Doctoral research scholarships program for foreign students 1772 views

The Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQNT) invites applications for the Doctoral Research Scholarships Program for Foreign Students (DE). The program aims to stimulate international student’s interest in beginning or pursuing doctoral studies in Québec and provide financial support to leading international PhD candidates.

Study areas:

• Natural sciences
• Mathematics
• Engineering

Specialization:

• Aerospace
• Information and communication technologies
• Health technologies
• Genomics
• Nanotechnologies

Eligibility:

• Applicants must meet all eligibility criteria by the competition deadline;
• Applicants must have been preselected by a Québec university.
• Applicants must not have obtained a Merit Scholarship for Foreign Students from the Ministère de l’Education et de l’Enseignement supérieur du Québec (MEES) or from one of the Fonds de recherche du Québec.
• Applicants must NOT be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada.
• Applicants must not have submitted an application for permanent residence under Canadian immigration laws.
• Scholarship program eligibility rules account for all doctoral semesters (funded or not) completed prior to May 1st, 2019.
• Applicants admitted to a doctoral program after completing their bachelor’s degree and those who fast-tracked to a doctoral program without submitting a thesis may apply to the doctoral scholarships competition (DE) in the 3rd, 4th and 5th years of their graduate studies (between their 7th and 15th study semesters).
• Semesters that are completed when the scholarship comes into effect will be subtracted from the funding period. Under no circumstances will funding be granted before the 7th semester or after the 15th semester.
• Applicants who hold a master’s degree when beginning their doctoral studies must submit their applications to the doctoral scholarships competition.

Duration: 12 consecutive semesters

Important dates:

• Submission of the preselected applications by universities: September 22, 2018.
• Submitting application to the FRQNT for preselected candidates: November 1st 2018 at 4 PM (coordinated universal time UTC-5 Est time zone)
• Announcement of results: End of April 2019