Steps to completing an application
- Review the student project proposal guidelines and important application details below
- Complete the Student Project Proposal Form - Winter 2024
- Ask your supervisor to review your project proposal
- Review the online Winter Bursary Application Form (login required) and confirm all project and supervisor related details with your professor
- Complete/sign the Agreement Form - Winter 2024 along with your supervisor
- Submit the online Winter Bursary Application Form
- Submit the online Winter Bursary Application Form and attach both the student project proposal + the signed agreement form
Student project proposal guidelines
- On-site research work must be conducted at McGill University or one of its affiliated institutions. Remote (or hybrid) work is a possibility with appropriate justification
- Using the blank space provided in the Student Project Proposal Form above, give a brief outline of your plan to continue summer research
- Page 1 should be used for the lay summary + timeline only; the remaining 2.5 pages should be used for the project proposal (including references)
- Proposal file must not exceed a total of 4 pages; font/margins set in the form should not be changed (see details below)
- Write the project proposal yourself; only ask for guidance from your supervisor
- Where appropriate, write in the first person (e.g. when describing the role of student)
- Be sure to include all required information (see bulleted list on page 2 of form)
- Here are a few important points to consider when writing your proposal:
- Your proposal should be concise and feasible within the given 12-week period of part-time research
- Ensure that you will not only be performing the tasks of a technician or laboratory assistant; you should have an important role in the research project; it is expected that you be thoroughly involved in the scientific experimentation process and not mainly in data collection; your role should include a literature review, the formulation and understanding of the methodology involved, as well as the interpretation, writing and presentation of findings
- Your research role should be clearly indicated; applications most often fail when the student's role is not emphasized
- Projects more likely to be funded are clearly relevant to health and strong from a methodological and design point-of-view
- Proposals should be hypothesis driven and touch on all aspects of the scientific process; please note that projects whose main purpose is to use the 12 weeks to conduct manuscript writing or literature reviews will not be prioritized for funding
Important application details
- Only 1 complete application per student will be considered
- Project proposal file must not exceed a total of 4 pages (including references); any additional pages will not be reviewed
- Allowable font size and margins have been set in the proposal form and should not be changed (11 pt Calibri font; margins = 0.5" top/bottom + 1.0" left/right)
- After pressing 'Submit' on the online winter bursary application form, information provided cannot be edited; an automated message will appear directly on screethe n confirming receipt of the submission
- Student project proposal form must be submitted as a single PDF file; the file must be saved as LastName_FirstName_W24proposal
- Signed agreement form must also be saved in PDF format and named LastName_FirstName_W24agreement; handwritten or electronic signatures from student/supervisor are permitted
- Project proposal + signed agreement must be submitted together as attachments in application form
Application Form