G Table of Contents 1 Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies RADUATE 1. Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Office, Fellowships Office, Fellowships and Awards and Awards Section, page 45 Section 1.1 Location 1.2 Administrative Officers 1.3 A Message from the Dean 1.1 Location 2. Financing Graduate Education, page 46 Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Office 2.1 General Fellowships Information Fellowships and Awards Section 2.2 Reference Books James Administration Building, Room 400 F 2.3 Funding Information on the Web 845 Sherbrooke Street West 2.4 Information for International Students and Fellows Montreal, Quebec H3A 2T5 Canada ELLOWSHIPS 3. External Fellowships, page 47 Telephone: (514) 398-3990 4. McGill Graduate Fellowships, page 54 Fax: (514) 398-2626 4.1 Recruitment Fellowships E-mail: [email protected] 4.2 McGill Major Fellowships (for continuing students Web: www.mcgill.ca/gps only) 4.3 Complementary McGill Awards to Major Fellowships 1.2 Administrative Officers 4.4 Dissertation Fellowships 4.5 Differential Fee Waivers Martha Crago; B.A., M.Sc.A., Ph.D.(McG.) Dean 4.6 Graduate Studies Fellowships (Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies) 4.7 Graduation Prizes and Awards Philip Oxhorn; B.A.(Redlands), M.A.(Cant.), Ph.D.(Harv.) 5. Fellowships awarded by Departments and Faculties, Associate Dean (Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies) AND page 57 Claude Lalande, B.Sc.(Montr.), M.B.A.(McG.) Manager, 5.1 Multidisciplinary Fellowships and Awards 5.2 Medical and Health Sciences Debra Blanch Tomlinson and External Fellowships A 5.2.1 Various Medical Science Units (Administration of Awards) 5.2.2 Faculty of Medicine: Internal Studentships 5.2.3 Dentistry T.B.A. External Fellowship Competitions WARDS 5.2.4 Nursing Brenda Stewart McGill Fellowships and 5.2.5 Physical and Occupational Therapy Differential Fee Waivers 5.3 Natural Sciences and Engineering Cathy Duggan Reception and General 5.3.1 Various Agricultural and Biological Sciences Funding Information Units 5.3.2 Chemical Engineering 5.3.3 Chemistry 1.3 A Message from the Dean 5.3.4 Earth and Planetary Sciences Graduate study and research in all scholarly, scientific and 5.3.5 Mining, Metals and Materials Engineering professional disciplines depends upon adequate financial 5.3.6 Various Physical Science and Engineering support for students and postdoctoral fellows. At McGill Uni- Units versity, the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Office, Fel- 5.4 Social Sciences and Humanities lowships and Awards Section provides information and 5.4.1 Various Social Science and Humanities Units administers several major internal fellowship competitions 5.4.2 Law each year. The Office also coordinates McGill applications 5.4.3 Library and Information Studies and distributes information related to numerous graduate and 5.4.4 Management postdoctoral fellowship and award competitions administered 5.4.5 Music outside the University. The Office works closely with individ- 5.4.6 Religious Studies ual applicants, academic departments at McGill, and external 5.4.7 Social Work granting agencies in order to facilitate applications for all 6. Loans and Bursaries, page 80 these sources of funding. 6.1 Government Loans and Bursaries This Graduate Fellowships and Awards Calendar is pub- 6.2 McGill Student Aid lished yearly by the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies 7. Postdoctoral Fellowships, page 80 Office (GPSO), Fellowships and Awards Section to furnish 7.1 Internal Postdoctoral Fellowships current and prospective McGill students with information 7.2 External Postdoctoral Fellowships about financing graduate education. It contains descriptions 8. Exchange and Travelling Fellowships, page 85 of all McGill's internal graduate fellowships, as well as many external fellowships tenable for graduate and postdoctoral 9. Index of Fellowships and Awards, page 90 level study. In addition to this Calendar, the Office maintains Please note that in the body of this Calendar, awards are a computerized data bank of many other, smaller or more listed alphabetically by their complete official names. In the specialized external fellowships and awards. index, awards are listed alphabetically by family name of ben- Students seeking admission to a McGill graduate program efactor if applicable. should note that individual academic departments make deci- All efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy of infor- sions about admission. The GPSO Fellowships and Awards mation in this Calendar. However, it is ultimately the respon- Section will be pleased to advise about possible sources of sibility of fellowship and award seekers themselves to verify funding; however, applications for funding should be directed program deadlines and requirements with the source agen- to the department into which