Graduate Fellowships and Awards 2012-2013

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Pharmacology and Therapeutics

James Frosst Fellowship

Established in 1990 by the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics through a donation from Merck Frosst Canada Inc.

Eligibility:

Primarily awarded by the graduate training committee to an outstanding international applicant to the program.

Value:

$10,000.

Deadline:

All international applicants conditionally accepted to the program prior to May 1 are considered for the Fellowship.

 

MACINTOSH PRIZE IN PHARMACOLOGY

Established in 1991 for graduate studies in Pharmacology by the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics in honour of Professor F.C. MacIntosh, a distinguished McGill scientist.

Eligibility:

Awarded annually to a student who has presented, within the last year, a senior seminar and who has progressed towards a submission of thesis.

Estimated value:

$500.

 

Melville Prize in Pharmacology

Established to honour Professor Kenneth I. Melville who was Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics from 1953 to 1967 and Professor Emeritus from 1967 until his death in 1975.

Eligibility:

Awarded annually to two graduate students: one senior, one junior; and one Postdoctoral Fellow whose research presentation at the annual Pharmacology Research Day (or equivalent occasion) is judged by an ad hoc advisory committee to be the best.

Value:

$400/$200/$100.

 

Theodore Sourkes Prize

Established in 1992 by the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics in honour of Professor Theodore Sourkes.

Eligibility:

Awarded annually to recognize outstanding contribution by a graduate student in the Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, as judged from a paper published in a peer‑reviewed journal. Awarded by the Department to a student ­currently in the program or having graduated within a year.

Value:

$500.