Obstetrics and Gynaecology Graduate Scholarships (OGGS)

The scholarships are to Graduate students (M.Sc. or Ph.D., Fellows) entering any year of their graduate training, and their research is being supervised by a full-time faculty member primarily appointed to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Western University.

All scholarship holders must maintain a minimum of an 80% average on all course work to be eligible for the scholarship and to maintain the scholarship funding once awarded.

It is the intent of this program to enrich the research activities throughout the department. It is therefore expected that more than one scholarship awarded in a single laboratory or supervisor, or that scholarships being awarded to the same laboratory or supervisor in subsequent years will be unusual occurrences. These will represent important factors affecting the review process and would only be supported due to unusual circumstances such as limited applications in each year or due to an unusually high level of excellence displayed by the candidates or the proposed research programs.

You are not eligible if you:
- already have held an OGGS award, or
- hold external competitive personal awards

If you receive an OGGS, you must comply with the following conditions:

1. You must maintain full-time registration in your graduate program during the tenure of the scholarship. If you withdraw from the approved program, transfer to part-time, fail to complete the year or graduate during the tenure of the scholarship, the Research and Finance Committees in the Department must be notified immediately.
2. All scholarship holders must maintain a minimum of an 80% average on all course work to maintain the scholarship funding once awarded.
3. You are encouraged to apply for external awards for which you are eligible. Should you receive an offer of an external scholarship or studentship, you are required to notify the Departmental Research and Finance Committees before taking any action on the offer.
4. An acknowledgement of funding support from this program must be included in any publications and/or presentations directly resulting from the candidates work.
5. It is an expectation that the recipient of this award will present at our Annual Paul Harding Research Awards Day.

To be considered for the OGGS scholarship, the application must be submitted to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology on or before the deadline. The application will be available by downloading from the department website.

Applicant must provide the supervisor:

1. Full Trainee CV outlining: oral and poster presentations, publications, awards received, and relevant significant extracurricular, community, and leadership activities. Ensure full citations (i.e. list all authors, conference/meeting name, location, date).

If you have a paper submitted but not accepted, or submitted and in press, a letter of receipt or acceptance of the manuscript from the publisher must be provided. Do not include manuscripts in preparation.

2. Official transcripts of all grades obtained at any post-secondary institution.

Supervisor must email the following as 1 document:

1. Application form
2. Applicant CV and official transcripts
3. Supervisor Letter of Support
4. Referee Letter of Support (note Professor should be familiar with research activities)
5. Brief (max 5 pages) Supervisor CV highlighting your research productivity and trainee supervision

Email ONE electronic copy (PDF) of the application to the OBGYN Admin Department (OBGYNinfo@lhsc.on.ca). Please state “Attention: Graduate Scholarship” in the subject line.

**Please do not send documentation other than that required**

OGGS applications will be reviewed and ranked by the Dept Research Committee. The decision to fund will be made by the Dept Finance Committee.

Supervisors of applicants that sit on the Research Committee will not participate in the review process for that year.

Results will be communicated to all applicants (successful and unsuccessful) and their supervisors.

For each OGGS candidate, please provide a score from 1-5, with 5 being most favorable

Each application will be assigned a numerical score based upon the above criteria and weightings, and the applicants will be ranked based upon their scores.