For Students and Fellows – Overview – Postgraduate

Environment Canada Atmospheric and Meteorological Graduate Supplements

This supplement program is available to you only if you are awarded a CGS, PGS or IPS.

Value	Application Deadline	How to Apply
$5,000/year for up to two years	See below	See below
Program Contacts

What is the purpose of the supplement?

The purpose of the atmospheric and meteorological graduate supplement is to:

• promote graduate research in the atmospheric and meteorological sciences in Canadian universities;
• encourage and support graduate students to carry out research of interest to Environment Canada;
• increase contacts between Environment Canada researchers and Canadian universities; and
• promote training of potential candidates for possible future employment at Environment Canada.

Are you eligible to hold a supplement?

At the time you apply for a scholarship supplement, you must be studying or planning to study atmospheric or meteorological sciences in a recognized program at a Canadian university. At the end of each year of tenure you will be required to provide a brief progress report to Environment Canada.

What kind of support do these supplements provide?

These supplements provide financial support to high-calibre students working towards a master's or doctoral degree in atmospheric or meteorological sciences or related fields. Environment Canada offers a maximum of five supplements annually.

Value of the supplements

If you are a successful applicant, Environment Canada will supplement your NSERC scholarship by $5,000, renewable once, provided you hold an NSERC postgraduate scholarship or a Canada Graduate Scholarship and continue to conduct research in the atmospheric or meteorological sciences.

How do you apply?

To be considered for this supplement you must submit the following by June 1 of the year in which you are awarded your postgraduate scholarship:

• A copy of your Notification of Award document from NSERC
• A copy of your successful scholarship application (Form 200)
• A brief explanation (maximum 300 words) showing how the proposed research will contribute to the advancement of atmospheric or meteorological science
• Any additional information (e.g., letters of recommendation)

Send this application package directly to the address listed below.

For more information about the type of research done at Environment Canada, see http://www.msc-smc.ec.gc.ca/contents_e.html.

Review procedures

A special committee of atmospheric and meteorological researchers will review the applications and recommend the eligible applicants it considers to have the best qualifications.

Notification of decision

Environment Canada will choose the successful applicants and announce the results within two months after NSERC announces the results of its postgraduate scholarships competition.

Payment

Environment Canada is responsible for releasing the award supplement. It must also ensure that the recipients of the supplements continue to hold NSERC PGS or CGS and meet the other requirements of these graduate supplements.

For more information about this scholarship supplement, contact:

Ms. Cathy Hayes
Office of the Director General
Environment Canada
4905 Dufferin Street
Toronto, Ontario
M3H 5T4
Tel.: 416-739-4877
Fax: 416-739-4265
E-mail: cathy.hayes@ec.gc.ca