Canada Funds 500 New PhD Scholarships
The new Canadian federal budget announced this week includes ambitious new funding for international education to help Canadian universities compete for top talent from Canada and around the world. From Macleans.Ca online:
"The program will award 500 PhD students with $50,000 each year for up to three years of study. The program will cost the government $25-million over two years. It will be open to both Canadian and international students.
The new initiative is a response to universities’ complaints that they are unable to attract the world’s brightest students to Canada. The program, named after Governor General George Vanier, aims to compete with high profile scholarship programs like the Rhodes program."
Click here to read the rest of the story on Macleans.ca Online.
The Canadian Federation of Biological Societies also reported on a new study abroad program for Canadian students:
"The Government will also provide $3 million over two years for Canada Graduate Scholarship recipients ($6,000/year to 250 students) to help Canadian students study abroad for one semester." For more information, visit the CFBS story.
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posted by Keith Clausen @ 11:23 AM
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While I laud the initiative of providing funding 500 new phd by the canadian government, I think is is important to note that the fact of having students pay an expensive appllication fees for admission, especially those coming from developing countries (sometimes up to 120 canadian dollars!)already defeats the purpose of the afore mentioned provisioning. Does it make sense to ask someone to come and eat a free lunch, but yet ask for an admittance fee at the entrance???
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