- Prize for Groups
- Prize for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
- Prize for Emerging Researchers and Professors
- Prize for Established Academics and Professors
Prize for Groups
Applicants should demonstrate how they have aimed to connect members of the broader society to the research and other work they have done at McGill. Activities described in applications should be linked to fields of study, or to areas of expertise, research and/or teaching carried out at McGill University and its affiliated research centres.
Eligibility
- To be eligible to apply, the group must be created and led by one or more current McGill undergraduate or graduate students and must include at least three students. It is not necessary that all group members attend McGill University.
- Academic staff and faculty members may collaborate in group activities initiated by the students, but groups should be student-led on a day-to-day basis.
- Please indicate in the application form whether the group receives any funds from sources that are either internal or external to McGill or pays some of its members for part-time or full-time work related to the group activities.
- Groups whose primary focus is either advocacy or charity work are not eligible to apply. For example, groups whose purpose is to raise money for patients suffering from heart problems would not be eligible to apply. However, groups whose primary role is to educate the same patients and others about the prevention, management or treatment of heart attacks would be eligible.
Letter(s) of support
- Applications must include one letter of support from a faculty member or head of division from McGill University who is currently involved with the group and can attest to its activities.
- One additional letter of support may be included from people or organizations that are external to McGill.
- Please direct the writer(s) of letters of support here for more information.
Prize for Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Fellows
Applicants should demonstrate how they have aimed to connect members of the broader society to the research and other work they have done at McGill. Activities described in applications should be linked to fields of study, or to areas of expertise, research and/or teaching carried out at McGill University and its affiliated research centres.
Eligibility
- To be eligible to apply, you must be registered as a current McGill graduate student or post-doctoral fellow and have completed at least one semester at McGill.
- The Prize recognizes individuals who are new to public engagement and working with the media – those who have started to engage with the public and/or media within the past five years.
- You may not apply if you are in your qualifying year.
- All work included in the application, whether media work, direct public engagement, or work with stakeholders should be tied to sharing knowledge related to your fields of research and/or expertise.
Letter(s) of support
- Applications must include a letter of support from your supervisor or the professor you are working with at McGill University. It is not necessary for the chair of your department to submit a letter of support.
- One additional letter of support may be included from people or organizations that are external to McGill.
- Please direct all writer(s) of letters of support here for more information.
Prize for Emerging Researchers and Professors
Applicants should demonstrate how they have aimed to connect members of the broader society to the research and other work they have done at McGill. Activities described in applications should be linked to fields of study, or to areas of expertise, research and/or teaching carried out at McGill University and its affiliated research centres.
Eligibility
- To be eligible to apply, you must have an appointment at McGill University as academic staff (tenured or non-tenured).
- All work included in the application, whether media work, direct public engagement, or work with stakeholders should be tied to sharing knowledge related to your fields of research and/or expertise.
- It must be 15 years or less since you finished your doctorate or other highest degree awarded. Alternatively, for affiliate or adjunct faculty members, academic associates, course or faculty lecturers or Professors of Practice, it must be 15 years or less since you entered the work force or began to gain experience in your field.
- If you are an affiliate or adjunct faculty member, an academic associate, a course or faculty lecturer or a Professor of Practice, you may apply if you mention your affiliation with McGill in media and/or public engagement activities.
- Any career interruptions such as maternity or paternity leave, extended sick or disability leave, clinical training or family care can be excluded from the fifteen-year limit, but should be mentioned in an email to communications.prize [at] mcgill.ca.
Letter(s) of support
- Applications must include one letter of support from your Department Chair, Program Director or Faculty Dean.
- One additional letter of support may be included from people or organizations that are external to McGill.
- Please direct all writer(s) of letters of support here for more information.
Prize for Established Researchers and Professors
Applicants should demonstrate how they have aimed to connect members of the broader society to the research and other work they have done at McGill. Activities described in applications should be linked to fields of study, or to areas of expertise, research and/or teaching carried out at McGill University and its affiliated research centres.
Eligibility
- To be eligible to apply, you must have an appointment at McGill University as academic staff (tenured or non-tenured).
- It must be 16 years or more since you finished your doctorate or other highest degree awarded. Alternatively, for course or faculty lecturers, affiliate or adjunct faculty members, academic associates and Professors of Practice, it must be more than 16 years since you entered the work force or began to gain experience in your field.
- All work mentioned in the application, whether media work, direct public engagement, or work with stakeholders should be tied to sharing knowledge related to your fields of research and/or expertise.
- If you are a course or faculty lecturer, an affiliate or adjunct faculty member, an academic associate or a Professor of Practice, a retired or emeritus/emerita faculty member, you may apply if you mention your affiliation with McGill in media and/or public engagement activities.
Letter(s) of support
- Applications must include one letter of support from your Department Chair, Program Director or Faculty Dean.
- One additional letter of support may be included from people or organizations that are external to McGill.
- Please direct all writer(s) of letters of support here for more information.
