Award type:
Scholarships
Award description:
The Department of Philosophy Congress Graduate Award has been established to provide funding to master’s and doctoral students who present their research at the Canadian Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences. Recipients will receive an award valued at up to $1,500 to assist with the cost of in-person travel to the conference. Interested students must submit an application that is available on the Department of Philosophy website by April 15th. The Graduate Committee in the Department of Philosophy will select recipients and determine the value based on budget available. Applicants will be notified of the decision within two weeks of submitting their application. Upon approval, the award will be applied to the term in which the conference occurs. The award will be coded to the student’s Quest account and first applied to any outstanding tuition and incidental fees. Any credit balance will be released as a refund to the student via direct deposit.
Value:
$1,500
- Master’s or doctoral students registered full-time or part-time in the Department of Philosophy in the term of the conference. Preference will be given to master’s students who are in the first year of their program, and doctoral students who are within the first four years of their program.
- Regardless of the value of the award issued, students are limited to receiving the award once per fiscal year (May-April).
- Applicants must be presenting their own research (oral, poster, paper), which is of direct benefit to their research/academic studies, at the Canadian Congress of Humanities and Social Sciences.
- Interested students must submit an application that is available on the Department of Philosophy website by April 15. The student’s supervisor must approve the application. Applications received after the conference has taken place will be rejected.
- Award recipients who do not end up attending the conference are required to notify the Department of Philosophy immediately by email to arrange for repayment of funds awarded.
- The Department of Philosophy will perform audits of select award recipients who will be required to provide proof of presentation which may include conference brochure, agenda or screenshot of website listing the recipient as a presenter.
- With the applicant’s consent, the Department of Philosophy may publish research summaries and expected outcomes provided by the applicant on the application form on their website in order to promote graduate student research at Waterloo.
- Funds will be provided during the term of conference participation.
- Upon receipt of an award nomination from the Faculty, the award will be paid by Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs and applied to the student’s account in Quest.
Level:
Masters, Doctoral
Program:
Arts→Philosophy
Citizenship:
Canadian/Permanent resident, International/study permit student
Selection process:
Application required
Term:
Winter
Additional instructions:
Interested students must submit an application that is available on the Department of Philosophy website by April 15th.
Contact person:
- For further information about this award please contact the applicable: