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Applying Successfully for Graduate Scholarship Funding 2 September 2011 Brendan Morey

Applying Successfully for Graduate Scholarship Funding 2 September 2011 Brendan Morey Graduate Awards Manager. Competition Overview. CIHR CGSM. Affiliated Fellowships. NSERC. SSHRC. Graduate Program Review apps for eligibility and completeness

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Applying Successfully for Graduate Scholarship Funding 2 September 2011 Brendan Morey

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  1. Applying Successfully for Graduate Scholarship Funding 2 September 2011 Brendan Morey Graduate Awards Manager

  2. Competition Overview CIHR CGSM Affiliated Fellowships NSERC SSHRC • Graduate Program • Review apps for eligibility and completeness • Rank apps (Masters and Doctoral separately) • Forward top apps to Grad Studies Grad Studies

  3. Competition Overview • Grad Studies • Review apps for eligibility and completeness • Forward eligible apps to one of six adjudication committees SocSci 1 SocSci 2 Nat Sci & Eng 1 Hum Nat Sci & Eng 2 Health Sci Master Ranking List

  4. Competition Overview • Master Ranking List • Jones – Affiliated • Singh - Affiliated • Cushan - NSERC • Wong - NSERC • Thompson - SSHRC • Wright - NSERC • Tennebrau - Affiliated • Lowrie - CIHR • Etc. Top NSERC apps forwarded to NSERC Top SSHRC apps forwarded to SSHRC Top CIHR CGSM apps forwarded to CIHR Preliminary Results to Grad Programs early February

  5. Competition Overview Vanier, NSERC, SSHRC, and CIHR release results in late March to late April • Master List • Jones - Affiliated • Singh - Affiliated • Cushan - NSERC • Wong - Affiliated • Thompson - SSHRC • Wright -NSERC • Tennebrau - Killam • Lowrie - CIHR • Etc.

  6. Academic Standing To be eligible for any of these competitions, you must have first-class academic standing in each of the last two years of full-timestudy

  7. Which Application? NSERC SSHRC Master’s SSHRC Doctoral CIHR Master’s CIHR Doctoral Affiliated Fellowships Vanier

  8. Citizenship International students are eligible to apply only to the Affiliated Fellowships competition. International students are not eligible for the NSERC, SSHRC, or CIHR competitions* *exception: Vanier Scholarships

  9. Research Area Natural sciences and engineering OR Social sciences and humanities OR Health sciences

  10. Months of Study • Each award types has restrictions on the number of months of study you have completed as of a certain date • Limits and dates are different for each agency, so pay careful attention

  11. Where to Submit • Where you submit your application depends on the funding agency and your current registration status • Options: • Current university • Former university • Directly to funding agency • Make sure you get it right!

  12. Deadlines • Make sure you know which deadline applies to you • Deadline to grad program vs. deadline to agency • Signature deadlines • Do not submit after the deadline – your application will not be accepted

  13. Selection Criteria • Academic Excellence • academic record; • scholarships and awards held; and • duration of previous studies • Given more weight for Master’s applicants, less for doctoral applicants

  14. Selection Criteria • Research ability or potential • quality of contributions to research and development; • relevance of work experience and academic training to field of proposed research; • significance, feasibility, and merit of proposed research, and justification for location of tenure; • critical thinking, problem-solving skills, originality

  15. Selection Criteria • Communication, interpersonal and leadership abilities • ability or potential to communicate scientific concepts clearly and logically in written and oral formats • professional and relevant extracurricular interactions and collaborations • work experience, community involvement and other extracurricular activities

  16. Application Materials • Application form • CV (some competitions) • Research proposal • Transcripts • Reference letters

  17. Application Form • Like a résumé: make a good impression • Fill in everything that applies to you • Most forms are online (you’ll need to create a username and password) • Three key things to remember: • Follow the instructions • Follow the instructions • Follow the instructions

  18. Common CV • Many funding agencies use Common CV • Follow instructions • Can be finicky when creating PDF file to upload to application form – keep trying

  19. Research Proposal • One- to two-page summary of research you plan to do while funded • Samples available on Grad Studies website http://www.grad.ubc.ca/prospective-students/scholarships-awards-funding/resources-award-applicants

  20. Research Proposal • Significance/relevance of research question • Hypothesis to be tested • Match between research question and methodology • Not too big and not too small • Write for non-experts • Font size and page margins

  21. Transcripts • Official transcripts • All postsecondary studies (including programs undertaken but not completed) • Talk to your graduate program about which transcripts they need from you

  22. Reference Letters • At least two, sometimes three • Ask potential referees (they may say no) • Help your referees help you • Application form • Proposal • Transcripts • Selection criteria • “Highlights” sheet

  23. General Advice • Check your spelling • Be careful about formatting (font sizes, margins, etc.) • Have others read your application • Follow the instructions • *This is a very important project, • and I am the very best person to do it*

  24. Contact Info Faculty of Graduate Studies 170 – 6371 Crescent Road 604-822-2848 www.grad.ubc.ca/awards graduate.awards@ubc.ca

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