CRMR Perseverance Scholarship Launch – Summer 2023

Note: Only student members of the Renewable Materials Research Center can apply for this scholarship

 

 SUMMER 2023 CRMR PERSEVERANCE SCHOLARSHIP

SECOND AND THIRD-ORDER CYCLES

Deadline: May 3, 2023, at 4:00 pm

Objectives:

• To promote academic study and research that is related to the research axes of the Renewable Materials Research Centre (CRMR).
• To provide financial assistance to graduate students at the end of their studies.

Amount: $5,000 for one term – a scholarship paid during the summer 2023 semester.

Selection Rules and Criteria:

• Mandatory full-time registration for graduate studies in the summer 2023 session.
• Must have a director or co-director who is a member of the CRMR at Université Laval and be a student member of the CRMR.
• Have completed at least four semesters for graduate students and six semesters for postgraduate students.
• For PhD students, have at least one manuscript accepted for publication.
• Have no other source of funding.
• Each student is eligible to receive only one perseverance scholarship per program of study.

Required documents and standards to be met:

• Completed financial insecurity form
• Description of your research project – title, objectives, problem, methodology, expected results, potential applications and industrial spin-offs – in clear, concise and easy-to-understand language (2 pages maximum). Take into consideration that the people evaluating your application are not necessarily experts in your field of research
• Detailed timeline of work including an explanation of how the scholarship will contribute to the completion of the studies (1 page maximum)
• Recent curriculum vitae (2 pages maximum)
• Scientific achievements
• Involvement in the CRMR
• Letter of support from your director/co-director who is a member of the CRMR-Ulaval, including an explanation/justification of the reason for the lack of financial support
• Copy of your transcripts (undergraduate or equivalent, and graduate, including winter 2023)
• Proof of UL registration for the summer 2023 semester
• Proof of an accepted manuscript for publication (if applicable – PhD) and/or list of publications

     Standards: minimum margins of 2 cm, single line spacing, font « Arial 11 »

Evaluation grid for the application:

• Evaluation of the student’s financial situation – 20 pts
•  Academic record and scientific achievements – 25pts
  • Cumulative average – 5pts
  • Scientific Achievements-20pts
    • Article accepted or published in research and transfer journals; contributions to collective works, etc.
    • Other achievements (conferences, awards, grants, etc.)

• Involvement in the CRMR (15pts)
• Presentation of the project and file – 40pts

• • Quality and content of the project description – 15pts
  • Justification for delay – 5pts
  • Detailed presentation of schedule – 5pts
  • Letter of support from your MRCR-Ulaval member director/co-director – 5pts
  • Presentation of CV – 5pts
  • Quality and presentation of the entire application – 5pts

Transmission

Send all the required documents, including the financial insecurity form, in a single PDF document, by email to: besma.bouslimi@sbf.ulaval.ca

« Read the evaluation grid carefully, the distribution of points and the documents to be submitted. The evaluation is based only on what is presented in the application, so make sure nothing is missing from the file ».

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