CAGS/PROQUEST-UMI Distinguished Dissertation Awards
Complete application packages (as outlined in the CAGS-PROQUEST-UMI Checklist below) must be submitted to GPS Graduate Funding (James Administration Bldg, room 400). This includes orginal hard copy as well as a scanned copy to gradcomp.gps [at] mcgill.ca and entered on FAD by the deadline indicated below. Documents/packages must be clearly labeled "GPS Graduate Funding." Each unit is limited to one recommended application per discipline category. Units are responsible for determining their own internal deadlines for student applications. Applicants must have submitted the final copies of their dissertation during the previous calendar year.
Deadline
February 23, 2018
Discipline Categories
Each unit is limited to one recommended application per discipline category.
- Fine Arts/ Humanities/Social Sciences
- Natural Sciences/Medical Sciences/Engineering
ADESAQ
Complete application packages (as outlined in the ADESAQ checklist below) must be submitted to GPS Graduate Funding (James Administration Bldg, room 400) and entered on FAD by the deadline indicated below. Documents/packages must be clearly labeled "GPS Gradate Funding." Each unit is limited to one recommended application per discipline category. McGill may only make one nomination per category to the agency. Applicants must have submitted the final copies of their dissertation during the previous calendar year.
Deadline
February 23, 2018
Discipline Categories
Each unit is limited to one recommended application per discipline category.
- Natural Sciences/Engineering
- Health Science
- Humanities/Social Science
For more information, please consult McGill's Dissertation Awards information page for students.
Council of Graduate Schools (CGS/UMI) ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards(US)
Complete application package must be submitted to GPS Graduate Funding via email to gradcomp.gps [at] mcgill.ca and entered on FAD by the deadline indicated below. Each unit is limited to one recommended application per discipline category.
The effective date of the degree awarded, or the completion of doctoral degree requirements and dissertation, must lie in the period of July 1, 2016 to June 30, 2018, inclusive,
Deadline
June 15, 2018
Discipline Categories
Each unit is limited to one recommended application per discipline category.
- Mathematics, Physical Sciences and Engineering: Mathematics: mathematics, statistics, computer sciences, data processing, systems analysis; Physical Sciences: chemistry, earth sciences, physics, geology, meteorology, astronomy, metallurgy, geophysics, pharmaceutical chemistry; Engineering: aeronautical, architectural, biomedical, ceramic, chemical, civil, and electrical engineering sciences; environmental health engineering; geological, mechanical, mining, nuclear, and petroleum engineering.
- Social Sciences: agricultural economics, geography, anthropology, archaeology, economics, education, sociology, government (political science), demography, and psychology. Please note that for purposes of this competition, history is classed within the humanities and is not a field of competition in 2018
Required Forms/Tools
- CGS Reviewer Checklist
- Nomination Form (submit as separate document CGS-ProQuest-Nomination-Form-2018-NomineeNAME-DEPT.pdf along with application attached to same email message.)
Additional Competition Resources
- McGill's Dissertation Awards information page for students
- Council of Graduate Schools (detailed instructions for "Materials" and "Criteria")
Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools Doctoral Dissertation and Master's Thesis Awards
Each unit is limited to one doctoral and one master's nomination. Nominations to be entered on FAD and complete nomination packages to be submitted to GPS Graduate Funding via email to gradcomp.gps [at] mcgill.ca by the deadline indicated below. Complete package
in one single PDF file.
Deadline
15 December 2017
Discipline Categories
- Eligible Master's Thesis 2018 - Physical Sciences, Mathematics, & Engineering
- Eligible Doctoral Dissertation 2018 - Agricultural, Biological & Health Sciences