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University of Guelph Graduate Student Paid Parental Leave Fund [I5989]
| Donor(s): | Board of Graduate Studies |
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| Value: | several awards of varying amounts |
| Awarded: | In the fall and the recipient must be registered to receive, In the winter and the recipient must be registered to receive, In the summer and the recipient must be registered to receive |
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| Deadline: | accepted on an ongoing basis |
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The University of Guelph provides support to full-time doctoral students whose guaranteed stipend is suspended while on an approved Leave of Absence from their doctoral graduate program. Total value of each award could be up to 1/3 of their annual funding package to a maximum of $2,700 per semester for up to three semesters of consecutive leave of absences (up to $8,100 total); when a doctoral student takes a leave of absence for a semester already underway, the award amount will be pro-rated according to the tuition rebate schedule. Students must submit an application package to the Awards Officers in the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (grschol@uoguelph.ca) that includes a: completed Paid Parental Leave Fund application form; completed request for Leave of Absence/Withdrawal form. Supporting documentation (proof of birth, adoption) must be produced before/upon immediate return to full-time registration status. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis, subject to fund availability. Not tenable during the Paid Parental Leave period approved for Tri-Council Scholarship (including the Vanier) holders.
Students must have completed at least one full-time registered semester in a doctoral program prior to the semester of application; be registered at the time of application; be within the Completion Period for their graduate program; have applied for a Leave of Absence from their graduate program for parental leave reasons (birth or adoption); be receiving, if not for the leave of absence, a funding package from their Department, for the semester(s) in which they are taking leave.