admission is sought. Students cies. The Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Office, already enrolled in graduate studies at McGill may apply for Fellowships and Awards Section cannot be held responsible some fellowships on their own and some through the aus- for any errors or omissions, but would appreciate being pices of their academic department. Appropriate procedures informed of these, for correction or addition in the next edi- for application vary according to the particular fellowship. tion. The staff of the Office is well-informed and friendly, and The University reserves the right to make changes without encourages all current and prospective McGill students to prior notice to the information contained in this Calendar, visit, call, e-mail or write to obtain further information on including alteration of conditions and values of awards. appropriate sources of funding for graduate education. Dr. Martha Crago, Dean (Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies) McGill University, Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies 2003-2004 45 Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Calendar – Front Page McGill Home Page GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS departments during the fall semester of 2003 (check with depart- 2 Financing Graduate Education ments for specific deadlines). In addition to the McGill Major Fellowships for continuing grad- There are different ways to finance graduate studies at McGill uate students, McGill University provides a number of Recruitment University. A graduate student can: Fellowships. There are two types of Recruitment Fellowships. 1) win a fellowship from an external granting agency; Some are awarded through a specific competition, such as the Richard H. Tomlinson Fellowships (section 4.1.1), and the Max 2) win an internal McGill Graduate Fellowship; Stern McCord Museum Fellowships (see section 4.1.3, “Disci- 3) win a McGill departmental or faculty award; pline-specific Recruitment Fellowships”). Others, such as the Max 4) obtain a stipend from their supervisor’s research grant or con- Stern Recruitment Fellowships (section 4.1.2), and the Graduate tract; Studies Fellowships (section 4.6) are allocated to selected aca- 5) receive funding in the form of loans and bursaries from the fed- demic departments for outstanding applicants seeking first admis- eral or provincial government; sion to graduate studies at McGill during the following academic 6) receive a differential fee waiver for the international fee supple- year. All applicants for first-time graduate admission are automat- ment. ically considered by departments for a recruitment fellowship, if the unit has one to offer. There are no application forms, since awards In 2001-02, graduate students received over $6 million in McGill are based exclusively on departmental nomination. For additional fellowships and $4.6 million in salaries. They also attracted information, students should consult the academic unit from which approximately $10 million in fellowship funding from Canadian and they request admission. Quebec Government sources, as well as $1.4 million in differential fee waivers for international students from the Quebec govern- 3) McGill Departmental and Faculty Awards are listed in ment. Over $13 million form research grants and contracts was section 5, “Fellowships awarded by Departments and Faculties”. It devoted to graduate student support. Preliminary estimates indi- is the responsibility of the department, academic unit or faculty cate that over $4 million in fellowships was obtained through other administering these awards to determine deadlines and values. external sources. Consequently, they vary greatly. The student should contact the Graduate Studies Coordinator or Director of the academic unit in 1) External Granting Agency Fellowships are listed in which he/she intends to study for more information regarding section 3, “External Fellowships”. Currently, the value of awards departmental and faculty awards. offered by these agencies (including those supported by the Cana- dian and Quebec governments) varies from approximately 4) Stipends from Research Grants of Contracts provide an $15,000 to $21,000 per year. Many may be renewed. Application important source of support for graduate students in research pro- deadlines for the majority of external granting agency fellowships grams. A faculty member can budget for support of graduate stu- fall during October to November, for fellowships tenable in Sep- dents to work on their thesis or project research when they apply tember of the following year. Fellowships offered by external grant- for research grants. Several granting agencies allow the support to ing agencies for postdoctoral level study and research are be treated as scholarship income for the student. Granting agen- described in section 7, “Postdoctoral