The Faculty of Graduate Studies is holding a series of information sessions focusing on the application process and deadlines for some external scholarships.

The sessions are for fourth-year undergraduate and current graduate students with a minimum 80 per cent average in each of the last two years of study. The sessions will focus on the application process and deadlines for the Tri-Agency External Scholarships (NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR) and Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS).

In a very competitive funding environment, Brock graduate students are being increasingly recognized for the scope and calibre of their research with major awards from Tri-Council agencies, a clear measure of the potential that their work holds in contributing to discovery and innovation in Canada. In 2015, Brock graduate students received approximately $2.5 million in provincial and national funding to support research.

The first in the series of information sessions begins this week with:

CIHR Canadian Institutes of Health Research

• Award value $17,500 to $35,000

Thursday, Sept. 10, 1:30 to 3 p.m., MC C206 (Webinar & Information Session)

Dates and times for other sessions are as follows:

NSERC Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

• Award value $17,500 to $50,000

Thursday, Sept. 17, 9 to 11 a.m., Pond Inlet

(NSERC Representative will facilitate the session)

SSHRC Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

• Award value $17,500 to $50,000

Thursday, Oct. 1, 10 to 11:30 a.m., Pond Inlet

OGS Ontario Graduate Scholarship

• Award value $15,000

Friday, Sept. 18, 10 to 11:30 a.m., Pond Inlet

Tuesday, Sept. 29, 10 to 11:30 a.m., Pond Inlet

For more information contact Joanne Kremble, Graduate Officer, Funding and Awards, x5207; jkremble@brocku.ca