CGS-MA (SSHRC) WORKSHOP
(Joseph-Armand Bombardier Scholarships)
- Eligibility
- only Canadian citizens or permanent residents can apply
- must be planning to study in Canada
- must have an A- average over the course of each of the last two years
- must be entering first or second masters year in September 2010
- must have been enrolled at Carleton in some capacity during 2009
other recent graduates apply directly to SSHRC before December 14, 2009
- must have received BA degree since January 2005
- must be planning to study full-time next year
students with disabilities may study part-time
- must be pursuing an MA degree in some discipline in the humanities or social sciences
- Engineering and Science students will automatically be considered for a CGS when they apply for an NSERC award
- some masters students in health science subjects may be eligible to apply for a CGS-CIHR rather than a CGS-SSHRC
see Professor Carter Elwood or departmental graduate advisor for details
- students must have a research component in their MA program to apply for a CGS
- students may not apply for a CGS to cover
Q-year
third MA year
second MA program
second CGS
CGS through NSERC or CIHR at same time as through SSHRC
“Fast-tracked” PhD program
performance-based MA program
- Application Procedures
- complete application on line
- print hard copy of completed application
- submit to your graduate administrator (or Chair in departments without graduate programs) beforeNOON, Friday, 6 November
attach all official university transcripts
- Application Form
Page 1 - Personal Information
Page 2 - Addresses
- permanent address must be in Canada
Page 3 - Application Profile
- codes will be found in pull-down lists
- your “current position” is “student” (not TA)
- number of months of support = 12
- start date = usually September 2010
can be May 2011 or January 2011 - see instructions
- title of project - give brief description/title of proposed research topic or area
- total number of full-time months of graduate study completed by time you wish to start your CGS must be less than 12
two part-time months = one full-time month
explain nature and duration of PT study in Program of Study
- make sure to sign at the bottom of this page
Page 4 - Academic Background
- list degrees in reverse chronological order starting with current program
- do not submit cv or exceed the space provided
Page 5 - Work Experience
- list academic positions such as TAships and relevant or significant non-academic positions in reverse chronological order
- do not submit cv or exceed space provided
Page 6 - Credentials
- use only space provided
- list up to six scholarships, medals and other awards
see list at bottom of your Carleton transcript for some of the awards you may have received
do not list TAships
- indicate source, date and value of each award
Page 6 - Research Contributions
- use space provided and one additional page (if needed), but do not repeat the same item in both places
- list by following categories:
a) Refereed books, articles and chapters
give date of publication, volume and pagination
b) Conference presentations, invited talks and poster sessions
give title of presentation as well as of conference and the date
c) Non-refereed publications
book reviews, research reports, published conference proceedings
d) Literary and artistic works
published creative work, exhibits, catalogues, sound recordings, videos, etc.
- list only publications that have appeared or have been accepted for publication or presentations given or already accepted by conference organizers
- do not list theses, letters to the editor, class presentations or works submitted but not yet accepted
Pages 7 and 8 - Areas of Study
- for SSHRC data base - not important for adjudication
Page 8 - Languages
- be sure to complete if your project requires knowledge of a foreign language(s)
Page 9 - Referees
- provide names of two academic referees only
- submit officialtranscripts from all universities attended and list on page 9
- Carleton transcripts should be up-to-date official ones (not audits or Banner grades) though “issued to student” transcripts are acceptable
- if you attended a university that does not issue transcripts, you should obtain an “official certificate of success” which outlines the program in which you were registered, the date of initial registration and the degree sought or obtained
- transcripts certified as “true copies” of documents in your graduate file can only be submitted if war or revolution has made contact with a given foreign university impossible
Pages 10 and 11 - Letters of Appraisal
- fill in your name and address
- give with program of study to each referee listed on page 9
- ask referee to return completed appraisal to your graduate administrator (not to you) by 6 November
Departmental Appraisal
- fill in your name, etc.
- submit with completed application to your graduate administrator
Checklist
- ignore instructions in item 6
Attachments
A) Program of Study
- submit no more than two pages, single-spaced, using Times New Roman12-point with 3/4" margins and putting your name in the upper-right corner
- provide a well-written, well-structured description of your proposed research program specifying as much as possible the research question, context, objectives and methodology of your project
- if your program does not include a thesis, research essay or major research project, explain how the research component of your degree will be fulfilled
- mention also the university at which you intend to study as well as the discipline you will be pursuing
- feel free to comment briefly on relevant work experience, community service and other extra-curricular activity
- students in Psychology should justify why they are submitting this application through SSHRC rather than NSERC or CIHR
- see, as an example, the attached Program of Study recently submitted by a Carleton undergraduate
B) Bibliography and Citations (optional)
- provide a select bibliography for your project and/or full citations for any works mentioned in your Program of Study