GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS

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GRADUATESCHOLARSHIPS

• Paulette Arsenault
• Awards Officer
• Faculty of Graduate And
• Postdoctoral Studies

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THE BASICS

• ROLE OF THE GRADUATE AWARDS OFFICE
• Admission Scholarships
• Deans Scholarships
• Excellence Scholarships
• External Scholarships
• Travel and Research Grants
• Promissory Notes

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THE FGPS
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WHAT WE WILL BE DISCUSSING

• University of Ottawa Scholarships
• Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents
• International Students
• Travel and Research Grants
• Other Sources of Funding
• Provincial Scholarships
• OGS (Ontario) and FRQs (Quebec)
• National Granting Agencies
• CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC
• Contact us

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Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents

• Masters with thesis Admission Scholarship
• Minimum CGPA of 8.0 / 10 (with the recommendation
  of the academic unit)
• Full-time registration for the duration of the
  scholarship
• Tuition fees (which are currently between 5601
  and 5871 per year, depending on the discipline)
• RAs or TAs of at least 7500 per year
• A scholarship of 1000 per year
• For 2 years (non renewable)
• A total value of at least 28,202
• www.grad.uottawa.ca/Default.aspx?tabid1472

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Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents

• PhD Admission Scholarship
• Minimum CGPA of 8.0 / 10, automatic
• Full-time registration for the duration of the
  scholarship
• Tuition fees (which are currently between 5601
  and 5871 per year, depending on the discipline)
• RAs or TAs of at least 9000 per year
• A scholarship of 2500 per year
• For 4 years (non-renewable)
• A total value of at least 68,404
• www.grad.uottawa.ca/Default.aspx?tabid1472

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Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents

• Masters non professional type and professional
  programs part of the CNFS Admission Scholarship
• Minimum CGPA of 8.0 / 10 (with the recommendation
  of the academic unit)
• Full-time registration for the duration of the
  scholarship
• Tuition fees (which are currently between 5601
  and 5871 per year, depending on the discipline)
• RAs or TAs of at least 7500
• A scholarship of 2000
• For 1 year (non renewable)
• A total value of at least 15,101
• www.grad.uottawa.ca/Default.aspx?tabid1472

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Canadian Citizens and Permanent ResidentsDEANS
SCHOLARSHIPSThe Deans Scholarship is applicable
to all students, regardless of whether they
received an Admission Scholarship. However they
must have begun their program of studies in May
2006 or later.

• To receive a Deans Scholarship, students will
  have to complete their degree in accordance with
  the following tables.
• Masters with thesis Non-professional
  type masters
• The FGPS considers a degree is
  completed when the student
• submits
  the version of his thesis used for the oral
  defense.
• Students who transfer directly to a PhD within
  the first 4 sessions of their masters
• program will receive the Deans Scholarship of
  1,500 (psychology students excluded).
• PhD

Lump sum payment Deadline to complete the degree
1 500 6 sessions or less
1 000 7 sessions
500 8 sessions
Lump sum payment Deadline to complete the degree
500 6 sessions or less
Lump sum payment Deadline to complete the degree
4,000 12 sessions or less
3,500 13 sessions
3,000 14 sessions
2,500 15 sessions
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Canadian Citizens and Permanent Residents

• STUDENT MOBILITY BURSARY
• Available to PhD students
• PhD program must have begun in May 2006 or later
• 4,000 value
• Must be recipient of the Admission Scholarship
• Will spend at least one session in a foreign
  institution in either year 3 or year 4 of your
  program
• Authorization from your supervisor is required
• Your Academic Unit must confirm that all
  requirements have been fulfilled
• You must submit a research project and a
  curriculum vitae
• www.grad.uottawa.ca/Default.aspx?tabid1476

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International Students

• Admission Scholarship
• At the University of Ottawa, each faculty is
  allocated a budget for international students.
• Each faculty holds their own competition with
  their own criteria scholarships are awarded in
  accordance to the faculties priorities until the
  funds are depleted.
• Your file must be recommended to the FGPS by the
  faculty with which you have submitted an
  admissions application.
• There are 3 types of international admission
  scholarships
• Full Scholarship includes
• Minimum CGPA of 9.0 / 10
• Full tuition fees (currently 13, 692 / yr)
  RAs or TAs yearly scholarship
• Differential Scholarship includes
• Minimum CGPA of 8.0 / 10
• International fees (you must pay the equivalent
  of the Canadian fees, currently 5601 or 5871
  per year, depending on the discipline) RAs or
  TAs yearly scholarship
• Bourse internationale de la francophonie
• Minimum CGPA of 8.0 / 10
• Must demonstrate an active knowledge of French
• You must pay tuition fees of 2500 per year you
  will receive RAs or TAs yearly scholarship

