Differential Fee Waiver
Graduate Research Enhancement and Travel Awards
Graduate Travel Funding Program
Differential Fee Waiver (DFW)
The Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Office (GPSO) offers a limited number of DFWs in the Summer term to international Master's students (and exceptionally to doctoral students) who are required to be registered full-time. These reduce international tuition fees to the equivalent of Canadian fees. These awards are based entirely on academic merit.
How your application for DFWs are processed in the Department:
The Fellowships Office at McGill distributes the DFWs to the Departments according to a formula based on the number of international students in a department and average funding per Canadian student. They notify the Department about the quota assigned for the Summer term.
The Department sends an email to all registered international graduate students announcing the deadline to submit DFW applications to the Department.
The Graduate Programs Office calculates the CGPA of each applicant based on their McGill graduate record and their previous academic record. As the number of DFWs allocated is limited, the competition is quite intense. Candidates must have obtained a first class average (at McGill, a minimum of 3.5/4) in each of the last two completed years of study.
The Graduate Financing Committee ranks each application and nominates top ranked candidates to GPSO. Please note that the number of DFWs allocated each Summer varies.
If granted, the value of the DFW will be credited to the students' fee account.
For detailed information please visit the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Fellowships and Awards website.
Graduate Research Enhancement and Travel Awards (G.R.E.A.T.)
Administered by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE), the purpose of the G.R.E.A.T. Awards is to support Graduate Students in ECE in their research efforts by partially funding travel to scholarly meetings or conferences where the student is presenting a paper related to their research.
Value of Awards
Each award is valued at CAD $750.00 maximum.
Eligibility
- At the time of application and presentation, applicants must be registered as full-time graduate students (or additional session students, working full-time on their degree) in a Master's (MEng.1 to MEng.2) or Doctoral (PhD.1 to PhD.5) program in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at McGill.
- At the time of taking up the award, applicants must have been accepted to present a paper or poster at a scholarly meeting or conference that falls within the specified time period of the competition.
- Students may apply prior to receiving confirmation of acceptance, but must have been accepted to present a paper or poster in order to be eligible to take up the award. Students who do not expect to receive confirmation of acceptance to the meeting before the competition deadline MUST still abide by our competition deadline - no extension will be granted.
- ORIGINAL applications only accepted by the deadline date.
- In the case of multiple-authored papers, only the presenter may apply for a travel grant.
- Applications for conferences that have already taken place will not be considered.
- Preference will be given to applicants who did not receive a G.R.E.A.T. Award in the previous competition.
- Results will be emailed to all applicants approximately 2 weeks after the application deadline date.
- G.R.E.A.T. Awards Application Form [.pdf]
Deadlines
July 31 (for travel from September 1 to December 31)
November 30 (for travel from January 1 to April 30)
March 31 (for travel from May 1 to August 31)
Should the deadline date fall on a weekend or holiday, the deadline will be the previous working day.
Submit your original application to:
ECE, Graduate Programs Office
McConnell Building, Room 602
Required Payment Documents
- The GREAT Payment Request Form [.pdf], including the required supervisor's signature. (To be submitted only after attending the conference or scholarly meeting.)
- Completed "Direct Deposit Bank Account" information under the Financil Aid menu on Minerva.
- Proof of participation in the conference or scholarly meeting as defined on the payment request form.
- Awards Certification Form [.pdf]
Submit your payment documents (no later than 3 weeks after the end of the conference or scholarly meeting) to:
ECE, Graduate Programs Office
McConnell Building, Room 602
Payment of the Award
Payment of the award will be made directly to the awardees bank account as a one-time lump sum award payment.
Graduate Travel Funding Program
The Graduate Travel Funding Program is designated to support non-conference related graduate student travel outside of Canada, specifically for the purpose of research related trips, field work and training programs related to methodologies and research techniques.
Eligibility
In order to be eligible to receive funding from this program, students must meet the following eligibility requirements:
- Registered full-time in a graduate degree program (PhD or Masters; Thesis or Non-thesis)
- Travel must not be for conferences, but insteach be for the purpose of:
- Research Training
- Field work
- Learning about methodologies or research techniques
- Traveling internationally (outside of Canada)
- Some or all travel must occur between September 1, 2011 and September 1, 2012
- Not receiving funds from the Student Exchange & Study Away (SESA) program www.mcgill.ca/studentaid/exchangefunding/mobilityawards
How to Apply for Funding
- Complete the Graduate Travel Application Form and submit it to the ECE Graduate Programs Office, McConnell Room 602
- There is no application deadline. You must submit your application form before you travel. The only exception is for those students who have already travelled between September 1, 2011 and November 30, 2011, submit your application, proof of travel and original receipts before December 15, 2011.
How to Receiving Your Funding
Submit to the ECE Graduate Programs Office, no later than 3 weeks following your travel:
- Proof of travel.
- Original receipts in the amount for which funding is requested.
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