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PIERRE ELLIOTT TRUDEAU FOUNDATION PHD SCHOLARSHIP

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Application Deadline: November 25, 2024.

LOCATION: Canada

The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship brings together remarkable individuals from various disciplines and backgrounds with a shared interest in making Canada and the world a better place into a life-changing community. It’s about more than money.

ELIGIBILITY:

You must be registered or accepted into a full-time doctoral program in year one or two.

Your field of study is broadly related to the humanities and social sciences or human sciences and is directly relevant to the future of Canada. (Read more details)

Your doctoral work must relate to at least one of the Foundation’s four general themes: 

Human Rights and Dignity, 

Responsible Citizenship, 

Canada and the World, 

People and their Natural Environment.

You must be a Canadian citizen studying at a Canadian or foreign institution. Or you are a permanent resident of Canada or a foreign national enrolled in a doctoral program at a Canadian institution.

BENEFIT:

Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholars receive:

up to $50,000 per year for three years to cover tuition and living expenses, along with an additional $20,000 per year for research, travel, and networking costs.

Membership in a vibrant community of Scholars, Mentors, and Fellows, all of whom are leaders in their respective disciplines and sectors 

Leadership training from our Mentors and Fellows, including unique experiential learning opportunities that enrich and complement their academic experience? 

Opportunities to acquire greater proficiency in Canada’s official languages (French and English) as well as Indigenous languages 

Lifelong membership in the Foundation’s alumni network. 

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Opportunities, PhD/post doctoral, Scholarships

AARON SIMS SCHOLARSHIP: FOR PHD STUDENTS ON LANGUAGE OR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE MPHIL PROGRAMMES

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Application Deadline: September 2, 2024, by 2pm.

LOCATION: United Kingdom

Instituted under the will of Dr Aaron Sims, a former student of Birkbeck, University of London, the Aaron Sims MPhil/PhD Scholarship is a bursary covering full-time (three years) or part-time (five years) tuition fees up to the equivalent of UK Home enrolment fees, even if the actual fee payable is higher.

ELIGIBILITY:

Applicants must be Home/EU or International students.

Applicants should either:

have applied to an MPhil programme, for the 2024/25 academic year, offered by the School of Creative Writing, Culture and Communication, ideally starting in October 2024. Programmes currently eligible:

MPhil Comparative Literature

MPhil French

MPhil German

MPhil Iberian and Latin American Studies 

MPhil Japanese

Be currently enrolled on a MPhil programme offered by the School of Creative Writing, Culture and Communication in either your first year full-time or first or second year part-time (current eligible programmes same as the above).

Applicants will also need to demonstrate academic excellence (at least a 2:1 or equivalent in an undergraduate degree) and ensure they have made sufficient financial provision to meet the remaining costs associated with their studies.

BENEFIT:

Funding covers tuition fees up to the equivalent of UK Home enrolment fees (students who are not eligible for home fees will need to pay the difference), for either full time (three years) or part time (five years). 

The overall length of the student’s PhD may be up to four years (full time) or seven years (part time). 

The bursary is paid directly into the awardee’s fee account after they have enrolled each autumn.

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