FRQNT: Doctoral Research Scholarships Program 2971 views

FRQNT – Doctoral Research Scholarships Program: Canada DE Scholarships for International Students (2018-2019) under the Doctoral Research Scholarships Program for Foreign Students (DE) by the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et engineering (FRQNT). The program aims to stimulate international student’s interest in pursuing doctoral studies in Québec and provide financial support to leading international PH .D. candidates in the domain of natural sciences, mathematics and engineering fields.

 Discipline Requirements:

Scholarships are available to pursue doctoral studies in by the university.in the natural sciences, mathematics & engineering fields:

1. Aerospace
2. Health technologies
3. Information and communication technologies
4. Genomics
5. Nanotechnologies

Scholarship Benefits:

The maximum annual grant for doctoral for international students is 21 000 $ for period of 12 semesters or 48 months:

1. scholarship holder may receivenmaximum of 12 installments for a total of 84 000 $.
2. Each payment up to 7000 $ covers period of 4  months or 1 semester.
3. The 11^th and 12^thinstallments are always conditional on the initial  submission of  thesis before the end of the 12^th financed  semester.

Eligibility Criteria:

The candidate will be selected on the basis following criteria:

1. Must preselected by Québec university.
2. Not have obtained a Merit Scholarship for Foreign Students from the Ministère de l’Education.
3. Not be Canadian citizen/permanent resident of Canada.
4. Not submitted an application for PR under Canadian  immigration laws.

In addition aforementioned criteria, applicants should not cross restrictions and administrative prerequisites given on official website

English Language Requirements: Applicants from outside Canada need to meet specific English language/other language requirements.

How to Apply – Submitting the required documents:

1. The candidate must send the electronic form to the FRQNT
2. Applicant’s responsibility is to ensure attached documents in PDF form.
3. The candidate should ensure referees send the letters of reference before deadline.

Deadline:

1. The form must be submitted electronically.
2. The candidate must send the electronic form to FRQNT before the competition.