Description
University of Toronto, School of Graduate
Studies is offering Connaught International Scholarships for PhD students.
Approximately 20 Connaught International Scholarships for Doctoral Students will
be awarded for the 2013-2014 academic year. Applicants must be new international
applicants who have or will be offered admission to full-time doctoral or
doctoral-stream programs within the funded-cohort.
The Connaught International Scholarships for
Doctoral Students provides financial support to outstanding international
doctoral students and assists Graduate Units in recruiting and supporting top
international graduate students.
Eligibility
Nominees must be new
international applicants who have or will be offered admission to full-time
doctoral or doctoral-stream programs within the funded-cohort.
-Nominees must begin their program in the
2013-2014 academic years (no later than fall 2013).
-Nominees must not have been
previously registered at UofT.
Number of
award(s)
Approximately 20 Connaught
International Scholarships for Doctoral Students will be awarded for the
2013-2014 academic year.
Value and
Duration
The effective value of the
Connaught Scholarship is $35,000 total (including tuition and incidental fees),
and the scholarship is renewable in the same form throughout for the duration of
the funding package.
-The graduate unit will cover the
cost of tuition at the domestic student rate as well as the normal minimum
funding in the graduate unit of $15,000 or higher (using a combination of
Research and Teaching Assistantships, UofT Fellowships, etc.).
-Under the Connaught Scholarship Program,
the Graduate Awards Office exempts the student from international-tuition-fees
(bringing the tuition-fee down to the domestic rate)
-The Connaught Program will
provide “top-up” funding to bring the total funding amount to $35,000.00 from
the normal minimum in the graduate unit.
-Scholarships will continue in the same form
throughout the normal period in the funded
cohort (i.e. 4 or 5 years, according to
individual units).
How to Apply
To apply to this scholarship students should
apply to an eligible graduate program at University of Toronto – in order to do
this, they must follow the admission instructions on the website of the
university dept. they’re interested in.
Scholarship Application
Deadline
View Admission Info on Graduate Dept.’s
Website.
Note
Please direct all questions regarding the
Connaught International Scholarships competition or nomination process to Tara
Lock at tara.lock@utoronto.ca or 416 978-2386
