Foundation Trudeau Doctoral Scholarships

The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation awards up to 15 scholarships to Canadian doctoral candidates pursuing research related to one of its four founding themes, including environmental issues

What it covers:

• $40,000 per year for three years;
• $20,000 per year for three years, as research and travel allowance;
• Opportunity for a fourth year: writing or dissemination scholarship;
• Advice from a mentor from various spheres of Canadian public life, starting the second year of the scholarship

• Applicants must be full-time first or second year students enrolled (or in the process of enrolling) on a doctoral programme in the humanities, natural environment or social sciences; and
• Canadian citizens or permanent residents enrolled full-time on a doctoral programme in Canada, or Canadian citizens enrolled full-time in a doctoral programme outside of Canada.

Further information:

Trudeau scholars are selected through a rigorous selection process that involves the following steps:

• Evaluation of application files by a selection committee;
• Invitation to approximatively 30 finalists to an interview at the Foundation offices in Montréal;
• Recommendation of 15 candidates to the Application and Nomination Review Committee, and then to the Board for approval.

Evaluation criteria:

• Academic excellence,
• Communication skills,
• Public engagement,
• Desire to contribute to public dialogue and transmit knowledge,
• Desire to be involved in the community with other researchers or scholars,
• Thematic relevance of the doctoral research