PROTEO Graduate Students Scholarships (CLOSED COMPETITION)

PROTEO Graduate Scholarships Guidelines

Objectives

The objectives of PROTEO Scholarships are:

• To support promising candidates to undertake, or to pursue graduate studies within PROTEO;
• To improve students’ CVs and increase their competitiveness in scholarship programs from major agencies;
• To help regular members establish and/or enhance collaborations through co-directed graduate students.

Number of scholarships

• Scholarships worth 6 000$ for master’s students and 8 000$ for doctoral students

Scholarship competitions and application deadlines

• The deadline for submissions is Friday, July 19 at 5:00 p.m.
• Results will be announced by the end of August.

Eligibility conditions

• Scholarships are offered to graduate students under the official codirection of regular members, working on projects related to scientific themes of PROTEO.
• A student cannot receive a PROTEO scholarship more than once, for the same study cycle (M.Sc. vs. Ph.D.). Therefore, a student who has received a PROTEO scholarship for a master’s degree may receive a scholarship for a doctorate.
• A student is not eligible to PROTEO scholarships if she/he already receives a scholarship of an annually amount of $15 000 for M.Sc. and $22 000 for Ph.D, excluding contributions from PIs, tuition fees or admission scholarships.
• The research supervisor must commit to supplementing this bursary so that the candidate has a minimum of $20,000/year* for master’s candidates and a minimum of $25,000/year* for doctoral candidates.  *In alignment with FRQNT scholarship amounts. 

Evaluation

• Applications are evaluated according to following criteria:
  • Quality and potential impact of the research project and the role of the co-direction (clarity of the scientific objectives, originality of the project, contributions to the advancement of knowledge in the field, collaboration with other members of PROTEO, links with potential users, importance of codirection).
  • Social implication, leadership and/or communication skills (organisation of conferences and meetings, volunteering, mentoring, experience as a supervisor, project management, committee chairmanship, general presentation of the application).
  • Excellence of academic record (cumulative average, progression of studies, duration of studies, prizes, and distinctions).
  • Research skills and relevant research experience (research interests, experience and achievements, scientific publications, and presentations).

This evaluation grid can also serve as a guide for evaluators and candidates: Evaluation Grid

• The evaluation committee, according to members’ evaluations, ranks applications in order of priority and awards the scholarships according to the order.
• The applications of master and Ph.D. students will be evaluated separately.
• Members of the evaluation committee that are in conflict do not vote.

Scholarship payment process

• If a candidate is no longer eligible, he is required to inform PROTEO as soon as possible so that the payments cease.

How to apply

• To apply, candidates must fill the graduate-scholarships-form-2024 , in Arial font, size 11, and transmit complete application material (one pdf file) by email to proteo@uqam.ca.