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CAGS/UMI Distinguished Dissertation Award

Value: $1,500 prize, Citation Certificate, up to $1,500 travel expenses
Eligibility:

Winners of this award at the national level will be granted a $1,500 cash prize, a certificate of recognition, and an opportunity to attend the annual CAGS Conference, to be held in Victoria, B.C. in November.

Dissertations may be submitted in either official language.

Eligible nomintes:

  • A dissertation in any discipline in engineering, medical sciences, and natural sciences completed and accepted by the Graduate School between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024.
  • A dissertation in any discipline in the fine arts, humanities, and social sciences completed and accepted by the Graduate School between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024.

Note: In interdisciplinary domains or in fields that overlap the two broad areas in which the prizes are given, the Dean of the College of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies will decide for which prize it is appropriate to submit the dissertation.
Donor:

The CAGS-ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award recognizes Canadian doctoral dissertations that make unusually significant and original contributions to their academic field. They were established in 1994 and are presented annually by the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS), with sponsorship support provided by ProQuest.
Apply:

Complete all sections of the nomination package. Incomplete nominations will not be considered.

To nominate a student for this competition, please use the online application and provide the following documents:

  • A letter from the nominee’s supervisor or program director describing the reasons for the nomination, and why the dissertation constitutes a significant piece of original work
  • A letter from the External Examiner that covers the topics found in the Nomination Letter Guidelines
  • An abstract of the dissertation, not exceeding 350 words, written by the nominee in non-technical language
  • An up-to-date C.V. of the nominee

Please also provide the name and contact information of the nominee’s supervisor or program director in case of questions relating to the nomination.

The candidate should be made aware of their nomination for the award and provide the abstract of the dissertation and their CV. If this isn’t possible, provide the reason(s) in the appropriate space in the online nomination.

For additional information, please contact us at gradstudies.awards@usask.ca.
Deadline:

Open for application at the beginning of each Winter term.

2025 deadline - Monday, February 10, 2025 at 4:30pm CST

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