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Canadian Citizens, Permanent Residents and
International Students

• DOCTORAL RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP
• Eligibility requirements
• Not be recipient of an admission scholarship
• Be registered full-time with no interruption
• Have completed all degree requirements except for
  dissertation
• Have an excellent assessment of academic progress
  from your supervisor and from the director of
  graduate studies in your academic unit
• The scholarship expires at the end of the fourth
  year of the doctorate, at the latest. During
  this period, the scholarship pays Canadian
  tuition fees (even for international students).
• 2 scholarships per session are awarded
• Deadlines are the last Monday of January, May and
  September
• www.grad.uottawa.ca/Default.aspx?tabid1477

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Canadian Citizens, Permanent residents and
International Students

• EXCELLENCE SCHOLARSHIP
• An Excellence Scholarship equivalent to tuition
  fees is awarded to recipients of major external
  awards (e.g., CIHR, FRQ, NSERC, OGS, SSHRC)
  excluding recipients in a graduate program at the
  Telfer School of Management.
• It is valid for each session you are awarded an
  external scholarship
• If you were awarded an Admission Scholarship it
  will be replaced by the Excellence Scholarship
• The Admission Scholarship will be reinstated at
  the end of the Excellence Scholarship if there
  are any remaining eligible sessions of the
  Admission Scholarship
• This scholarship does not include any TAs, RAs
  or annual cash payment
• Please contact the FGPS or the Telfer School of
  Management for details

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Canadian Citizens, Permanent Residents and
International StudentsCONFERENCE TRAVEL GRANT

• The FGPS recognizes the importance of sharing the
  work of graduate students with the broader
  scientific community.
• Must be registered as a full-time student at the
  University of Ottawa when the conference takes
  place.
• Students in a masters program with thesis
  (having completed fewer than 6 sessions), the
  FGPS awards one grant per student for a
  conference that must takes place in North America
  (max. 550). Students who wish to travel outside
  North America receive a maximum of 550.
• Students in a doctoral program (must have
  completed more than 2 sessions and fewer than 15
  sessions), a maximum of 3 grants per student can
  be awarded. Only one grant will be provided per
  fiscal year (May 1st and April 30th). Two of the
  trips must take place in North America. No
  geographic restriction applies to one of the 3
  grants (max. 850). Students who choose to travel
  outside of North America more than once will
  receive a maximum of 550 for the second trip.
• This grant can be used only to pay the cost of
  travel (train, plane, bus or other) to present
  research results related to your thesis.
• www.grad.uottawa.ca/Default.aspx?tabid1471

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Canadian Citizens, Permanent Residents and
International StudentsRESEARCH TRAVEL GRANT

• The FGPS recognizes that travel by graduate
  students in the pursuit of research for their
  thesis or dissertation is important.
• Maximum of 500.
• Must be registered full-time at the University of
  Ottawa when travel takes place.
• Travel that allows the direct collection of data
  for a thesis or dissertation in progress (i.e.
  conduct interviews, perform archival research,
  visiting a foreign lab).
• A single grant for those registered in a masters
  program
• (must have at least 2 sessions completed but
  less than 6).
• A single grant for those registered in a doctoral
  program
• (must have at least 3 sessions completed but
  less than 12).
• www.grad.uottawa.ca/Default.aspx?tabid1469

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OTHER SOURCES OF FUNDING

• Travel Grants (to present at conferences)
• FGPS (2nd floor, Secretary of the Vice-Dean)
• Your academic unit
• GSAED (601 Cumberland Street) (www.uottawa.ca/gsae
  d)
• Financial Aid and Awards Service
• Emergency loans, maximum of 500 (FGPS)
• Traditional financial aid (University Centre, 2nd
  floor)
• Departmental Assistantships
• Teaching and research assistantships (TAs RAs),
  positions as correctors, part-time teaching
  please contact your academic unit for more
  information
• Promissory Note
• Graduate students receiving remuneration of any
  type from the UO (TAs, RAs, part-time teaching
  contracts, soft funded bursaries, etc.) may get
  their tuition fees and other UO expenses
  completely or partially deducted from their
  salary, interest-free. Once registered, do not
  wait for an invoice, bring a copy of all the
  contracts completed and signed to the scholarship
  office at the FGPS.

