Undergraduate Research Awards

From the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)

TO WORK IN RESEARCH DURING SUMMER 2013 – FULL-TIME for 16 CONSECUTIVE WEEKS

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

• Must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada
• Must be registered in a bachelor’s degree program
• Must have completed at least the first year (30 credit hours) of an undergraduate degree by May 2013
• Must have obtained a cumulative average of at least 2.7 over the previous years of study

Application information and forms can be obtained from the web at:

http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Students-Etudiants/UG-PC/USRA-BRPC_eng.asp

http://www.nserc.gc.ca/forms/formtable2_e.htm

and http://www.nserc.ca/forms/formtable_e.htm#students

A 250 word essay outlining research interests and future research and academic goals is required as part of the application package at Brandon University.

This award involves working with an NSERC grant holder.  The following supervisors have indicated availability for the summer of 2013:

Department of Biology – Dr. Bernadette Ardelli

Department of Biology – Dr. David Greenwood

Department of Biology – Dr. Janet Koprivnikar

Department of Biology – Dr. Wendy Untereiner

Department of Chemistry – Dr. Mark Berry

Department of Chemistry – Dr. Martin Lemaire

Department of Physics & Astronomy – Dr. John Hopkinson

Students should contact potential supervisors as soon as possible, and no later than January 14, 2013.

Contact Betty Peloquin  in the Dean of Science Office (Brodie Building, Room 1-72) for additional information.

DEADLINE FOR ALL APPLICATION

MATERIAL TO BE SUBMITTED:

FEBRUARY 1, 2013