Award type:
Scholarships
Affiliation:
Part-time student
Award description:
Through a commitment of financial support from the Faculty of Environment, awards are available to encourage full-time and part-time research-based graduate students in the Faculty of Environment to present their own research (oral, poster, paper) at an academic conference and engage in academic dialogue within their field of study and research. Recipients will receive an award valued at $150 for in-person conferences.
Interested students must submit an application that is available on the Faculty of Environment website prior to the conference as soon as they have confirmed that they will be presenting at a conference.
Applicants will be notified of the decision within 2 weeks of submitting their application. Upon approval, the award will be applied to the term in which the conference occurs. The award will be coded to the student’s Quest account and first applied to any outstanding tuition and incidental fees. Any credit balance will be released as a refund via direct deposit.
Value:
$150
Value description:
Recipients will receive an award valued at $150 for in-person conferences (funding is not available for virtual conferences).
The number of awards available will vary from year to year depending on available budget. The annual budget will be split across three terms normally with more budget allocated to the Spring term. Applications will be approved on a first-come, first-serve basis each term, depending on available budget. Applications will be accepted each term until funds are depleted.
Students are advised to seek additional financial support from their supervisor and/or Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA) (through the Graduate Student Research Dissemination Award - GSRDA) to assist with defraying the costs associated with conference, travel and accommodation expenses, as appropriate.
Eligibility & selection criteria:
- Graduate students must be registered full-time or part-time in a research-based program or a course-based program with a research component (e.g., applied research project or major research paper) in the Faculty of Environment in the term of the conference.
- Applicants must be presenting their own research (oral, poster, paper), which is of direct benefit to their research/academic studies, at an in-person academic conference.
- Applicants must apply with application found on the Faculty of Environment website.
- As a result of limited funding for this program, applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as they have confirmed that they will be presenting at a conference. Applications will be accepted at any time throughout the year, provided the conference has not already occurred. Applications received after the conference has taken place will be rejected.
- Award recipients must notify the Administrator, Graduate Studies, Faculty of Environment if the attendance type changes (from in-person to virtual), to arrange for repayment of funds awarded.
- Award recipients who do not end up attending the conference are required to notify the Administrator, Graduate Studies, Faculty of Environment to arrange for repayment of funds awarded.
- The Faculty of Environment Graduate Studies Office will perform audits of select award recipients who will be required to provide proof of presentation which may include conference brochure, agenda or screenshot of website listing the recipient as a presenter.
- Students are limited to receiving the award once per fiscal year (May-April).
- Applicants may apply for the award provided that funds still remain for the term in which the conference will take place. If the estimated travel dates or conference dates straddle two academic terms, the application will be considered for the term in which the student’s expected return travel date or conference end-date occurs.
- Funds will be provided during the term of conference participation.
- Upon receipt of an award nomination from the Faculty, the awards will be paid by Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs and applied to the student’s account in Quest.
- With the applicant’s consent, the Faculty of Environment may publish research summaries provided by the applicant on the application form on their website in order to promote graduate student research.
Level:
Masters, Doctoral
Program:
Environment→Environment, Enterprise & Development, Environment, Resources & Sustainability, Geography & Environmental Mgmt, Planning
Citizenship:
Canadian/Permanent resident, International/study permit student
Selection process:
Application required
Term:
Winter, Spring, Fall
Contact person:
- For further information about this award please contact the applicable: