Opportunities For Students
Funding
The Canadian Language and Literacy Research Network
3rd YEAR UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP PROGRAM
Summer Research Assistantship
CLLRNet?s grant from the NCE program ends March 31, 2008. The Network has
applied for a twelve-month extension to March 31, 2009. Results of this
request are unknown at this time. Funding of this program is contingent
upon approval of the grant extension from the NCE.
AMOUNT: $8,000
Website: http://www.cllrnet.ca/training/undergrad
Deadline: Monday, March 3, 2008.
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Foundation End of Life Nursing Care Research
Grant
Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing
The purpose of the Sigma Theta Tau/ Hospice and Palliative Nurses
Foundation End of Life Nursing Care Research Grant is to encourage
qualified nurses to contribute to the advancement of nursing care through
research. Proposals for pilot or developmental research may be submitted
for the grant.
AMOUNT: $10,000
DEADLINE: April 3, 2008
WEBSITE:
http://www.nursingsociety.org/Research/SmallGrants/Pages/grant_hpna.aspx
Sigma Theta Tau/Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Grant
The purpose of the Sigma Theta Tau/Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
(ANAC) Grant is to encourage research career development of nurses through
support of clinically oriented HIV/AIDS research and increase the number
of HIV studies being done by nurses. This includes studies focused on HIV
prevention, symptom management, promotion of self-care, and adherence.
Proposals for pilot or developmental research may be submitted for the
grant.
Eligibility: The applicant must be a registered nurse with a current
license and either must have a master's degree or be enrolled in a
doctoral program. Membership in one organization is required; applicants
are not required to be a member of both organizations (Sigma Theta Tau and
ANAC). However, preference will be given to honor society and ANAC
members, other qualifications being equal.
AMOUNT: $2,500
DEADLINE: April 3, 2008
WEBSITE:
http://www.nursingsociety.org/Research/SmallGrants/Pages/anac_grant.aspx
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Innovation Challenge Awards
These awards are open to recent graduates in natural sciences, engineering
and computer sciences. Eligible candidates must have submitted, or expect
to submit, their thesis between May 1, 2007 and May 14, 2008 (students
must successfully defend their thesis before the award is offered); and be
Canadian citizens or permanent residents in Canada at the time of
nomination.
Three awards are available, including a single first-prize award of
$10,000 and two runners-up worth $5,000 each. Winners will be selected by
a committee consisting of Canadians who are familiar with university
research and judging the potential of innovative ideas.
Each University may submit only two proposals, therefore we are soliciting
Expressions of Interest (EOIs) in order to select the two best proposals
to go forward. A four page Expression of Interest (EOI) consisting of the
following should be delivered to the Faculty of Graduate Studies (c/o
Karen Dancy Information Assistant, 283 York Lanes) by Friday, April 11,
2008.
a) A one- page summary of the research that clearly outlines why the
research was undertaken and the significance, impact and originality of
the results. This summary is a key element of the assessment process and
should not be a duplicate of the thesis abstract. Furthermore, the
summary must be presented in plain language, understandable by an
individual who is not familiar with the research.
b) A description of the primary commercial product or service that
could be implemented or developed through application of the research
results, including reference to other applications of the product or
service.
c) A brief description of the market for the product/research.
Proposals must explain the research, its impact and the main product or
service envisioned including its perceived value to customers or users.
d) A brief description of the obstacles and market risks to be
overcome; and/or additional research to be done before the product or
service would be in a marketable form. It is expected that the successful
applicants will be notified around April 18, 2008 in order to prepare full
proposals by May 15, 2008.
For more information on the Awards program, consult the following NSERC
web pages:
http://www.nserc.gc.ca/award_e.asp?nav=ica&lbi=nomination
http://www.nserc.gc.ca/award_e.asp?nav=ica&lbi=about
Postdoctoral Fellowship
University of Waterloo
Professor Geoffrey T. Fong from the Health Psychology Laboratory at the
University of Waterloo is seeking one or possibly two researchers to join
the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (ITC Project)
as postdoctoral fellows. The ITC Project is an international collaboration
of tobacco control researchers who are conducting several interrelated
international research projects to evaluate the psychosocial and
behavioral effects of the tobacco control policies contained in the
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).
The core research initiatives of the ITC Project are prospective cohort
surveys of nationally representative samples of adult smokers in each of
the participating countries, with the inclusion of surveys of non-smokers
or smokeless tobacco users in some of the countries
AMOUNT: $40,000
DEADLINE: applications accepted until position(s) filled
Contact: [log in to unmask]
Call for Research Abstracts
CERIS - The Ontario Metropolis Centre ?
Graduate Student Conference
Call for Papers:
Rethinking the Mosaic:
Immigration, Settlement, and the Lived Experience
April 17th and 18th, 2008
McLaughlin College
York University, Toronto, Ontario
The CERIS (the Ontario Metropolis Centre) Student Caucus is pleased to
announce that the Annual Graduate Student Conference will take place on
April 17th (Thurs) and 18th (Fri) 2008 at York University. This event
offers graduate students across all disciplines the opportunity to present
and discuss their research ideas with fellow students in a professional
and intellectually vibrant, professional and supportive forum.
The theme for this year's conference is Rethinking the Mosaic:
Immigration, Settlement, and the Lived Experience. The theme accommodates
a wide range of discussions around such issues as:
Economic and Labour Market Integration
Immigration/Refugee Law and Practice
Settlement Sector and Government Involvement
Politics of Culture, Ethnicity, and Identity
Health and Well-being
Second Generation Experience
Political Involvement/Civic Engagement
Multiculturalism/Citizenship
Ethno-Specific Case Study
Family, Children, and Youth ? Experiences of Immigrant/Transnational
Families
Temporary Workers/Undocumented Workers
Language, Culture, and Education
We are particularly interested in papers reflecting the themes listed
above but other submissions that reflect the six CERIS research domains
(For details, visit
http://ceris.metropolis.net/research-policy/research_content/domain_e.html
).
Presenters should be current graduate students or students who have
recently completed graduate studies (within 2 years). We also encourage
submissions from the visual, sound and performing arts. All accepted art
submissions will be exhibited at the conference location.
We encourage all students interested in presenting at the conference to
submit an abstract. Abstracts should not exceed 250 words and should be
accompanied by a personal information form in a separate document that
includes the following:
1) Name
2) Affiliation: Institution/Department/Program of Study
3) Email address
4) Title of abstract as it appears on submission
5) Keywords (up to 5) that best describe your paper
6) A short personal profile of no more than 5 lines.
Abstracts and a personal information form in WORD should be submitted
electronically at [log in to unmask] no later than March 6, 2008. We will
notify all authors about acceptance of their papers by March 20.
Presenters of the accepted papers will be then asked to send PowerPoint
slides or a brief summary (no more than 2 pages in length) by April 10,
2008. All participants in the conference will be invited to affiliate with
CERIS. There will be no registration fee. For more information, please
contact the organising committee at [log in to unmask]
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