Financial Awards and Information - Postdoctoral Fellows
The Awards Office manages the nomination process for a number of dissertation awards and doctoral prizes. Announcements for these awards and requests for submissions are sent annually from the Awards Office to the University's departments, centres, and institutions. Finalists are selected by the School to represent the University of Toronto at the provincial or national level.
Nominations are typically open to doctoral candidates or postdoctoral fellows at the University. The conditions for eligibility of these awards may change from year-to-year so it is important that the qualifications are reviewed carefully on the sponsor's web site. Candidates interested in these awards should notify their department supervisor or principle investigator.
CAGS/UMI Distinguished Dissertation Award
CGS/UMI Distinguished Dissertation Award
Governor General's Gold Medal
NSERC Doctoral Prizes
NSERC John C. Polanyi Award
OCGS John Charles Polanyi Prizes
OCGS Women's Health Scholarship
Disclaimer: Nominees should read the eligibility criteria defined by the sponsors of the award or prize and must not rely solely on the information contained in the School’s web site.
Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program
The objective of the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program is to attract and retain top-tier postdoctoral talent, both nationally and internationally, to develop their leadership potential and to position them for success as research leaders of tomorrow, positively contributing to Canada's economic, social and research-based growth through a research-intensive career. This program is jointly administered by Canada's three federal granting agencies (CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC).
70 new two-year awards annually with a total of 140 awards active at any one time. The fellowships will be distributed equally across Canada's three federal granting agencies (SSHRC, NSERC and CIHR)
In light of the small number of awards in this program and the demands of the application and selection processes, universities are encouraged to carefully select and endorse a limited number of the highest quality applicants from both Canada and abroad. As such UofT Supervisors are limited to endorsing one application and may wish to consider all possible candidates prior to choosing to put forth any one individual.
Complete details can be found on the Government of Canada's website. Further information and questions about the program may be directed to Banting@researchnet-recherchenet.ca.
The Davies Charitable Foundation Fellowship
The fellowship is awarded on the basis of academic excellence for a year of study/research at the post-doctoral or medical fellowship level.
Value: $10,000
Eligibility: Applicants must have been born in the Kingston, Ontario area or have resided in the area for at least 5 years prior to the student's 20th birthday. The fellowship is tenable in all disciplines and at the university of the student's choice.
Contact:
The Davies Charitable Foundation
245 Alwington Place
Kingston, ON
K7L 4P9
613-546-4000 or 800-472-4796
daviesfoundation@cogeco.ca
www.daviesfoundation.ca
Canadian Association for Graduate Studies and University Microfilms International (CAGS/UMI) Distinguished Dissertation Award
Purpose and Criteria
The CAGS/UMI Distinguished Dissertation Awards recognize Canadian doctoral dissertations that make unusually significant and original contributions to their academic field. Two awards are offered each year: one in engineering, medical sciences and natural sciences; and one in fine arts, humanities and social sciences.
Value
The prize is valued at $1,000 and includes a Citation Certificate, and travel expenses of up to $1,500 to attend the CAGS Annual Conference.
Eligibility
The CAGS/UMI Awards are open to candidates who have successfully completed their doctoral thesis in the calendar year preceding the competition year.
Nomination Procedures and Deadline
By nomination from the department. Two finalists are selected by the School of Graduate Studies to compete at CAGS. This award is announced in January with a departmental deadline in early March.
2010 UofT Winner
Congratulations to Dr. Coby Dowdell (Dept. of English), winner of the 2010 CAGS/UMI award in the Fine Arts/Humanities/Social Sciences discipline!
Council of Graduate Schools and University Microfilms International (CGS/UMI) Distinguished Dissertation Award
Purpose and Criteria
The CGS/UMI Distinguished Dissertation Awards recognize Canadian doctoral dissertations that represent original work making an unusually significant contribution to their disciplines. Two awards are given annual in two different broad areas. Both methodological and substantive quality of the dissertation will be judged.