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PROVINCIAL SCHOLARSHIPS

• Ontario
• Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)
• Québec
• Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ)
• - Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société
  et la culture (FQRSC)
• - Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la nature
  et les technologies (FQRNT)
• - Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec
  (FRSQ)
• Other Provinces
• c/o financial assistance program of the province
  of residence

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Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)

• All students who are thinking of pursuing
  graduate studies in an Ontario university are
  eligible to apply, including international
  students
• Value 15,000 (10,000 from the Ministry and
  5,000 from the host university)
• Excellence Scholarship (this covers tuitions
  fees only for the same period the OGS is held)
• Duration One year (non-renewable)
• (you must submit a new application each year)
• 2000 awards each year
• 1940 for Canadians Citizens Permanent Residents
• 60 for International Students
• Minimum CGPA of 8.0 / 10 (A-)
• Maximum of 10,000 in other scholarships
• Lifetime maximum of four years of
  government-funded student awards
• Deadline Early October
• Complete Details http//osap.gov.on.ca
• Please consult our Power Point presentation for
  guidelines and helpful tips at

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Fonds de recherche du Québec (FRQ)

• 3 FUNDS FQRSC Fonds québécois de la recherche
  sur la société et culture (Society and
  Culture) www.fqrsc.gouv.qc.ca
• FQRNT Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la
  nature et les technologies
• (Nature and Technology) www.fqrnt.gouv.qc.ca
• FRSQ Fonds de la recherche en Santé du
  Québec (Health)
• www.frsq.gouv.qc.ca
• B1 (Masters)
• 15,000 / yr. (max. first 6 sessions)
• Minimal CGPA FQRSC - A (LL.B. 3.55) FQRNT -
  3.55 FRSQ - B
• B2 (PhD)
• 20,000 / yr (max. first 9 sessions)
• No minimal CGPA
• You must be a permanent resident of Quebec for at
  least one year at the time of applying
• Excellence Scholarship (this covers tuitions
  fees only for the same period the Fonds is
  held)

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NATIONAL GRANTING AGENCIES

• Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR)
• www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
  (NSERC)
• www.nserc.ca
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
  (SSHRC)
• www.sshrc.ca

APPLY TO ONE AGENCY ONLY!
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NATIONAL GRANTING AGENCIES

• ELIGIBILITY
• Canadian citizen or permanent resident
• Be applying for support to pursue your first
  masters degree or your first Ph.D. degree
• Have achieved a first-class average, which is
  defined by the University of Ottawa as 8.0 / 10,
  in each of the last two years of full-time
  studies for a masters scholarship
• There is no minimum GPA required for CIHR and
  SSHRC for the doctoral scholarship NSERC does
  require a GPA of at least 8.0 /10 in each of the
  last 2 years of full-time studies
• Not have already received an award from SSHRC,
  NSERC, CIHR to fund a degree at the same level

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NATIONAL GRANTING AGENCIES
DEADLINES
CIHR PhD --------------- Masters Mid - October Directly to CIHR ------------------------------------------------------------------- Mid - December At the FGPS
SSHRC PhD -------------- Masters End of October At your Academic Unit ------------------------------------------------------------------ Mid - November At your Academic Unit
NSERC Masters and PhD Early October At your Academic Unit
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NATIONAL GRANTING AGENCIES
Amounts for Masters and Ph.D. Scholarships
CIHR Doctoral CGS D 21,000 per year (max. 3 yrs.) 35,000 per year (max. 3 yrs.)
CIHR Masters 17,500 1 year (CGS - M)
NSERC Doctoral CGS - D 21,000 per year (max. 3 yrs.) 35,000 per year (max. 3 yrs.)
NSERC Masters CGS - M 17,300 per year (max. 2 yrs.) 17,500 1 year
SSHRC Doctoral CGS D 20,000 per year (max. 4 yrs.) 35,000 per year for 3 years
SSHRC Masters 17,500 - 1 year (CGS - M)
Excellence Scholarship (this covers tuitions fees only for the same period the scholarship from one of the federal agencies is held) Excellence Scholarship (this covers tuitions fees only for the same period the scholarship from one of the federal agencies is held) Excellence Scholarship (this covers tuitions fees only for the same period the scholarship from one of the federal agencies is held)
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STILL NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION?
www.grad.uottawa.ca

• Contact us
• Hagen Hall, Room 104
• 115 Séraphin Marion Street
• Email grdaward_at_uottawa.ca
• Telephone [phone] ext. 2636 Fax (613)
  562-5992
• Humanities and Social Sciences
• Paulette Arsenault
• Email parsenau_at_uottawa.ca Extension 1238
• Science, Engineering Medicine
• Daniel Melanson
• Email dmelanso_at_uottawa.ca Extension 1239

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THE FGPS