The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Scholarships offer $40,000 annually for three years to help cover tuition and living expenses, including housing. In addition, scholars can receive up to $20,000 per year to support language learning, travel, accommodations for the foundation’s leadership program, and costs related to networking, research, and travel for their doctoral studies.
OTHER BENEFITS OF THE PIERRE TRUDEAU SCHOLARSHIP ARE LISTED BELOW:
- Membership in a vibrant community of scholars, mentors, and Fellows, all of whom are influential leaders and changemakers in their respective fields and industries.
- Leadership training from Mentors and fellows
- Opportunities to develop proficiency in Canada’s official languages, English and French, as well as Indigenous languages.
- Lifelong membership in the foundation’s alumni network, providing ongoing connections and opportunities.
THE PIERRE TRUDEAU SCHOLARSHIP REQUIREMENTS
To apply for the Pierre Trudeau Scholarship, candidates must meet the following requirements:
- Applicants must be enrolled in or accepted into a full-time doctoral program, in either year one or two, with an expected completion date of 2026 or later.
- Your field of study must be directly related to the humanities or social sciences, with a focus on areas relevant to the future of Canada.
- Your doctoral work must relate to at least one of the foundation’s four theme: Human Rights and Dignity, Responsive Citizenship, Canada and the world, People and their Natural Environment.
- Be a Canadian Citizen studying at a Canadian university or foreign institution, or a non-Canadian (permanent resident of Canada or foreign national) enrolled in a doctoral program at a Canadian institution.
How to Apply for The Pierre Trudeau Scholarship
The application for the Pierre Trudeau Scholarship Opens September 9th, 2024.
Students must apply through the Foundation Online Portal. their registration is then matched with their school. Each university holds its own internal selection process to determine which applicants from their institution will be nominated for their scholarship.
The final deadline for universities to submit their selected candidates is November 25th 2024.
To Apply for the Pierre Trudeau Scholarship, click here to go to their portal PIERRE TRUDEAU PORTAL