Scholarships and Financial Aid on Alerion (BBAF)

Scholarships and Financial Aid on the Faculty of science and enginnering site

MASTER

Financial support funds:  Scholarship funds given to help support students who participate in a congress or conference and who present an oral communication or poster.  Students must provide a copy of the registration form for the congress and a copy of the abstract for the presentation or poster.  The scholarship can be obtained before the congress takes place in order to help defer the costs of travel or registration.  The value of the scholarship is subject to revision.

Value of the scholarship:  For any congress or conference held in Quebec ($ 100), in Canada ($ 250) or for any other destination ($ 350), until the maximum amount of $ 350 if the student participates in more than one congress.

Graduation bonus:  A $500 scholarship will be awarded to students who submit the first draft of their thesis before the end of their 7th semester.  The scholarship is awarded at the time of submission of the final draft of the thesis. 

DOCTORATE

Financial support funds:  Under the condition of respecting the deadlines outlined in the graduate studies timeline, students have a right to financial support funds (FSF) for a maximum of 9 out of the 12 first semesters of doctorate studies or, for students transferring from a master's to a doctorate, out of the 10 first semesters following their first semester at the doctoral level.  If a step in the graduate studies timeline is not respected at time, the FSF will be withheld the next session and subsequent. The step must be completed before receiving the FSF.

The maximum annual revenue admissible to have access to financial support is $18 500 per year or $6 167 per semester.  The amount of the scholarship awarded each semester varies depending on the number of demands received.  During the last 3 years, these amounts varied between $750 and $2000 per semester. 

Graduation bonus:  A $2000 scholarship will be awarded to students who submit the first draft of their thesis before the end of their 14th semester or, in the case of students transferring from a master's to a doctorate, before the end of their 11th semester at the doctoral level.

Please note that students will be penalized for not respecting the deadlines of the graduate studies timeline concerning annual meetings with their Advisory Committee.  These criteria are put in place in order to encourage doctorate students to complete their studies before the end of their 4th year, because they will no longer have access to financial support after this point.

For additional information please contact Louise Lapointe.

N.B. Rules and amounts subject to revision.

Updated April 1, 2011.

RICHARD-BERNARD FUNDS SCHOLARSHIP

Scholarships offered from the Richard-Bernard and the Provancher Society Funds were created in 1999 in memory of Richard Bernard, a professor in the Department of biology at Université Laval from 1942 to 1978. This fund aims to promote and financially support research and teaching in biology and is composed of estate donations and contributions of generous donators.

Scholarships offered :

Total : 10 500$ per year.

Department of Biology - Richard-Bernard M.Sc. Scholarship

Eligibility and selection criteria

• To come

Deadline: To come


List of recipients 2007-2011

• Be registered as a full-time student at the Ph.D. level in the Department of Biology ;
• To have completed at least 9 semesters (full-time) of the program at the time of application.  In the case of students having transferred from a M.Sc. to a Ph.D., it is necessary to have completed at least six semesters (full-time) of the program at the time of application.

Directions

• Complete the application form;
• Supply a letter of support from the research supervisor;
• Supply a curriculum vitae. For articles submitted or in press, supply proof of submission or acceptance to the journal.
• Supply a letter justifying the student's  candidature as a function of the selection criteria.

Selection criteria in order of importance

• Work progression: demonstrate a satisfactory progression of work;
• Quality of academic records and publications;
• Research supervisor's support;
• Financial revenues: demonstrate that the scholarship will provide a significant financial support towards finishing the thesis;
• Involvement in the departmental collective.

Biographical note

Julie Turgeon, president
Line Lapointe
Stéphane Boudreau
Lucien Huot
Louise Lapointe

The Provancher Natural History Society of Canada's mission is to acquire, rent, or manage natural reserves or sanctuaries with the goal of assuring the survival of fauna and flora.  Founded in 1919 by a group of men passionate about nature, the Provancher Society, named in honour of the celebrated naturalist, priest Léon Provancher (1820-1892), is a non-profit organisation whose accomplishments depend on volunteer work. 

Ph.D. Scholarship

1 scholarship of $500 offered in the winter semester conjointly with the Department of Biology Richard-Bernard Ph.D. scholarship (see details above)
Deadline:  September 30th

Richard-Bernard Funds Scholarship 1999-2011

List of recipients