Apply for Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholarship (Canada)

What Makes a Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar?

• Academic excellence and intellectual curiosity: Do you have a record of strong academic performance attested to by your transcripts and other forms of educational achievement (e.g., publications, conference presentations)? Are you committed to excellence in research and knowledge dissemination? Are you an original thinker who can engage in constructive critical thinking about society?
• Commitment and openness to engaging with a plurality of perspectives: Are you willing to engage with a plurality of people, cultures, institutions, forms of knowledge, ideologies, and perspectives? Can you collaborate respectfully across differences, including with those who hold different opinions and ideologies, to pursue your goals?
• Leadership and engagement: Are you engaged in activities and organizations within and beyond academia? Do you aspire to take on more significant leadership roles in your community or organization(s)? Do you have the potential to take your research beyond academia to benefit the wider public?
• Participation in Foundation community events: Are you committed to fully participating in all Foundation activities, whether conferences, masterclasses, or seminars, and to engaging respectfully and actively with all participants?

Themes

• Your doctoral work must relate 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

Eligibility Criteria

• You must be a Canadian citizen studying at a Canadian or foreign institution. Or you are a permanent resident of Canada or a foreign national enrolled in a doctoral program at a Canadian institution.
• You must be registered or accepted into a full-time doctoral program in year one or two.
• Your field of study is broadly related to the humanities and social sciences or human sciences and is directly relevant to the future of Canada.

For more information, visit Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation.