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re: SGS Award Announcement: 2013-14 SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Master"s Scholarships
Wednesday, October 17, 2012 11:52:05 AM
2013-2014 SSHRC CGS Masters Program Changes and Reminders.pdf
Application for a Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships - Master"s - Instructions (Web).htm
M E M O R A N D U M
DATE: October 17, 2012
TO:
IMS Students & Faculty
FROM: Elena Gessas, IMS Departmental Assistant on behalf of Laura Stathopoulos, Sr.
Awards Officer, Graduate Awards Office
RE:
2013-14 Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Master's Scholarships
The application and all supporting documents, including original transcripts
from all post-secondary institutions must be submitted to the IMS office by
the internal Deadline: Friday November 16, 2012
Purpose
The Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Master's Scholarships funding opportunity seeks to
develop research skills and assist in the training of highly qualified personnel by supporting
students in the social sciences and humanities who demonstrate a high standard of
achievement in undergraduate and early graduate studies. The full program description,
application form and instructions are now available on the SSHRC website and in SSHRC’s
Resource Centre
SSHRC has assigned the University of Toronto an allocation of 87 nominations for the
Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarships. SSHRC continues to expect
universities to nominate their very best students, using the criteria published in the
program description available on SSHRC’s web site.
Changes for the SSHRC 2013-14 CGSM Program:
See attached document regarding recent program changes and reminders from SSHRC
Value and Duration
SSHRC CGS Master's Scholarships funding opportunity offers one-time, non-renewable, 12-
month awards each valued at $17,500.
Successful applicants must take up their awards in May 2013, September 2013 or January

2014. The January start date is available only to award holders who cannot begin their
degree program earlier, either because of an incomplete previous degree or because their
chosen degree program is not available until the later date.
Eligibility to Apply
To qualify to apply to this funding opportunity, students must:
be a citizen or permanent resident of Canada;
be applying for support to pursue their first graduate degree (i.e., master's or
equivalent)
not have completed more than 12 months of full-time graduate study at the
proposed start date of the award (May 2013) all previous studies at the graduate
level, regardless of discipline, will be included in determining eligibility);
have achieved a first-class average of A- or higher, in each of the last two years of
full-time study or equivalent;
not have already received an award for master's-level study from SSHRC, NSERC or
CIHR; and
not be applying for graduate funding in the 2012-13 academic year to NSERC or
CIHR.
Students who have completed a bachelor's degree before January 1, 2008 (the date that
they completed all degree requirements, not the graduation date) and have not been
registered at a university since that date, are not eligible to apply to this funding
opportunity.
Eligibility of Degree Programs
The scholarship is tenable only in degree programs that include significant research
training. Research training normally involves at least one of the following three
components:
ü demonstrating the ability to conduct original research by the completion of a thesis,
major scholarly paper, project, publication, performance, recital or exhibit; and/or
ü completing course work in research methods and/or statistics appropriate for the
discipline or field of study; and/or
ü acquiring knowledge and experience sufficient to conduct, assess and interpret
research and scholarship in the field.
How to apply
Students must apply using SSHRC’s web-based application form, then print, sign and submit
their completed paper application and supporting documents to a graduate unit by their
internal deadline.
Students may not apply for both SSHRC Masters and SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships in the
same year.
Students are permitted to apply to OGS in the same year.
A copy of SSHRC’s instructions for applicants is attached for your information.

Where to apply
1. Applicants currently registered (fall 2012) in a graduate or undergraduate degree
program at a university, must apply through a graduate unit at their current
university.
2. Applicants not currently registered, but completed their previous degree in 2012 or
were registered anytime in 2012, must apply through the university that awarded
their last degree, provided that university has a SSHRC allocation.
3. Applicants registered concurrently at a Canadian university and a foreign university
must apply through the Canadian university, if that university has a CGS allocation.
4. All other applicants must apply directly to SSHRC by December 13, 2012.
Graduate Units will accept SSHRC Masters applications from both masters and
undergraduate students including students who are registered in a program at your unit
and those who plan to pursue a master’s degree in a program offered by the unit (or an
equivalent program offered at another Canadian university). Accordingly, we ask the unit
not to take into consideration, whether the applicant plans make application to UofT or
not. The ranking should be solely based on the evaluation criteria provided by SSHRC (see
attached).
Selection Process & Results
The SGS Awards committee will review the eligible applications using SSHRC’s criteria (see
attached).
All students whose applications were received by SGS will be notified whether their
application has been forwarded to SSHRC.
Graduate units will advise students whose applications were not submitted to SGS of their
status.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly.
Laura Stathopoulos
Sr. Awards Officer, Graduate Awards Office
School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto
63 St. George Street, Rm 202
Toronto, ON M5S 2Z9
416 978 2150
Thank you,
Elena Gessas
Departmental Assistant

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