The Canadian Doctoral Recruitment Visits project funds top Canadian students living outside the Greater Montreal area to visit the 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ campus and meet with students and professors in their potential department. This project aims to increase the enrollment of Canadian students to meet the same success GPS has seen with International recruitment.Ìý
Funding for visits is limited and requests must be approved by GPS. Visits must take place before June 1st.
Eligibility
In order to be eligible for recruitment funding, prospective students must have applied and been offered admission at the PhD level to 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ.Ìý
Funding Available
The following amounts are allotted to top-level Canadian PhD applicants according to their province/territory of provenance:
- Alberta - $800
- British Columbia - $1000
- Manitoba - $600
- New Brunswick - $500
- Newfoundland and Labrador - $800
- Northwest Territories - $1000
- Nova Scotia - $600
- Nunavut - $1000
- Ontario - $400 (except. Ottawa region)
- Ottawa region - $200
- Prince Edward Island - $600
- Quebec - $100-$400 (depending on distance)
- Saskatchewan - $700
- YukonÌý - $1000
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Process
As part of a new initiative, GPS providesÌývisiting PhD applicants with pre-paid credit cards upon their arrival at 91Ë¿¹ÏÊÓƵ to ease the cost of travel to Montreal.
For visiting PhD applicants to receive a virtual pre-paid credit card, the following steps must be taken:
- The GPC or GPD must complete the webformÌýat least 2 weeks prior to the prospective student’s arrival;
- GPS confirms to unit approval of request;
- If approved, the GPC or GPD must confirm student's arrivalÌýto graduatefunding.gps [at] mcgill.ca;Ìý
- GPS emails the virtual prepaid credit card withÌýinstructions directly to student.
Please note that we can no longer reimburse students directly. All reimbursements will be made by pre-paid credit card only. For any questions regarding the Canadian Doctoral Recruitment Visits, contact graduatefunding.gps [at] mcgill.ca.