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In addition to these awards, the University supports graduate students through teaching, research, and service fellowships and assistanceships. For these, contact your graduate chair or administrator for details.

Herbert Percy Toop Memorial Prize in Scientific Writing

Value: To be determined by the College of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies
Eligibility: Open to full-time graduate students who are Canadian citizens, born and educated in Canada working in the following areas: agriculture, engineering, biology, geology, chemistry, computer science, mathematics, physics, and any other physical sciences.

Focus is on writing style, grammar, and the presentation of concepts in clear and concise language. Also considered is the introduction, summary, conclusions and the overall structure and organization of the whole.
Apply:

Departments wishing to nominate a student must submit online the following documents in PDF format:

  • A letter from the chair of the student’s department describing the reasons for the nomination and include why the dissertation constitutes excellence in the use of the English language in scientific writing. Assurance must be given that the thesis was written by the student independently, that it is free of grammar and other errors, that the references were cited properly and arranged properly, that tables and figures were well designed and did not need major revision, that references were carefully selected, and that there is clarity in expression and explanation
  • A letter from the External Examiner that covers the topics found in the  Nomination Letter Guidelines
  • One page maximum from the nominee describing their research in lay terms and the achievements or contributions of their research
  • The abstract and the table of contents from the successfully defended thesis
  • The nominee’s up-to-date curriculum vitae (CV)

If you have any questions, please contact us at gradstudies.awards@usask.ca.
Deadline:

The call for applications for this award is distributed annually in the Winter term.

2025 deadline - Monday, April 7, 2025 at 4:30pm CST