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Professor Heather Munroe-Blum Principal and Vice-Chancellor McGill Graduate Fellowships and Awards University Calendar Published by: Enrolment Services McGill University 845 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2T5 Published July 2008 McGill University reserves the right to make changes to the information contained in this publication - including correcting errors, altering fees, schedules of admission and credit requirements and revising or cancelling particular courses or programs - without prior notification. The Web version of the Calendar at www.mcgill.ca/courses is the most current edition of this document. Printed in Canada All contents copyright © 2008 by McGill University. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this publication, or portions thereof, in any form. Legal deposit 2008, National Library of Canada and Bibliothèque nationale du Québec ISSN 1718-9241 Editor Bonnie Borenstein Enrolment Services Cover Photos Claudio Calligaris Owen Egan Cover Design Content and Collaboration Solutions GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS 2008- 2009 Table of Contents 5.5 Education, page 23 5.5.1 Educational and Counselling Psychology, page 24 Dean’s Welcome, page 4 5.5.2 Integrated Studies in Education, page 24 1 Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Office, Fellowships and 5.5.3 Information Studies, page 24 5.5.4 Kinesiology and Physical Education, page 25 Awards, page 5 5.6 Engineering, page 26 1.1 Location, page 5 5.6.1 Architecture, page 26 1.2 Administrative Officers, page 5 5.6.2 Chemical Engineering, page 28 2 Graduate Student Financial Support, page 5 5.6.3 Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, page 28 5.6.4 Electrical and Computer Engineering, page 28 2.1 Information for International Students and Fellows, 5.6.5 Mechanical Engineering, page 29 page 5 5.6.6 Mining and Materials Engineering, page 29 2.2 Further Information, page 6 5.6.7 Urban Planning, page 29 3 External Fellowships, page 6 5.7 Desautels Faculty of Management, page 29 3.1 Federal Fellowships for Canadian Students and 5.7.1 CA and Public Accountancy, page 29 Postdocs, page 6 5.7.2 Masters in Manufacturing Management, page 30 5.7.3 MBA, page 30 3.2 Provincial Fellowships for Quebec Students and 5.7.4 PhD (Management), page 31 Postdocs, page 7 5.8 Law, page 31 3.3 Provincial Fellowships for Students and Postdocs from 5.9 Medicine, page 32 Other Provinces, page 7 5.9.1 Internal Studentships, page 32 3.4 Industrial Fellowships, page 7 5.9.2 Multidisciplinary Research Awards, page 33 3.5 External Fellowships for International Students and 5.9.3 Multidisciplinary Clinical Awards, page 33 Postdocs, page 8 5.9.4 Research Institute Awards, page 34 5.9.4.1 Cancer Centre, page 34 3.6 Associations and Private or Not-for-Profit Foundations, 5.9.4.2 Montreal Children’s Hospital, page 34 page 8 5.9.4.3 Montreal Neurological Institute, page 34 4 McGill Graduate Fellowships, page 9 5.9.5 Academic Unit Awards, page 34 4.1 Recruitment Fellowships, page 9 5.9.5.1 Biochemistry, page 34 4.1.1 Richard H. Tomlinson Fellowships, page 9 5.9.5.2 Biomedical Engineering, page 34 4.1.2 Max Stern Recruitment Fellowships, page 9 4.1.3 Major Recruitment Fellowships, page 9 5.9.5.3 Biomedical Ethics, page 35 4.1.4 Discipline-specific Recruitment Fellowships, 5.9.5.4 Communication Sciences and Disorders, page 9 page 35 4.2 McGill Major Fellowships, page 10 5.9.5.5 Experimental Medicine, page 35 4.3 Complementary McGill Awards to Major Fellowships, 5.9.5.6 Microbiology and Immunology, page 35 page 11 5.9.5.7 Nursing, page 35 4.4 Specialized Fellowships, page 11 5.9.5.8 Ophthalmology, page 36 4.5 Dissertation Fellowships, page 12 5.9.5.9 Orthopaedic Surgery, page 36 4.6 Exemptions from the International Tuition Supplement, 5.9.5.10 Pathology, page 36 page 12 5.9.5.11 Pharmacology and Therapeutics, page 36 4.7 Graduation Prizes and Awards, page 13 5.9.5.12 Physical and Occupational Therapy, page 36 5 Fellowships awarded by Departments and Faculties, page 13 5.10 Faculty of Religious Studies, page 37 5.1 Multidisciplinary, page 13 5.11 Schulich School of Music, page 38 5.1.1 McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, page 14 5.12 Science, page 40 5.2 Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, page 15 5.12.1 Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, page 40 5.2.1 Agricultural Economics, page 16 5.12.2 Biology, page 41 5.2.2 Animal Science, page 16 5.12.3 Chemistry, page 41 5.2.3 Bioresource Engineering, page 16 5.12.4 Computer Science, page 42 5.2.4 Natural Resource Sciences, page 16 5.12.5 Earth and Planetary Sciences, page 42 5.2.5 Parasitology, page 16 5.12.6 Geography, page 42 5.2.6 Plant Science, page 17 5.12.7 Physics, page 42 5.3 Arts, page 17 5.12.8 Psychology, page 43 5.3.1 Anthropology, page 18 6 Student Financial Assistance, page 43 5.3.2 Art History and Communication Studies, page 18 5.3.3 Classics, page 18 6.1 Government Student Aid, page 43 5.3.4 East Asian Studies, page 18 6.1.1 Citizens and Permanent Residents of Canada, 5.3.5 Economics, page 19 page 43 5.3.6 English and Comparative Literature, page 19 6.1.2 Citizens and Permanent Residents of the United 5.3.7 German Studies, page 19 States, page 43 5.3.8 History, page 19 6.2 McGill Student Aid, page 44 5.3.9 Islamic Studies, page 20 7 Postdoctoral Fellowships, page 44 5.3.10 Italian Studies, page 20 7.1 Internal Postdoctoral Fellowships, page 44 5.3.11 Jewish Studies, page 20 5.3.12 Langue et littérature françaises, page 20 7.2 External Postdoctoral Fellowships, page 46 5.3.13 Linguistics, page 20 8 Exchange and Travelling Fellowships, page 46 5.3.14 McGill Centre for Research and Teaching on 9 Index of Fellowships and Awards, page 52 Women, page 20 5.3.15 Philosophy, page 21 5.3.16 Political Science, page 21 5.3.17 Social Studies of Medicine, page 21 5.3.18 Social Work, page 22 5.3.19 Sociology, page 23 5.4 Dentistry, page 23 McGill University, Graduate Fellowships and Awards 2008-2009 3 McGill University: www.mcgill.ca Dean’s Welcome Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Office To Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows: www.mcgill.ca/gps/fellowships I am extremely pleased to welcome you to McGill University. With Admission: over 250 Doctoral and Master's degree programs, McGill is com- mitted to providing world-class graduate education and postdoc- www.mcgill.ca/applying/graduate toral training in a full range of academic disciplines and University Calendars: professions. The Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Office (GPSO) works in collaboration with the Faculties and other admin- www.mcgill.ca/courses istrative and academic units to deliver the very highest level of teaching and research across the University. The GPSO is responsible for the admission and registration of graduate stu- dents, disbursing graduate fellowships, supporting postdoctoral fellows, and facilitating the graduation process, including the examination of theses.