Graduate Accolades

Here is a summary of many of the awards, scholarships, and prizes for which MSc and PhD students in York University's Graduate Program in Physics and Astronomy are eligible.

Awards and Scholarships

• Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (VCGS)

• NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master’s (CGSM)

• NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships and CGS Doctoral Awards (PGSD/CGSD)

• Ontario Graduate Scholarships (OGS) and QEII Graduate Scholarships in Science and Technology (QEIIGSST)

• York Graduate Scholarship (YGS)

• Michael Smith CGS Foreign Study Supplements (CGSFSS)

• Mitacs Awards

Thesis and Dissertation Prizes

• Faculty of Graduate Studies Thesis and Dissertation Prizes

• Canadian Association of Physicists Thesis Prizes
  The Canadian Association of Physicists annually conveys prizes for theses in the following fields: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics; Condensed Matter and Materials Physics; Nuclear Physics; Particle Physics; Theoretical Physics.

• Royal Astronomical Society of Canada/Canadian Astronomical Society J.S. Plaskett Medal
  The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) and the Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) convey the J. S. Plaskett Medal to the Ph.D. graduate from a Canadian university judged to have submitted the most outstanding doctoral thesis in astronomy or astrophysics within the last two calendar years.