APSC Research News & Announcements

2012 CREATE LOI – UBC Internal Selection Process

sherryg — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 22:26:35 +0000

UBC is permitted to submit 6 proposals to the 2012 CREATE LOI competition. Proposal selection will occur through an Internal Selection peer review process. UBC’s Internal Selection deadline is Monday, April 2, 4:30pm. Submissions for Internal Selection can be directed to SPARC Internal Review Officer, Nicole Bennett, at nicole.bennett@ubc.ca. UBC’s CREATE LOI Internal Selection process is [...]

Awards for Research in the United States for 2011/12 – Nov 15 deadline

wangmay — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 16:09:57 +0000

Awards for Research in the U.S. with Fulbright Canada (Deadline November 15, 2011) The Fulbright Program is one of the most prestigious awards programs worldwide. Forty Fulbright alumni have won Nobel Prizes. Fulbright awards are available in all disciplines except medical training. In the past year alone, Fulbright Canada has supported an art historian, a chemical engineer, [...]

Nomination for Nanotechnology International Prize RUSNANOPRIZE-2011

wangmay — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 22:44:38 +0000

In 2009 Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies established Nanotechnology International Prize RUSNANOPRIZE. The main goal of the Prize is to inspire and recognize innovations in the field of nanotechnology and nanoindustry. The Prize is awarded on a yearly basis for scientific-technological discoveries and innovations and their application to mass production. The Prize is awarded in one of [...]

NSERC Update to CREATE Program Guide

wangmay — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:50:57 +0000

Please note that the revised CREATE program description and Form 187 (Letter of Intent) for the 2012 competition have been posted on NSERC’s Web site at the following link: www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/Grants-Subs/CREATE-FONCER_eng.asp

Information Session: Killam Research Fellowship & Killam Prize (CCA)

wangmay — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:48:34 +0000

This is an invitation to attend a scheduled session with information about the Canada Council for the Arts, Killam Research Fellowships and Killam Prizes. Facilitation by: Peter Morand, Special Advisor to the Killam Trusts and to the Canada Council for the Arts for the national Killiam Awards Program. Session format: The session begins with a 30 minute [...]

Upcoming VPRI International Grants: Workshop Grant & Grad Mobility Award

wangmay — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 20:22:36 +0000

Please note the following upcoming deadlines for grants from the Office of the Vice President Research & International: International Research Collaboration Workshop Grant Deadline: April 1, 2011 Provides matching funds for a workshop or roundtable to foster significant research collaborations with groups at leading research institutions outside of North America. Workshop must lead to a joint research [...]

INRIA/PIMS internship opportunities in France

APSC Communications — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 23:55:30 +0000

The INRIA’s 2011 Internships call is running. Internships hosted by our research team-projects are offered for period ideally between March and September. There are many projects with an engineering/applied science slant. The proposed subjects for 2011 are available at the following address(use Firefox or Chrome to open the link): https://idal-siege.inria.fr/dri/IS_Stage_Affiche.php Contact: Annie KOUTOUAN Assistant for the International Affairs Department [...]

UBC Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowships, 2011-2012 Competition Open

wangmay — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 22:47:15 +0000

The Killam Scholarship and Prize Programmes were established in memory of Izaak Walton Killam through the Will of his wife, Dorothy Johnston Killam, and through gifts made during her lifetime. Their primary purpose is to support advanced education and research at five Canadian universities and the Canada Council for the Arts. The UBC Killam Postdoctoral Research [...]

Call for proposals for the Banff International Research Station 2012

leesteve — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:30:14 +0000

La version française suit ci-dessous. The Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery (BIRS) is now accepting proposals for its 2012 program. The Station provides an environment for creative interaction and the exchange of ideas, knowledge, and methods within the mathematical, statistical, and computing sciences, and with related disciplines and industrial sectors. Full information, guidelines, and [...]

Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program / Programme de bourses postdoctorales Banting

leesteve — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 18:37:57 +0000

Dear Colleague: On behalf of my fellow presidents of the three federal research funding agencies, I am delighted to send this information package about the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships Program. Over the past several months, our agencies – the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Social Sciences and Humanities [...]