Graduate Studentships

Application form including the following attachments:

• One page research proposal plus references (1” margins, 12pt font, Times New Roman, single spaced). Demonstrate that the research is in primarily aligned with the scope of at least one of the Tri-Agency funders (CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC).
• Applicant’s CV - Tri-Agency Narrative Style CV or the Canadian Common CV Biosketch
• Copy of undergraduate and graduate transcripts
• Candidate’s Statement – Please share your motivation for pursuing your degree and highlight any unique or non-traditional contributions or achievements that may not be reflected elsewhere in this application. You may also include any career interruptions or barriers you have overcome that have shaped your academic or professional journey. (Maximum 300 words)
• Supervisors must provide a current CV (Tri-Agency Narrative Style CV or the Canadian Common CV) Biosketch
• One letter of reference - The applicant must provide a letter of reference from a colleague, preferably a faculty member, who is not a supervisor. References will provide insight into the candidates academic leadership, skills and contributions to research. References can upload their letters here: https://surveys.dal.ca/opinio/s?s=81717

• At the time of award commencement, candidates must be a full-time registered student in one of the following graduate programs affiliated with Dalhousie University's Faculty of Medicine: Community Health and Epidemiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Physiology and Biophysics, Microbiology and Immunology, Pharmacology, Pathology, Psychiatry, Medical Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, or Medical Physics.
• The primary supervisor must hold their primary appointment with the Faculty of Medicine and have active FGS membership permitting graduate student supervision.
• Applicants cannot hold concurrent FoM Graduate Studentships.

• Awards are valued at $15,000/year for up to two years and may be used to top-up students' scholarship support from non-FoM sources to a maximum of $40,000.
  
• Students must maintain registration and good standing in their graduate program for the second year of funding to be released.
• The funding start date will be September 1st of the year when the award is accepted.
• Awards must be accepted within 5 working days from the date of offer, or the award will be offered to the next fundable applicant.
• Successful applicants must have applied to and have accepted any awarded FGS and Scotia Scholar scholarships before accepting FoM Scholarships.
• It is the responsibility of the applicant to inform the Medical Research Development Office (MRDO) immediately if they receive scholarship funding from other sources to exceed the funding maximum of $40,000 per year.

Applications will be screened by the Faculty of Medicine Scholarship Committee for:

• Academic excellence (e.g., references, transcripts, awards, academic leadership)
  
• Candidate’s abilities (e.g., skills, contributions to research, etc.)
• Quality of the proposed research (e.g., scope, clarity, and feasibility of the proposal?
• Quality of the research environment (e.g., supervisor’s productivity, availability of research funding, technical support, potential for collaborations)