2019-20 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarships

Overview

The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship Programme is looking for audacious, original, and forward-thinking researchers to apply for their scholarship programme. The programme ‘will help shape researchers into engaged leaders who are conscious of the impact of their research, connected to the realities of the communities in which they work, and open to non-conventional forms of knowledge’. Up to 20 of these prestigious awards are available.

The scholarship programme offers leadership and skills training, and funding of up to CAD 60,000.00 per scholar for three years.

Eligibility

To be eligible for these awards the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation has outlined the following selection criteria:
- Applicants must be Canadian citizens
- Applicants must be accepted or already enrolled on a full-time doctoral programme in the humanities and social sciences
- Applicants’ work must relate to one of the Trudeau Foundation’s four themes (the themes are Human Rights and Dignity; Responsible Citizenship; Canada and the World; and, People and their Natural Environment.)

Those who meet the eligibility criteria and who are interested in applying should read the information found on the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation website under Doctoral Scholarships and Become a Scholar.

To apply

Any student who wishes to be considered for nomination by the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine should
1. register on the Trudeau Foundation website for a login to their scholarship portal (read the Steps to Applying on the Become a Scholar page carefully - this will explain the process for registering on the Trudeau portal, and the expected time delays), and
2. complete and submit the application form via the Trudeau Foundation scholarship portal, and
3. email the LSHTM Scholarships team to confirm that their application has been submitted (for the School to consider via the Trudeau portal)
by midnight (GMT) on Wednesday 16 January 2019.