Presidential Thesis Award
Presidential Thesis Award
The Presidential Thesis Award by the Geological Society of Madagascar (GSM) will offer graduate students, in their final stage of study, a symbolic and partial financial support in the amount of Ar. 200,000 to help defray the costs related to printing copies of the final version of their thesis/dissertation for the fulfillment of their MSc. or PhD in Geoscience.
Who are eligible to apply?
You are eligible to apply if:
How to apply?
Click this link to submit the form
Application deadline for the applicants: December 13, 2021 (5pm)
Application deadline for the reference: December 20, 2021 (5pm)
We will notify you upon receipt of your complete application. If you do not receive a confirmation from us within two weeks of submission, please email [email protected].
Selection procedure
Your application will undergo rigorous evaluations by one or two reviewers (who can be internal or external). Such evaluations will generally consider:
General timeline of the selection procedure
You are eligible to apply if:
- you are a Malagasy student, enrolled in one of the accredited public or private universities in Madagascar. Students from other research institution may be accepted to apply with an additional supporting letter from the research supervisor.
- you are at the final stage of your degree (i.e., closer to defense), either MS or PhD.
- your MS or PhD thesis cover any disciplines related to geoscience.
- you are planning to defend your thesis between June 2021 and June 2022.
- you are a student member of GSM and if you are in ‘good standing’.
- your application is selected, you agree to write a short report about how you benefited from this GSM Presidential Thesis Award. This should be done no later than 2 months after your final public defense (‘soutenance’)
How to apply?
- Complete the application form online (you can fill out the form either in English or French but not a mixture of both)
Click this link to submit the form
- In the submission form, you’ll need to provide:
- Your name and some background information about yourself
- The title of your MS thesis or your PhD dissertation
- The abstract of your MS thesis or your PhD dissertation (see the abstract form above)
- The name of your thesis/dissertation advisor and the other committee members
- A short explanation stating your need of this financial support
- A 1–2 pages CV (in .pdf)
- Name of one reference with his/her contact details (a person who will write a supporting letter). To those applying from other research institution (see above), an additional supporting letter from the research institution supervisor is needed.
- In addition to your own application, the reference person you mentioned in your application should provide a letter of recommendation (which can be in English or French) at the deadline indicated below (typically two weeks after the applicant deadline is passed). It is better if this person is someone familiar with your work. This person can be your supervisor, your MS or PhD advisor, or a university professor, with whom you took classes.
Application deadline for the applicants: December 13, 2021 (5pm)
Application deadline for the reference: December 20, 2021 (5pm)
We will notify you upon receipt of your complete application. If you do not receive a confirmation from us within two weeks of submission, please email [email protected].
Selection procedure
Your application will undergo rigorous evaluations by one or two reviewers (who can be internal or external). Such evaluations will generally consider:
- If you meet the eligibility criteria above
- The quality of the abstract (clear, concise, and well-written)
- The quality of the reference letter
- Suitability of your expected expenses relative to the Award money provided by GSM
General timeline of the selection procedure
Results will be announced by the end of February, 2022, and the award agreement should be signed in March, 2022.
In the event that applicants do not meet the criteria above and did not follow the application procedure above, there will be no award for the year 2021-2022. So, the new selection/ application will be open for 2022-2023.
For questions, email: [email protected]
In the event that applicants do not meet the criteria above and did not follow the application procedure above, there will be no award for the year 2021-2022. So, the new selection/ application will be open for 2022-2023.
For questions, email: [email protected]