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Dissertation Awards

CAGS/PROQUESTÌýDistinguished Dissertation Awards

Complete nomination packages (as outlined in the CAGS-PROQUEST Checklist below) must be submitted to GPS Graduate Funding viaÌýgradcomp.gps [at] mcgill.caÌýand entered on FADÌýbyÌýthe deadline indicated below.Ìý

To be eligible, dissertations must be disseminated in full text format via the ProQuest Dissertation & Thesis Global database (PQDT Global), prior to jury selection. Upload instructions may be found

Each unit is limited to one nomination per discipline category. Units are responsible for determining their own internal deadlines for student documentation. Nominees must have submitted the final copyÌýof their dissertation during the previous calendar year.

Deadline

01 March 2024

Discipline Categories

Each unit is limited to one recommended application per discipline category.

  • Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
  • Engineering, Medical Sciences, and Natural Sciences

Required Forms & Tools


ADESAQ

Prix D'excellence de L'Association des doyennes et des doyens des études supérieures au Québec (ADESAQ)

Complete Nomination packages (as outlined in the ADESAQ checklist below)Ìýmust be submitted to GPS Graduate Funding via gradcomp.gps [at] mcgill.caÌýand entered on FADÌýbyÌýthe deadline indicated below.

Each unit is limited toÌýone nomination per discipline category.Ìý ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ may only make one nomination per category to the agency.ÌýNominees must have submitted the final copyÌýof their dissertation during the previous calendar year.

Deadline

01 March 2024

Discipline Categories

Each unit is limited to one recommended application per discipline category.

  • Natural Sciences/Engineering
  • Health Science
  • Humanities/Social Science

Required Forms & Tools


Council of Graduate Schools (CGS/UMI) ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards

Complete nomination package must be submitted to GPS Graduate Funding via email to gradcomp.gps [at] mcgill.caÌýand entered onÌýby the deadline indicated below. Each unit is limited to one nomination per discipline category.

The effective date of the degree awarded, or the completion of doctoral degree requirements and dissertation(final corrected copies of the Ph.D. thesis submission), must lie in the period of July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2023.Ìý

Deadline

20 June Unit submits to GPS

Discipline Categories

Each unit is limited to one recommended application per discipline category.

  • Biological Sciences/Life Sciences: biology; botany; zoology; ecology; embryology; entomology; genetics; nutrition; plant pathology; plant physiology; anatomy; biochemistry; biophysics; microbiology; pathology; pharmacology; physiology; and related fields. Also included are agriculture, forestry, and related fields.
  • Humanities and Fine Arts: history; philosophy; language; linguistics; literature; archaeology; jurisprudence; the history, theory and criticism of the arts; ethics; comparative religion; and those aspects of the social sciences that employ historical or philosophical approaches.
  • If a dissertation is multi- or interdisciplinary in nature, a significant portion of the work must be comprised by at least one of the 2023 fields of competition.

Required Forms & Tools


Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools Doctoral Dissertation and Master's Thesis AwardsÌý

Each unit is limited toÌýone doctoral and one master's nomination. Nominations to be entered on FAD and complete nomination packages to be submitted to GPS Graduate Funding via email to gradcomp.gps [at] mcgill.ca byÌýthe deadline indicated below. Complete package in one single PDF file.

Deadline

12 December 2024

Eligibility

  • EligibleÌýMaster'sÌýThesisÌý2024-Nominees must have received the master's degree within three years preceding the year of competition. Therefore, people who completed all requirements for the degree after January 1, 2022.
  • EligibleÌýDoctoralÌýÌýDissertationÌý2024- Nominees must have received the doctoral degree within five years preceding the year of competition. Therefore, people who completed all requirements for the degree after January 1, 2020.

Discipline Categories

  • EligibleÌýMaster'sÌýThesisÌý2025-ÌýAgricultural, Biological & Health Ìý
  • EligibleÌýDoctoralÌýÌýDissertationÌý2025- Arts & Humanities

Required Forms & Tools

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