rss

Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships and NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships

Overview

Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS) and NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships (PGS) provide financial support to high-calibre scholars who are engaged in master's or doctoral programs in the natural sciences or engineering. The CGS will be offered to the top-ranked applicants at each level (master’s and doctoral) and the next tier of meritorious applicants will be offered an NSERC PGS. This support allows these scholars to fully concentrate on their studies and seek out the best research mentors in their chosen fields. NSERC encourages interested and qualified Aboriginal students to apply.

Since total NSERC scholarship support is limited to a maximum of four years full-time equivalence, scholars are encouraged to complete their studies in an expeditious manner.

Are you eligible for scholarship support?

To be considered eligible for support, as of the application deadline date, you must:

be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada;
hold, or expect to hold (at the time you take up the award), a degree in science or engineering from a university whose standing is recognized by NSERC (if you have a degree in a field other than science or engineering, NSERC may accept your application at its discretion);
intend to pursue, in the following year, full-time graduate studies and research at the master's or doctoral level in an eligible program (see Eligibility Criteria) in one of the areas of the natural sciences and engineering supported by NSERC; and
have obtained a first-class average (a grade of "A-") in each of the last two completed years of study (full-time equivalent).


You are not eligible to receive scholarship support while you are in a qualifying year of study.

NSERC uses the date of degree completion to determine the eligibility of applicants. This is the date on which all the requirements of your degree have been met, including successful defence and submission of the corrected copy of your thesis (in accordance with your university's regulations).

Note: You may submit only one application per year to one granting agency (NSERC or CIHR or SSHRC).

What categories of scholarships are available?

There are four types of scholarships available through the Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships and NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships programs: CGS M, PGS M, CGS D and PGS D.

CGS M and PGS M

CGS M Value: $17,500 (for one year)
PGS M Value: $17,300 (for one year

These scholarships are for a maximum duration of 12 months.

To be eligible to apply:
you must have completed, as of December 31 of the year of application, between zero and 12 months of studies (full-time equivalent) in the master’s program for which you are requesting funding; or
if you were admitted into a doctoral program directly from your bachelor’s program, you must have completed, as of December 31 of the year of application, between zero and 12 months of studies (full-time equivalent) in the doctoral program for which you are requesting funding; or
you must have completed, as of December 31 of the year of application, no more than 12 months of studies (full-time equivalent) in a master’s program, and you are requesting funding for your doctoral program; and
you must not have previously taken up an NSERC PGS A, PGS M, IPS 1,* or a CGS M for the program of study to which you are currently applying for funding; and
you must not hold, or have held, a CGS M from either CIHR or SSHRC.
In evaluating your eligibility, NSERC will consider all studies counted towards the graduate degree for which funding is requested, whether completed at the degree-granting institution or not. NSERC will count two sessions of part-time study as one session of full-time study.

To hold these awards you must:

be registered full-time in your master's or doctoral program at an eligible university;
take up the award in May following the announcement of the results, if you have completed 12 months of studies as of December 31 of the year of application.
Note: CGS/PGS M support will not extend beyond the 28th month of your master's program.

CGS D and PGS D

CGS D Value: $35,000 per year
PGS D Value: $21,000 per year

These programs offer support for 24 months or 36 months.

Note: If you entered your doctoral program directly from your bachelor’s degree and have completed between four and 12 months of studies in the doctoral program, you may be eligible to apply for a PGS M or for a PGS D. Applying for a PGS M, if you are eligible, will maximize your potential period of funding. You are responsible for choosing the type of award for which you apply.

To be eligible to apply:

you must have completed, as of December 31 of the year of application, up to between zero and 24 months of studies (full-time equivalent) in the doctoral program for which you are requesting funding; or
if you were admitted into a doctoral program directly from your bachelor’s program, you must have completed, as of December 31 of the year of application, between four and 36 months of studies (full-time equivalent) in the doctoral program for which you are requesting funding;
you must not have previously taken up an NSERC PGS B, PGS D, CGS D, IPS 2,* or a Vanier CGS for the program of study to which you are currently applying for funding; and
you must not hold, or have held, a CGS D from either CIHR or SSHRC.
In the evaluation of your eligibility, NSERC will consider all studies counted towards the graduate degree for which funding is requested, whether completed at the degree-granting institution or not. NSERC will count two sessions of part-time study as one session of full-time study.

If you registered in a master’s degree and subsequently transferred to a doctoral degree, the months in the doctoral degree will be calculated starting from the first academic session in which you were officially registered in your Ph.D. program

NSERC Deadlines

NSERC must receive all applications from Canadian universities by November 25 of each year.

If you are applying directly to NSERC, your application must be received at NSERC by October 15.

Notification of Decision

NSERC notifies applicants whose applications were submitted to NSERC of the results by mail by March 31. NSERC will not provide results by telephone or e-mail. If you move after submitting your application, please inform NSERC by sending an e-mail to schol@nserc-crsng.gc.ca no later than March 1. You can also get the results from the Faculty (School) of Graduate Studies at your university.

http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/PG-CS/BellandPostgrad-BelletSuperieures_eng.asp


Please kindly mention Scholarization.blogspot.com when applying for this scholarship


Bookmark and Share

Other Recommended Scholarships



Join us and fill in the form below with your email address to get free scholarship information:

Privacy Guarantee: we will not share your personal information with anyone.

0 comments:


Post a Comment

Get free scholarship Info into your inbox!

Fill in your e-mail address below to get free scholarship information:

Delivered by FeedBurner

Click on "Like" to receive scholarship updates via facebook

Recent Scholarships

free counters

Blog Archive

 
Scholarship Team: Ph.D Scholar Krisstofferson Joniel Scholarship Adviser, PhD Scholar Vitom Chea Scholarship Adviser, PhD Scholar Rebecca T. Dalisay Scholarship Adviser, Ph.D Student Jiao Wang Scholarship Coordinator, MSc Student Dennise Maricel Scholarship Coordinator
Creative Commons License
The published information is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Creative Commons
Scholarship Team: Ph.D Scholar Krisstofferson Joniel Scholarship Adviser, PhD Scholar Chea Vitom Scholarship Adviser and Senior Lecturer, PhD Scholar Rebecca T. Dalisay Scholarship Adviser, Ph.D Student Jiao Wang Scholarship Coordinator, MSc Student Dennise Maricel Scholarship Coordinator