Quebec University Scholarships for Foriegn Students, Canada

Students Merit Scholarships for PhD/Postdoctoral fellowship/Short-term research or professional development scholarships for the applicants of Mexico and Brazil, Belgium, China and India at Quebec University Scholarships in Canada-2012/13

Study Subject(s): health, humanities and social sciences, arts and letters, natural sciences, and engineering
Students Scholarships Level: Postdoctoral/Phd/Short-term research or professional development
Scholarship Provider: Quebec University
Students Scholarships can be taken at: Canada

Eligibility:
-Must meet all eligibility conditions as at the date of the closing of the competition, Must have been preselected by a university or the Trans-Tech network (for CCTTs), TERI University, the Mexican DER or CONACYT.
-To the Québec-China program must be preselected by the China Scolarship Council as at January 15, 2012.
-Cannot have already received a merit scholarship for foreign students from Québec Education Department, Fonds Nature et Technologies or Fonds Société et Culture.
-Cannot be a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada. Cannot have applied for permanent resident status under Canadian immigration law.
-Québec-Wallonie scholarship applicants must have studied in a French-language university institution in Belgium at the time they are granted their scholarship.
-Have a Certificat d’acceptation du Québec (CAQ) issued by the ministère de l’Immigration et des Communautés culturelles du Québec (MICC) and a student visa issued by the Canadian Consulate valid for the entire duration of their scholarship.
-Have a work visa issued by the Canadian Consulate for the entire duration of their fellowship or scholarship.

International Scholarships for Students: Yes

Scholarship for Students of Following Countries: Mexico and Brazil, Belgium, China and India

Scholarship Description: The objective of the Merit scholarship program for foreign students is to support the internationalization of research activities in Québec’s institutions of higher learning, to attract the best foreign researchers and students, and to promote Québec universities and Centres collégiaux de transfert de technologie (CCTTs), or college technology transfer centres, abroad. 3. The program covers higher education as a whole by giving Centres collégiaux de transfert de technologie (CCTTs) researchers and administrators the opportunity to be part of the program. The list of the CCTTs. 4. In a more generic way, the attribution of a Merit scholarship for foreign students aims at creating a cultural link and at allowing the setting up of possible common scientific research projects.

Scholarships Application Deadline: November 1, 2011

Further Merit for Foriegn Students Scholarships Information and Application detail in website:

http://www.fqrnt.gouv.qc.ca/bourses/regles/pdf_lettres/2012-2013/PBEEE/ReglesPBEEE_Ang.pdf