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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.