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Concordia University Deadline dates:

• Candidates/Referees/supervisors to the department Graduate Program Director: July 30, 2012 12:00 p.m. noon
• Departments to the Graduate Awards Office: August 15, 2012 12:00 p.m.

Summary of the Programs

Candidates cannot apply directly to the agency they must be nominated by a University. Only candidates nominated by a University may submit an application to the provincial competition. Each Quebec University may submit:

• 4 nominations to the unrestricted competition for each competition: V1, V2 and V3;
• 2 nominations to the International Doctoral FQRNT competition (Aerospace, Information Technology and Communication, Health and Technology, Genomics and Nanotechnology);
• 2 nominations to the International Doctoral FQRSC competition (Social Sciences, Humanities, and Fine Arts);
• 1 nomination for Brazil for each competition: 1B Doctoral; 2B Postdoctoral; 3B Short Term Research;
• 1 nomination for India for each competition: 1I Doctoral; 2I Postdoctoral; 3I Short Term Research;
• 1 nomination for Wallonie for each competition: 1W and 3W. Please take note that there is no postdoctoral competition for this category. The Quebec-Wallonie competition is open to Francophone Belgians.

Eligibility conditions and citizenship for all competitions: Candidates

• Must meet all eligibility conditions as at the date of the closing of the competition (usually the end of October).
• Cannot have submitted another application for any of the three components of the program in the same year.
• Cannot have already received a merit scholarship for foreign students.
• Cannot be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada.
• Cannot have applied for permanent resident status under Canadian immigration law.

Competitions:

• Doctoral Research Scholarship: valued at $25,000 per year for up to three years (tenable within the first nine terms of the doctoral program), and MELS will offer all recipients an exemption from paying the international tuition fees and the medical insurance coverage offered by the Régie de l’assurance maladie du Québec. All doctoral sessions, funded or unfunded, completed before the scholarship takes effect are used in calculating the eligibility period.
• Postdoctoral Fellowship: valued at $35,000 per year for one year non renewable. Postdoctoral fellowships are intended for new researchers who obtained their degree no more than two years before the deadline date for the competition or who submitted their dissertation by January 2014 at the latest, the deadline date for the beginning of the fellowship. Postdoctoral research must be conducted in an institution other than the one that granted the Doctorate.
• Short-term research or professional development: valued at $3,000 a month for a period of up to four months. These scholarships are intended for technical and university students (Option A) or researchers who have completed a doctorate no more than five years before the deadline date for the competition (Option B).

Documentation for Students (PDF)

• General Information
• Instructions for Applicants
• Document Check List
• Pre-Selection Application Form Doctoral
• Pre-Selection Application Form Postdoctoral
• Pre-Selection Application Form Short-Term Research
• Letter of Reference Form
• Letter of Acceptance of the Supervisor

Documentation for Departments (PDF)

• General Information
• Instructions for Departments
• Department Justification Form
• Department Ranking Form