Mitacs Globalink Scholarships for International Students at University of Montreal, Canada

Eligibility Criteria

• Eligible Countries: All nationalities
• Acceptable Course or Subjects: The scholarship will be awarded for the Research study in the targeted field of studies:
• Administration and management
• Planning
• Arts and music
• Communication
• Law
• Economics and politics
• Teaching and education sciences
• Environment and sustainable development
• Literature and languages
• ??Life sciences Health
• sciences
• Human sciences
• Pure sciences and applied sciences
• Social sciences
• Social sciences: intervention
• Information and communications technology
• Theology and religious studies
• Admissible Criteria: To be eligible, the applicants must meet all the following criteria:
• Be 18 years of age or older;
• Be a foreign student;
• Be a graduate of the 1st cycle (completed their 2nd year of studies before leaving) or enrolled in graduate studies or a postdoctoral fellow;
• Come from a university establishment or a university-level research centre in one of the eligible countries (see the website);
• Ensure that the research stay at UdeM is for a period of 12 to 24 weeks;
• Have a supervising professor at their home university and another at UdeM. It is the student’s responsibility to find the supervising professor at UdeM;
• The research stay cannot begin before the acceptance of the Globalink research grant;
• Coming for a research stay only. Tuition, literature review and thesis writing are not eligible activities.

Offered Benefits

Students can receive a CAD $6,000 scholarship, half of which will be funded by Globalink and the other half must come from an external source (e.g. home university, granting agencies, private companies, professor (e)-supervisor of the home university or UdeM, etc.).

Application Process

• How to Apply: Applicants must submit an online application to apply.
• Supporting Documents: Applicants must upload the required documents through the  Centre étudiant. To upload your documents, it is important to respect the following requirements:
• Identity: Provide a copy of the birth certificate
• Residence status in Canada
• Previous studies
• Knowledge of French
• Letters of recommendation
• Language: documents written in a language other than English or French must be accompanied, in the same PDF file, by a French translation certified by the consulate of the applicant’s country of origin or a member of the  Ordre des traducteurs, terminologies et interprètes agréés du Québec.
• Admission Requirements: A GPA of 3.3 out of 4.3 is required for admission to graduate programs. Applicants must meet the admission criteria before starting an application.
• Language Requirement: Knowledge of French is required.