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Weston Fellowship

Arthur and Dawn Weston
Arthur and Dawn Weston
The application period for the 2023-2024 Weston Fellowship competition is now open.

The Weston Fellowship was established by Arthur and Dawn Weston to recognize and promote the development of university teaching and learning expertise in various disciplines. It is awarded by the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Office upon the recommendation of Teaching and Learning Services to an outstanding full-time graduate student interested in conducting research on post-secondary teaching and learning in any Faculty.

Value and tenure: varies: the amount of the 2023-2024 Fellowship is $19,000

Duration: renewable once at the master’s level, twice at the doctoral level. Renewal is subject to maintaining good standing in the program and providing a satisfactory progress report.

Deadline to apply: March 23, 2023

Eligibility and application form: Weston Fellowship

For more information, contact nancy.stpierre2 [at] mcgill.ca.

 

 

Previous winners

2021: Li Min (Tong) Wang, Experimental Medicine

2019: Philippa Parks, Integrated Studies in Education

2016: Armin Alex Yazdani, Integrated Program in Neuroscience

2013: Jennifer Gilbert, Department of Integrated Studies in Education

2009: Erika Donald, Department of Music Research

2008: Jae-Hoon Han, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology

Winner from 2019 Phillippa Parks holding the award
Philippa Parks poses with her award and, from left to right: Dr. Caroline Riches, Director, Undergraduate & Graduate Programs, Faculty of Education; Dr. Cynthia Weston, former director of TLS; and Dr. Lorraine E. Chalifour, Associate Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.

Armin Alex Yazdani, 2016 winner, standing with Prof. Ollivier Dyens, Deputy Provost (Student Life and Learning) and Prof. Judith Mandl, Physiology.
Armin Alex Yazdani standing with Prof. Ollivier Dyens, Deputy Provost (Student Life and Learning) and Prof. Judith Mandl, Physiology.

Jennifer Gilbert, recipient of the Weston Fellowship, with Cynthia Weston, former Director of Teaching and Learning Services.
Jennifer Gilbert, recipient of the Weston Fellowship, with Cynthia Weston, former Director of Teaching and Learning Services.

2008 winner Jae-Hoon Han and 2009 winner Erika Donald standing next to each other and smiling
Weston Fellowship Awardees Jae Hoon Han and Erika Donald, McGill PhD students

 

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