Value
Two CGS/UMI Awards are presented annually, each consisting of an honorarium of $1,000 and a certificate of citation. Reasonable travel expenses of the recipients to the CGS annual meeting will be paid.
Eligibility
Open to candidates with the effective date of degree award, or the completion of doctoral degree requirements and dissertation, between July 1 (two years prior) to June 30 of the current year. The CGS/UMI Award operates on a two-year cycle in regard to fields of competition.
Application Procedures and Deadline
By nomination from the department. Two finalists are selected by the School of Graduate Studies to compete at CGS. This award is announced in May with a departmental deadline in early July.
Governor General's Gold Medal
Purpose
The Governor General's office annually awards Governor General's Gold Medals to honour academic excellence at the graduate level. At UofT, three medals are available - one medal is awarded to a candidate graduating from Division I or II, one medal is awarded to a candidate from Division III or IV and one medal is awarded to the runner-up from any Division.
Value
Medals are presented on behalf of the Governor General by participating educational institutions, along with a personalized certificate signed by the Governor General. Students do not receive any monetary award.
Application Procedure
Graduate department nominates the students to the School of Graduate Studies, who will then select the recipients.
If you would like more detailed information, please see the Governor General’s website: http://www.gg.ca/
NSERC Doctoral Prizes
Each year, NSERC's Doctoral Prizes recognize excellence in student research in the natural sciences and engineering. Over the years, these prestigious awards have honoured the achievements of Canada's most promising scientists and engineers.
Application Procedure
By nomination from the department. Two finalists are selected by the School and they compete at the national competition in Ottawa.
It its review of nominations, NSERC focuses on the quality of the doctoral research. In this process, the committee evaluates the significance of the student's contribution to the field, potential for a research career, and the potential for applying the research.
Value & Duration
- Each recipient receives a framed citation, a silver medal and $10,000.
- Doctoral Prizes are awarded to up to four students completing their doctoral degrees at Canadian universities. Two awards are available in each of two categories: natural sciences and engineering.
Eligibility
Doctoral Prizes are open to students who:
- have conducted research within the natural sciences and engineering
- have successfully defended their doctoral thesis in the academic year preceding the competition year
- are Canadian citizens or permanent residents in Canada at the time of nomination
For additional information please visit the NSERC website: www.NSERC.ca
NSERC John C. Polanyi Award
The NSERC John C. Polanyi Award is given to an individual or a team whose research, conducted in Canada, has led to a recent outstanding advance in an NSERC-supported field of the natural sciences or engineering. The research leading to the advance must have been funded, at least partially, by an NSERC grant. Although Dr. Polanyi’s most significant research accomplishments have been in chemistry, the NSERC John C. Polanyi Award recognizes a recent outstanding advance in any field of the natural sciences or engineering. For additional information, please see the NSERC website at:
http://www.nserc.gc.ca/award_e.asp?nav=polanyi&lbi=about
Ontario Council on Graduate Studies John Charles Polanyi Prizes
Purpose and Criteria
In honour of the achievement of John Charles Polanyi, recipient of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, the Government of the Province of Ontario has established the John Charles Polanyi Prizes for outstanding researchers in the early stages of their career who are continuing to post-doctoral studies at an Ontario university. Five prizes are awarded annually in the areas broadly defined as Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Economic Science.
For additional information, please visit the OCGS website at:
http://ocgs.cou.on.ca/_bin/home/polanyi.cfm
Ontario Council on Graduate Studies Women's Health Scholarship
Purpose and Criteria
The Women's Health Scholarship is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care and was established to ensure that Ontario attracts and retains pre-eminent women's health scholars. Two awards are available to acknowledge scientific excellence, in the creation of new knowledge about women’s health and its translation into improved health for women, more effective health services and products for women, and a strengthened health care system. For additional information, please visit the OCGS website at:http://ocgs.cou.on.ca/_bin/home/womensHealth.cfm
For further information on the above awards, please contact:
Graduate Awards Office
School of Graduate Studies
63 St. George Street, Room 202
Phone: 416-946-5254