SGS Baseline Fellowships

The School of Graduate Studies (SGS) provides Baseline Fellowship funding to the department for the support of graduate students, which is awarded on a competitive basis to graduate students upon acceptance into the Biochemistry graduate program. Consideration of candidates for SGS Baseline funding occurs automatically and is based on the applicant’s application package.

Applications will be assessed for both admittance and SGS Baseline following the deadlines set by the Department (March 1, July 1, November 1). Decisions will be announced to applicants and supervisors within 1 month of the application deadline.

Applications that come in after the deadlines for students who want to enrol before the next competition will be assessed on a rolling basis for admission but not for SGS Baseline. These students will be assessed for baseline at the next competition.

Unsuccessful applicants will be included in the next competition and evaluated on the basis of their admission application package.

Students transferring to the PhD who are not currently receiving baseline can update their graduate resume/CV and transcripts. They will be evaluated against other PhD students in the next competition.

There will be no preference given to Canadian or International students.

Evaluation (see evaluation rubric below for details):

MSc or direct entry PhD:

-              50% grades
-              25% research potential
-              20% research experience
-              5% outreach, volunteer work, or other work experience.

PhD:

-              30% grades
-              25% research potential
-              40% research experience
-              5% outreach, volunteer work, or other work experience.

For more details on the rubric please see: SGS Baseline Rubric

Note: grades from international applicants will be converted using the same system as used by SGS for determining admission and baseline eligibility (https://applications.wes.org/country-resources/resources.asp).