CAGS/PROQUEST听Distinguished Dissertation Awards
Complete nomination packages (as outlined in the CAGS-PROQUEST Checklist below) must be submitted to GPS Graduate Funding via听gradcomp.gps [at] mcgill.ca听and entered on FAD听by听the deadline indicated below.听
To be eligible, dissertations must be disseminated in full text format via the ProQuest Dissertation & Thesis Global database (PQDT Global), prior to jury selection. Upload instructions may be found
Each unit is limited to one nomination per discipline category. Units are responsible for determining their own internal deadlines for student documentation. Nominees must have submitted the final copy听of their dissertation during the previous calendar year.
Deadline
01 March 2024
Discipline Categories
Each unit is limited to one recommended application per discipline category.
- Fine Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences
- Engineering, Medical Sciences, and Natural Sciences
Required Forms & Tools
For more information, please consult McGill's Dissertation Awards information page for students
ADESAQ
Prix D'excellence de L'Association des doyennes et des doyens des 茅tudes sup茅rieures au Qu茅bec (ADESAQ)
Complete Nomination packages (as outlined in the ADESAQ checklist below)听must be submitted to GPS Graduate Funding via gradcomp.gps [at] mcgill.ca听and entered on FAD听by听the deadline indicated below.
Each unit is limited to听one nomination per discipline category.听 McGill may only make one nomination per category to the agency.听Nominees must have submitted the final copy听of their dissertation during the previous calendar year.
Deadline
01 March 2024
Discipline Categories
Each unit is limited to one recommended application per discipline category.
- Natural Sciences/Engineering
- Health Science
- Humanities/Social Science
Required Forms & Tools
For more information, please consult听McGill's Dissertation Awards information page for students
Council of Graduate Schools (CGS/UMI) ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards
Complete nomination package must be submitted to GPS Graduate Funding via email to gradcomp.gps [at] mcgill.ca听and entered on听by the deadline indicated below. Each unit is limited to one nomination per discipline category.
The effective date of the degree awarded, or the completion of doctoral degree requirements and dissertation(final corrected copies of the Ph.D. thesis submission), must lie in the period of July 1, 2021 and June 30, 2023.听
Deadline
20 June Unit submits to GPS
Discipline Categories
Each unit is limited to one recommended application per discipline category.
- Biological Sciences/Life Sciences: biology; botany; zoology; ecology; embryology; entomology; genetics; nutrition; plant pathology; plant physiology; anatomy; biochemistry; biophysics; microbiology; pathology; pharmacology; physiology; and related fields. Also included are agriculture, forestry, and related fields.
- Humanities and Fine Arts: history; philosophy; language; linguistics; literature; archaeology; jurisprudence; the history, theory and criticism of the arts; ethics; comparative religion; and those aspects of the social sciences that employ historical or philosophical approaches.
- If a dissertation is multi- or interdisciplinary in nature, a significant portion of the work must be comprised by at least one of the 2023 fields of competition.
Required Forms & Tools
- CGS Reviewer Checklist
- Nomination Form听(submit as separate document "CGS-UMI-2023-Nomination-NomineeNAME-DEPT.pdf"听听along with application attached to same email message.)
- McGill's Dissertation Awards information page for students
- 听(detailed instructions for "Materials" and "Criteria")
Northeastern Association of Graduate Schools Doctoral Dissertation and Master's Thesis Awards听
Each unit is limited to听one doctoral and one master's nomination. Nominations to be entered on FAD and complete nomination packages to be submitted to GPS Graduate Funding via email to gradcomp.gps [at] mcgill.ca by听the deadline indicated below. Complete package in one single PDF file.
Deadline
12 December 2024
Eligibility
- Eligible听Master's听Thesis听2024-Nominees must have received the master's degree within three years preceding the year of competition. Therefore, people who completed all requirements for the degree after January 1, 2022.
- Eligible听Doctoral听听Dissertation听2024- Nominees must have received the doctoral degree within five years preceding the year of competition. Therefore, people who completed all requirements for the degree after January 1, 2020.
Discipline Categories
- Eligible听Master's听Thesis听2025-听Agricultural, Biological & Health 听
- Eligible听Doctoral听听Dissertation听2025- Arts & Humanities
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