External Awards Research Proposal Clinics
(for SSHRC Programs of Study and OGS Plans of Study)
Our clinics are a valuable, exclusive opportunity for current students to submit drafts of their External Award research proposals to one of our graduate administrative faculty, to meet individually with that faculty member for a one-on-one 20 minute clinic to review their research proposals, and to receive valuable feedback from our administrators on how to improve their research proposals. Our administrators have had a wealth of experience adjudicating these awards and can provide students with invaluable, explicit, and specific advice.
Scheduling for these clinics is done to accommodate the maximum number of students, and not on a first-to-reply basis; therefore to facilitate scheduling, please provide a minimum of four (4) possible times with the same Clinic Administrator from the available times listed on the External Award Research Proposal Clinic registration form. (Please carefully consider the information below before proceeding to the registration form.)
DOCTORAL CLINICS
- The Department of English will host External Awards Clinics for Doctoral Students (i.e. Research Proposal Clinics for SSHRC Programs of Study and OGS Plans of Study).
- Doctoral SSHRC Clinics are for current and newly admitted PhD students, and will be held Monday, September 16 to Friday, September 20, 2024 (exact dates listed below and on the registration form). Note that Doctoral Students can arrange OGS Clinics in November (see exact dates below).
- Doctoral Clinics are for current PhD and PhD U students, and also for current MA and MA CRW students who will be applying to our PhD Programs this year for a start date for the program and award of September 1, 2025.
- The deadline to submit a request for a Doctoral Clinic is Wednesday, September 11, 2024. After submitting the request form, you must follow up by emailing a draft of your Program/Plan of Study research proposal to the respective professor by no later than 11:00 pm on Thursday, September 12, 2024.
- Email a copy of your draft document to the Graduate Assistant, Marguerite Perry, marguerite.perry@utoronto.ca, as she will only confirm clinics for students from whom she has received a research proposal.
Marguerite will email the students who are confirmed for clinics before the date of the first clinic in September (by Monday, September 16, 2024).
MA CLINICS (and DOCTORAL OGS CLINICS)
- The Department of English will also host External Award Research Proposal Clinics for current MA CRW and 4th-Year UTSG, UTSC, and UTM Undergraduate Students.
- OGS Clinics (all years and programs) and SSHRC CGS M Clinics are from Monday, November 18 to Friday, November 22, 2024.
- MA Clinics are for 1st-year MA CRW students and University of Toronto undergraduate students who are applying to our MA or MA CRW programs this year for a start date for the program and the award of September 1, 2025.
- The deadline to submit a request for an MA Clinic is Monday, November 11, 2024. After submitting this form, you must follow up by emailing a draft of your Program/Plan of Study research proposal to the respective professor by no later than 11:00 pm on Wednesday, November 13, 2024.
- Email a copy of your draft document to the Graduate Assistant, Marguerite Perry, marguerite.perry@utoronto.ca, as she will only confirm clinics for students from whom she has received a research proposal.
Marguerite will email the students who are confirmed for clinics before the date of the first clinic in November (by Monday, November 18, 2024).
Students may choose to meet with one of the following faculty in Fall 2024:
o Prof Alan Ackerman, Associate Director, PhD Program - September 18 & 19 (current PhD students and those applying to the PhD or PhD U program)
o Prof Dan White, Director of Graduate Studies - September 16, 19 & 20 (current PhD students and those applying to the PhD or PhD U program
o Prof Dan Newman, Director, Graduate Writing Support, Faculty of Arts & Science - September 16, 17, 18 & 20 (current PhD students and those applying to the PhD or PhD U program)
o Prof Melissa Gniadek, Associate Director, MA Program - November 18 & 19 (undergraduate students applying to the MA program)
o Prof Ian Williams, Director, MA CRW Program - November 19 & 21 (current MA CRW year one students, and undergraduate students applying to the MA CRW program)
o Prof Dan White, Director of Graduate Studies - November 18 & 22 (undergraduate students applying to the MA or MA CRW program)
o Prof Dan Newman, Director, Graduate Writing Support, Faculty of Arts & Science - November 18, 20 & 22 (current PhD students and those applying to the PhD or PhD U program)
If you have any questions, please contact Marguerite Perry at marguerite.perry@utoronto.ca
FORM TO REQUEST A CLINIC IS NOW OPEN. Again, please select a minimum of 4 possible times with one administrator.