Internal Studentships are open to highly qualified Faculty of Medicine graduate students who are registered full-time in a research training program leading to an M.Sc. or Ph.D. degree.
Internal Studentships are tenable for one year starting September 1. The Faculty of Medicine contribution for an M.Sc. student is $10,000 and for a Ph.D. student is $12,000. Supervisors are expected to supplement funded applicants with a minimum contribution of $8,000.
M.D./Ph.D. students are not eligible to apply for Faculty of Medicine Internal Studentships, they should consult the Director of the M.D./Ph.D. program regarding funding for which they are eligible.
Residents receiving remuneration from the RAMQ while pursuing a Master’s or Ph.D. degree are not eligible to apply to the Faculty of Medicine Internal Studentships program.
Students who apply for a Faculty of Medicine Internal Studentship are automatically considered for every award for which they are eligible.
Applications are evaluated on the basis of academic performance; quality of the proposal; training environment; accomplishments (articles, abstracts, evidence of progress appropriate to the stage of the student's career); and letters of support.
Successful applicants must be registered at McGill University when applying and for the duration of the award.
The deadline for applications is normally mid-late April. For further information and application forms, please consult
www.mcgill.ca/medresearch/graduate/funding/studentships.
Established in 2003 by a bequest from Charles Francis Patton in memory of his parents, Charles James Patton, M.D., and Elizabeth Ross Patton.
Awarded by the postgraduate awards committee to an outstanding graduate student for excellence in medical research.
Awarded by the Faculty of Medicine Scholarships Committee to outstanding graduate students in recognition of their research in the field of Psychosomatic or Integrative Medicine.
Established by a bequest from Alix Auzolle Giroud in memory of her son, Dr. Claude J.P. Giroud, former professor of Experimental Medicine at McGill.
Awarded on a competitive basis to a full‑time graduate student pursuing research in Endocrinology.
To be awarded by the Faculty of Medicine Postgraduate Awards Committee to graduate students as part of the Faculty of Medicine’s internal studentships.
Awarded by the Faculty of Medicine Postgraduate Awards Committee. Preference shall be given to candidates pursuing research in the causes of and/or cure for cancer.
Established in 2010 by Dusty Vineberg Solomon, B.A. 1948, along with friends and family to honour the outstanding career of Dr. Samuel Solomon.
Awarded on the basis of academic merit by Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for outstanding graduate students who are pursuing research in Endocrinology in the Faculty of Medicine. Preference will be given to students engaged in reproductive endocrinology research.
Awarded by the Faculty of Medicine’s Postgraduate Awards Committee to a graduate student pursuing medical research.
Established in 1995 by a bequest of the late Elizabeth Steffen, M.D. 1945, and awarded by the Faculty of Medicine to contribute to the support of a full‑time graduate student pursuing research in the Faculty of Medicine.
Established in 1965 to record the bequest of funds from the Estate of Fannie Gershman as a memorial to her late husband Mr. Icko Gershman and herself.
Established in 1943 by Mrs. Rutherford Caverhill for full‑time graduate study and training in the Department of Medicine.
Established in 1953 by a bequest from the late Harrison Watson and Ruth Appleton Watson in memory of their only son, Captain Aubrey Wentworth Harrison Watson, D.S.O., M.C.
The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage research into the causes and cures of tuberculosis and other diseases of an allied character.
Established in 1972 for medical research with preference given to requests for financial assistance for full‑time graduate students.
The income from a bequest by the late Irma H. Bauer to be used for the support of a full‑time graduate student doing research in the field of epilepsy.
Established to support graduate research preferably in the field of cancer, but worthy candidates working in other areas of medical or surgical research will also be considered.
For the support of graduate students pursuing cardiovascular research. This scholarship may be granted in conjunction with the Joseph Schubert Memorial Scholarship.
Intended for graduate students of any approved medical school in the fields relating to surgery, urology, otolaryngology, radiology, etc.
Established in 1953 by family, friends, and former colleagues of Joseph Schubert, a prominent citizen and former Alderman of the city of Montreal.
For the support of graduate students pursuing cardiovascular research. This scholarship may be granted in conjunction with the Jeannette and Abram Victor Memorial Scholarship.
Fellowships are awarded for studies at McGill in Anatomy and Cell Biology, Bacteriology, Biochemistry, Histology, Pathology, Pharmacology or Physiology. Candidates must be full‑time graduate students (M.Sc. or Ph.D.) in one of these subjects.
Established in 2002 by Maysie MacSporran, B.A. 1927, in memory of Esther Cushing and her parents, Dr. Frank R. England and Dr. Octavia Grace Ritchie England.
Awarded by the Faculty of Medicine's Postgraduate Awards Committee to top-ranked students in the official training programs in each of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Established in 1989, the Ruth and Alex Dworkin Fund will provide scholarships to students, doing postgraduate work in the field of oncology, who would not be able to pursue their studies in the absence of financial assistance. Students will be selected by the Postgraduate Awards Committee.
Open to full‑time graduate students who are principally engaged in research on the physiology of the blood or its diseases.
Awarded by the office of the Associate Dean, Graduate Studies and Research of the Faculty of Medicine, to outstanding graduate students pursuing cancer research.
