to the information studies at McGill may apply for some fellowships on their own and contained in this Calendar, including alteration of conditions and some through the auspices of their academic department. Appro- values of awards. priate procedures for application vary according to the particular This publication is accessible on the World Wide Web at fellowship. http://www.mcgill.ca/fgsr under Fellowships and Awards. The staff of the Office is well-informed and friendly, and encour- ages all current and prospective McGill students to visit, call, e-mail or write to obtain further information on appropriate sources of funding for graduate education. Dr. Martha Crago, 1 Office of Fellowships and Awards Associate Vice-Principal (Graduate Studies) 1.1 Location Office of Fellowships and Awards 2 Financing Graduate Education Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research Dawson Hall, Room 408 There are five ways to finance graduate studies at McGill Univer- 853 Sherbrooke Street West sity. A graduate student can: Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T6 Canada 1) win a fellowship from an external granting agency; Telephone: (514) 398-3995 2) win an internal McGill Graduate Faculty Award; Fax: (514) 398-2626 3) win a McGill departmental or faculty award; Email: [email protected] 4) earn money by working as a research or teaching assistant Web: http://www.mcgill.ca/fgsr for a McGill professor or department or; McGill University, Graduate Studies and Research 1999-2000 FGSR – 41 Admissions, Recruitment and Graduate Studies Calendar - Previous Page Next Page Registrar’s Home Page First Page GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS 5) receive funding in the form of loans and bursaries from the Director of the academic unit in which he/she intends to study for federal or provincial government. more information regarding departmental and faculty awards. 1) External Granting Agency Fellowships are listed in the 4) Research and Teaching Assistantships are handled by section of this Calendar entitled "External Fellowships", page 43. individual academic departments at McGill. Many departments Currently, the value of awards offered by these agencies (including employ graduate students as research or teaching assistants and those supported by the Canadian and Quebec governments) var- may offer up to 12 hours of employment per week without chang- ies from approximately $11,000 to $17,000 per year. Many may be ing the student's full-time status. In all cases, the appointment of renewed. Application deadlines for the majority of external grant- assistants is recommended by the Chair of the department con- ing agency fellowships fall during October to November, for fellow- cerned. All assistantship inquiries should be directed to depart- ships tenable in September of the following year. Fellowships ments. It is not general policy to waive tuition or other fees for offered by external granting agencies for postdoctoral level study assistants, demonstrators or fellows, though in some cases provi- and research are described in the "Postdoctoral Fellowships" sec- sion is made for a basic stipend and fees. International students tion of the Calendar, page 71. Opportunities for funding to pursue should note that Canadian Immigration regulations permit them to graduate study and research outside of Canada are listed in the work part-time on the University campus provided they remain section entitled "Exchanges and Travelling Fellowships", page 76. registered full-time. 2) McGill Graduate Faculty Awards are described in detail in 5) Loans and Bursaries are administered by the province in the section entitled "McGill Graduate Faculty Awards", page 50. which the student is deemed to be a resident. Basic qualifications McGill Graduate Faculty Major Fellowships (valued at $10,000 - are that the applicant is a full-time student and a Canadian citizen; $15,000 per year, for one or more years) are offered only to stu- certain categories of Permanent Residents may also be eligible. dents already enrolled in a Master's or doctoral program at McGill, The Quebec Student Loan and Canada Student Loan programs who meet the specific eligibility requirements of the year's compe- operate exclusively on the basis of financial need. Several prov- tition. Details regarding eligibility and specific deadlines for McGill inces augment their loan programs with a loan forgiveness pro- Major Fellowships are available in early September from depart- grams to help students reduce their debt loads. The McGill Student ments and the Office of Fellowships and Awards. For McGill stu- Aid Office provides information regarding application procedures dents in the social science and humanities disciplines, the McGill of these government loan programs. The Student Aid Office also Major Fellowship application deadline coincides with that of the administers institutional need-based funding including short term Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) loans to cover emergency situations, limited bursary assistance doctoral fellowships competition (generally during the month of and a Work/Study program. Further information is provided in the October). For McGill students in the natural science and engineer- "Loans and Bursaries" section of this Calendar, page 71. ing, and medical science disciplines the deadline coincides with that of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council General Fellowships Information (NSERC) Postgraduate Scholarships competition (generally dur- When an external fellowships announcement, received by the ing the month