Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Application Form - International Students

Details

This application form is for the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship, and is only open to current U of T students who wish to intern or conduct research in Commonwealth countries for a minimum of 90 days. The award selection committee endeavours to match the best applicant to the award, based on the criteria of the award.

Applicant Information

First name (Please enter your first name as it appears on ROSI.) *

Last name (Please enter your last name as it appears on ROSI.) *

Middle name (Please enter your middle name as it appears on ROSI.)

Address *

Apt/Unit

City *

Province *

Postal Code *

Phone number *

Student number *

E-mail Address *

Program of study *

Year of study *

3rd year undergraduate (Applicants in their 2nd year can select this option if applying for an internship during the forthcoming summer.)

4th year undergraduate & above

1st year Masters

2nd year Masters

PhD Studies

College *

When will you graduate? Please provide the month and year of your convocation. *

Scholarship Selection

If you wish to apply for the Establishing Right Relations Scholarship or the Immunology Scholarship, please visit the Trinity College website.

Which scholarship are you applying for? Please select all the opportunities you wish to apply for. *

* If you wish to apply for more than one QES opportunity from the options you see below, please submit just one application online, and email separate personal statements/cover letters to aziza.virani [at] utoronto.ca.

LITERACY AND INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE EDUCATION

Ubumwe Community Center, Rwanda

Mary Ward Development Centre, India

INCLUSIVE INNOVATION FOR DEVELOPMENT

ENHANCING HEALTH AND SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH

Nairobi, Kenya

London, U.K.

Please prioritize your top three scholarship choices in order of preference, starting with Scholarship Preference # 1 below: *

Scholarship Preference # 2 *

Scholarship Preference # 3 *

OUTBOUND SCHOLARS: Application Requirements & Documentation

ALL QUEEN ELIZABETH SCHOLAR APPLICANTS MUST REGISTERED IN A UNDERGRADUATE OR GRADUATE PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO.

In order to complete your application for a Queen Elizabeth Scholarship, you must submit the following application documents:

A Resumé
A Letter of Recommendation from a graduate or undergraduate supervisor
An unofficial transcript
A brief essay (no more than 500 words) outlining the reasons for applying to the scholarship. Please see below for more information.

Provide a brief essay or statement (no more than 500 words) outlining your reasons for applying to this particular scholarship. (Copy and paste your essay in the box below.)

What academic, cultural and personal experiences have you had that are relevant to the objectives of the position and organization you hope to intern with? How have these experiences prepared you for the challenges that come with working in this particular area?

Use the position description to inform your statement (all descriptions should be linked PDF forms on the QES website). For descriptions of the Mary Ward Development Centre and the Ubumwe Community Center opportunities, contact aziza.virani [at] utoronto.ca. We encourage you to comment on any relevant work, research and/or international experiences you feel make you a great fit for the organization you wish to work with, alongside your strengths and skills. You can also draw on your knowledge or interest in the relevant cultural, social and historical context of the program you are applying to, in order to flesh out your statement.

Please paste a brief essay in the box below. If, for some reason, you are experiencing difficulty pasting your personal statement/cover letter here, please email your personal statement/cover letter to aziza.virani@utoronto.ca. *

Upload the required documents here:

Resume *

Files must be less than 2 MB.
Allowed file types: txt pdf doc docx.

Letter of Recommendation

Please either upload your Letter of Recommendation, or, have your referee email it to aziza.virani@utoronto.ca.
Files must be less than 2 MB.
Allowed file types: txt pdf doc docx.

An unofficial transcript. You can include transcripts from all relevant degrees/studies. *

Files must be less than 2 MB.
Allowed file types: txt pdf doc docx.

Declaration

1. I hereby certify that the information provided on this application is, to the best of my knowledge, true and complete; and

2. I authorize the release of the information contained herein to the appropriate award selection committee.

3. Further, I understand that the award selection committee will review the information and have access to my academic record.

Private donors who wish to receive limited information about the recipient fund some of these awards. The information we release could be general, biographical and/or academic in nature.

Do you agree to the release of such information?

Yes

If you indicate “No”, you will not be considered for this scholarship.

Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act Statement

The University of Toronto respects your privacy. Personal information that you choose to provide voluntarily to the University is collected pursuant to section 2(14) of the University of Toronto Act, 1971.

It is collected for the purpose(s) of program administration. At all times it will be protected in accordance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. If you have questions, please contact aziza.virani [at] utoronto.ca.