Doctoral research scholarships program for foreign students (DE)
1.Objectives:The Doctoral Research Scholarships Program for Foreign Students (DE) of the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQNT) aims to stimulate international student’s interest in beginning or pursuing doctoral studies in Québec and provide financial support to leading international Ph.D. candidates in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering fields.
2.Applicants:The scholarships are aimed at foreign students who had been preselected by a Québec university and who wish to carry out their doctoral studies in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering fields. To be eligible, applicants must specialize in the following areas:
Aerospace
Information and communication technologies
Health technologies
Genomics
Nanotechnologies
3.Eligibility, citizenship and residence criteria
Applicants must:
Meet all eligibility criteria by the competition deadline on November 1st, 2016.
Have been preselected by a Québec university by September 23th, 2016.
Not have obtained a Merit Scholarship for Foreign Students from the Ministère de l’Education et de l’Enseignement supérieur du Québec (MEES) or one of the Fonds de recherche du Québec.
Not be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada.
Not have submitted an application for permanent residence under Canadian immigration laws.
In addition to the aforementioned criteria, applicants should note the following restrictions and administrative prerequisites:
Study program restrictions:
The scholarship cannot be used for qualifying studies.
Eligibility criteria
Scholarship program eligibility rules account for all doctoral sessions (funded or not) completed prior to May 1st, 2017.
When calculating the eligibility period, the FRQNT will consider all of the unregistered or part-time sessions for which registrar attestations are provided in the application. The applicant must verify his/her eligibility by consulting the equivalents table for unregistered or part-time sessions in the Toolbox.
The FRQNT will also consider the number of master’s and doctoral sessions for which the applicant received funding from a recognized funding agency (e.g. NSERC, CIHR, SSHRC, the FRQNT, etc.) to ensure that the support does not exceed 15 sessions.
Eligibility period for applicants registered in direct-entry doctoral programs (bachelor’s to doctorate) and fast-track master’s/doctoral programs