Important information to help you along your graduate journey.

Above: SGS Associate Dean Helen Kelley, Provost & VP Academic Andrew Hakin, Cameron Bye, Rudraksha Dutta Majumdar, Kartik Iyer, SGS Dean Robert Wood, and GSA President Mark Carrell

2015 3MT Competition

Congratulations to the winners of this year's uLethbridge Three Minute Thesis Finals Competition!

Thank you to all who participated in this year's event! Cameron Bye will move forward to represent uLethbridge at the Canada-West 3MT Competition hosted by Thompson Rivers University on April 30.

First Place

Cameron Bye, MSc Candidate (Neuroscience)
What role do NMDA Receptors Have in Learning and Memory?
Supervisor: Dr. Robert McDonald

Second Place

Kartik Iyer, PhD Candidate (Neuroscience)
Brain Stimulation to Enhance Memory by Modulation of Sleep Brain Activity
Supervisor: Dr. David Euston

Third Place and People's Choice Award

Rudraksha Dutta Majumdar, PhD Candidate (Chemistry)
Understanding the Structure of Heavy-Oil Asphaltenes using Advanced Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
Co-Supervisors: Dr. Paul Hazendonk & Dr. Michael Gerken

All uLethbridge 3MT finalists pictured below: Victorita Ivan, Justin Lee, Cameron Bye, Kartik Iyer, Taura Willoughby, Rudraksha Dutta Majumdar, Stefan Lenz, Katie Wilson, Saeedeh Hashemniayetorshizi, and Scott Wong

Mitacs Accelerate PhD Fellowship

Three-year fellowship valued at $30,000 per year
Fellows and faculty apply their expertise to new challenges
Long-term research project with a non-academic partner
Application deadline: May 6, 2015, at 1 p.m. PDT
Results announced: July 2015
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Mitacs Elevate Postdoctoral Fellowship

Two-year fellowship valued at $57,500 per year (plus $7,500 per year non-cash value in training)
Customized training in professional and research management skills
Long-term research project with a non-academic partner
Letter of intent deadline: April 23, 2015, at 5 p.m. PDT
Application deadline: May 13, 2015, at 1 p.m. PDT
Results announced: August 2015
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Kudos - Erin Spring

Congratulations to Erin Spring, a postdoctoral fellow in the Institute for Child and Youth Studies, who was awarded the Frances E. Russell Grant from the Canadian national section of the International Board on Books for Young People.

The $1,000 grant supports her project that focuses on Aboriginal young adult responses to contemporary Canadian young adult fiction. Her research will engage young adults from a reserve school in southern Alberta, and their readings and artistic responses to Gordon Fox’s Arvus in Excelsus and Richard Van Camp’s The Lesser Blessed.

Registration

Spring and Summer 2015

All graduate students will register online via the Bridge.

Registration for the Summer 2015 semester is now open and registration for the Fall 2015 semester will be open from Thursday, April 16 at 8:30 am to Tuesday, September 15 at 11:30 pm.

See the Registration Guide for detailed information about how to register.

Kudos - Cheyenne Conrad

Congratulations to MSc candidate Cheyenne Conrad who has been selected as the recipient of the 2015 CMC Associate Members Scholarship!

Conrad's $3,000 award will be presented at the 95th Canadian Meat Council (CMC) Annual Conference in Ottawa (May 6-8) where she will provide a presentation of her research.

2015 ASTech Award nominations open this week

Nominations open April 1 for the 2015 ASTech Awards, which are presented yearly to recognize outstanding innovation in science and technology in Alberta. Learn more about the awards on the ASTech Foundation website.

Several members of the U of L community have received ASTech Awards, including Dr. Igor Kovalchuk, who received the 2013 Innovation in Agricultural Science Award from ASTech for his research in epigenetics. More

GTA PD Year-End Wrap-Up

When: Friday, April 10, 2015, 2 to 4 p.m.
Where: L1170 A

Please plan attend this informal year-end get-together. This is an opportunity to drop-in and chat with friends and colleagues about the challenges and triumphs of being a Graduate Teaching Assistant, and to celebrate the end-of-term together. More

Coming Up in the SGS

Apr 10 - GTA PD Year-End Wrap-Up

Apr 20 - Canada-West 3MT® hosted at Thompson Rivers University

Final Thesis Examinations

Apr 8 - Bekki Tagg: MSc Health Sciences

Apr 9 - Krystyn Munns: MSc Biological Sciences

Apr 13 - Rachael Adams: PhD Evolution and Behaviour

Apr 15 - Fahid Naeem: MSc (Mgt)

Apr 15 - Melanie Kalischuk: PhD Biomolecular Science

Apr 17 - Stephanie Himmler: MSc Neuroscience

Apr 17 - Shirin Shams: MSc (Mgt)

Apr 17 - Patrick Barks: PhD Evolution and Behaviour

Apr 17 - Hossein Naseri MSc Physics

Apr 20 - Farshad Barahimi: MSc Computer Science

Apr 21 - Justin Yamashita: MSc Biochemistry

Apr 22 - Sarah Raza: MSc Neuroscience

Apr 22 - Lydia Ottenheimer Carrier: MSc Psychology

Apr 23 - David Kochan: MSc Biological Sciences

Apr 24 - A.F.M. Sultanul Kabir MSc Computer Science

Apr 27 - Ye Wang: MSc Computer Science

Apr 30 - Stephanie Reimer: MSc Biomolecular Science

SGS Events Calendar

Scholarships and Awards

Alberta Cancer Foundation Graduate Scholarship
Eligibility: Canadian, permanent residents and internationals students
Value: $27,000/year + possible Research Allowance $1,500
Internal Deadline: April 3

Douglas McRorie Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: Canadian/PR
Value: Masters $3,000/ PhD $5,000
Internal Deadline: April 6

Alberta Gambling Research Institute Scholarship
Eligibility: Canadian, PR, international Masters or PhD
Value: up to $20,000 (Masters) or 30,000 (PhD)/year + research allowance
Internal Deadline: April 8

Alta. Centre for Child, Family & Community Research Doctoral Award
Eligibility: Canadian, PR, international PhD
Value: up to $30,000 + research allowance
Internal Deadline: April 9

Alta. Barley Scholarship
Eligibility: Canadian, PR, International
Value: $2,000
Deadline: April 12

Nexen Fellowship in Water Research
Eligibility: Canadian, PR, International
Value: $5,000 (Masters)/ $15,000 (PhD)
Deadline: April 15

Tooker Gomberg Award
Eligibility: Canadian, PR, international, MA
Value: $1,000
Deadline: April 15, 2015

Karl Ivarson Scholarship in Soil Science
Eligibility: Canadian, PR,
Value: $1,850
Internal Deadline: April 20

Funding Opportunities

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