These awards recognize excellent performance in the BBME graduate program. The number of awards varies from year to year. See criteria/eligibility section below for additional details.

See the award history.

Criteria/Eligibility听

• Awarded annually to eligible 鈥�in program鈥� Master's听and Doctoral听students as one-time awards of $10,000 each.
• The call for applications is made during the summer by email to the departmental mailing list.
• Any student in good standing is eligible except those currently holding a recruitment award, CIHR award, NSERC award, FQRNT award or any other award larger than $10,000 + tuition fees payable for that year (e.g., for a student paying $2,500 tuition fees, the limit is $12,500).
• Given the low number of Excellence Awards, each supervisor is limited to nominating one trainee per category (1 Doctoral, and 1 Master鈥檚) for consideration in each competition.
• The Committee will review the applications and make recommendations to the BME Departmental Chair for final approval.
• Exceptionally, when the Department's purse has excess funds Excellence Awards of lesser value may be given to nominees in the runner-up ranking.

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Selection will be based on a combination of:

• Overall excellence
• Performance in the program
• Grades
• Progress in project
• Publications (number and quality, student's role in publication)
• Need for funds (i.e., students who are no longer eligible for external awards and nearing end of program)
• The affiliation of the student's primary supervisor with the BME Department

The application has two parts - a free form document and a letter from the supervisor(s).

The application document should contain:

• 1page CV (incl. list of selected recent awards & main publications)
• 1page project description with emphasis on accomplishment since entering the program
• Transcripts from your current program (do not need to be official)
• Copies of all progress meeting reports (exclude meeting minutes)
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Format and deadline:

• The application form should be completed in 12pt Times New Roman font, 0.75in margins, with all documents listed above merged into a single PDF file
• The pdf should be named "LASTNAME-FIRSTNAME-ExcellenceAward.pdf"
• The pdf should be sent to听info.bbme [at] mcgill.ca听with a subject line: 鈥�LASTNAME-FIRSTNAME Excellence Award鈥�
• Applications that don't comply with the application rules, e.g., submitting a CV with more than 1 page, will be disqualified.
• Deadline for application is听end of June (exact deadline to be posted at a later date)听

Letter from supervisor:

• A letter of support is required from the supervisor, and should be sent by email to info.bbme [at] mcgill.ca with a subject line: "LASTNAME-FIRSTNAME Excellence reference"
• The letter is to be sent (by email) separately from the rest of the application
• The email should originate from a 平特五不中 account
• Deadline for the letter of reference is end of June (exact deadline to be posted at a later date)
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Other timing details:

• Limit to 1 per staff per category for Excellence awards (1 Master's, 1 Doctoral)
• Any application received after the deadline will not be considered
• Results will be announced by end of August.
• Payments will start mid to end of September