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The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship



Summary

The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship brings together remarkable individuals from various disciplines and backgrounds with a shared interest in making Canada and the world a better place into a life-changing community. It's about more than money. Students who are interested in pushing the academic questions of their time. Students who are involved in their communities. And students looking to connect with a community, senior academics, and eminent practitioners.


Benefits

  • Inclusion in a vibrant community of Scholars, Fellows and Mentors, all leaders in their respective disciplines and fields of action.

  • Exchanges and inspiration by and from Mentors and Fellows, including unique experiential learning opportunities that enrich and complement your academic experience.

  • Receipt of up to $50,000 per year for three years to cover tuition and reasonable living expenses to focus on your doctoral studies.

  • Receipt of an additional $20,000 per year for three years for research, networking and travel expenses related to your doctoral research. 

  • Encouragement and support for you to learn or improve your language knowledge in both official languages.

  • Expanded learning and understanding of your role as a settler or as a member of a First Nation, Inuit or Métis concerning ongoing efforts to decolonize and reconcile.

  • Inclusion in a large community of more than 500 alumni and alumnae of the Foundation, whose professional success stories following the Scholarship tell their own convincing story about the value of this outstanding recognition.


Eligibility

To apply for this scholarship, applicants must:

  • Be a Canadian student studying at a Canadian university, a Canadian student studying at an international university or an international student studying at a Canadian university

  • Be in the process of completing a Master’s program (completed no later than summer 2025)

  • Be in the first year of a doctoral program or be in your second year of a doctoral program

  • Be in a field of study broadly related to the humanities and social sciences or human sciences and is directly relevant to the future of Canada.

  • Have a doctoral work relating to at least one of the Foundation's four general themes: 

    • Human Rights and Dignity 

    • Responsible Citizenship

    • Canada and the World

    • People and their Natural Environment.


Deadline

November 25, 2024, at 4:00 p.m. EST


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