Post-graduate & Travelling Scholarships Application Form

This page is restricted McGill Law students, professors, and staff.

Each year, the Faculty of Law of McGill awards a number of prizes and scholarships for post-graduate studies to graduating students and recent alumni. A list of these awards is available here: V. Prizes and scholarships for post-graduate studies. To ensure fairness and transparency, the Prizes and Scholarships Committee has developed this form for awards for which additional details must be supplied by the applicant or nominee to determine eligibility.

Application deadline: Wednesday, May 7, 2025 at 3 p.m.

Supporting Documentation

Before you begin, prepare your application – Familiarize yourself with the required information and supporting documentation below before completing the online application form.

1. Prepare an updated CV and a budget in a single Word or PDF file. Include your projected expenses, along with incomes and their sources (including personal sources of income).
   To make it easier for the committee to sort candidate files, please name your CV and budget file with your first and last name, the current year, and the words "grad_scholarships" (example Jane_Doe_2021_Grad_scholarships.doc).
2. Write down a Statement of proposed program of study (150 words) and a Statement of educational and career objectives (150 words) beforehand (you will paste them directly into the webform's fields).
3. Write down short paragraphs of your relevant work experience (200 words) and relevant extra-curricular activities (200 words).
4. Identify the two respondents who will email us a letter of reference supporting your application to these scholarships.
   To qualify, these letters of support (attached as a PDF file) must be emailed by your respondents from their institutional / corporate / organizational email addresses to prizes.law [at] mcgill.ca. The subject line of the email must be REFERENCE LETTER FOR [LASTNAME, FIRSTNAME].