Call for Nominations: SSHRC Doctoral Awards
Summary:
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) provides financial support to outstanding eligible students pursuing master’s or doctoral studies in a Canadian university in social sciences or humanities. The SSHRC website is now updated for the fall 2013 SSHRC Doctoral Awards competition: http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/funding-financement/programs-programmes/fellowships/doctoral-doctorat-eng.aspx. The site includes a link to the online application form.
Important Changes:
(i) When calculating eligibility for funding, months of previous doctoral study will now be counted as of December 31 of the year of application (not as of the anticipated start date of the award)
(ii) Students who are or will be registered in a (a) combined MA/PhD, (b) fast-track program (accelerated from a Master’s program into a doctoral program without obtaining the Master’s degree) or (c) direct-entry doctoral program may be eligible to apply to the Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s Scholarship program (CGS M), provided that they have completed between zero and 12 months of graduate-level studies by December 31 of the year of application.
Deadlines:
(i) Deadline for applications to be submitted by students to their graduate program: to be set by the graduate program
(ii) Deadline for nominations to be submitted by graduate programs to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 (this date is provisional, as NSERC has not yet confirmed the application deadlines for its doctoral awards program)
SSHRC CGS-Master’s Awards:
The CGS-Master’s programs for CIHR, NSERC, and SSHRC are in the midst of a harmonization process. Please visit the tri-agency CGS harmonization webpage for more information: http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/CGSHarmonization-HarmonizationBESC_eng.asp. You’ll also find other useful tools and resources, including a set of frequently asked questions and a list of institutional allocations. As you know, students will soon apply for a CGS-M using the Granting Agencies’ Research Portal and Common CV. The portal and the CGS Master’s CCV template will be accessible in early September. Students will list institutions where they are registered or intend to register in their application and the agencies will make applications available to relevant institutions. Students will take up the award at the institution where an offer was accepted (i.e., after being successful in the institution’s review process). More information on the availability of the application form, instructions, and CCV template will follow in the coming weeks. The application deadline for students is December 1, 2013, which means the entire application and adjudication process will be pushed approximately two months later than in previous years.