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The Faculty of Social Science is offering three Postdoctoral Fellowships to exceptional junior researchers whose proposed research supports the mandate of the Network for Economic and Social Trends (NEST).
The awards are valued at $45,000 per year and can commence at the beginning of any month between November 2019 and June 2020. These fellowships are for a one-year term with the possibility of renewal for one additional year.
We are pleased to invite you to the Advanced Dental Care 2019 Conference to be held during October 24-25, 2019 in Las Vegas, USA.
The theme of the conference is Latest advancements in dental practice.
The last date for first round abstract submission is June 18, 2019.
SUBMIT NOW
For more information about the sessions and the topics, please visit https://advanced-dentalcare.euroscicon.com/
In 2019-20, the Marine Environmental Observation, Prediction and Response (MEOPAR) Network expects to offer three Postdoctoral Awards. The awards will provide top-up funding ($20,000/year) to highly-qualified postdoctoral candidates who have secured a base level of funding from other sources.
Proposed research activities must address MEOPAR’s organizational objective: To connect partners, resources and expertise to prepare for risks and take advantage of opportunities in the changing marine environment. Research must be linked to one of MEOPAR’s four challenge areas: Ocean Observation; Forecasting/Projection; Coastal Resilience; and Marine Operations/ Transportation.
The purpose of these awards is to bring new postdoctoral fellows into the network and to connect them with MEOPAR-funded researchers and Highly-Qualified Personnel (HQP). MEOPAR’s top-up funding will empower postdoctoral candidates to take full advantage of professional development and career-building opportunities, providing them with the ability to:
Access application instructions and eligibility criteria HERE.
The deadline to apply is July 2, 2019. Questions about the award may be directed to Laura Avery
About MEOPAR
Established in 2012 through Canada’s federal Networks of Centres of Excellence Program, the Marine Environmental Observation, Prediction and Response (MEOPAR) Network is a national network of academic researchers, students, government scientists, and partners in the private, not-for-profit and community sectors working together to reduce Canada’s vulnerability to marine risk. An independent not-for-profit organization, MEOPAR supports interdisciplinary research, provides training opportunities for students, and mobilizes scientific knowledge and technology through cross-sector engagement. MEOPAR’s objective is to connect partners, resources and expertise to prepare for risks and take advantage of opportunities in the changing marine environment.
If you are interested in publishing your research in the Journal of Multidisciplinary Research at Trent (JMRT), a peer-reviewed, open-access journal for graduate students, we are currently in the process of collecting original articles to be published in our second volume.
Submit your manuscript online until April 30, 2019 to be published on the JMRT online platform at the end of summer 2019 term. For author guidelines and further details, please see our Submissions page.
JMRT was founded in 2017 with the goal of showcasing the research of graduate students using an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary approach, locally and nationally. Our journal is designed to help graduate students learn to write scientific publications and get accustomed to the review and journal production process.
This opportunity is open to all graduate students and supervisors from Canadian universities.
Are you a current graduate student studying defence and security issues in Canada?
The Balsillie School of International Affairs, in partnership with the CDA Institute, are hosting the annual E3 (Engage, Exchange, Educate) Graduate Student Symposium (GSS) from May 6-8, 2019 in Waterloo, Ontario. The E3 is the signature component of the CDA Institute’s Student Engagement Programme, for the cultivation of the next generation of Canadian security and defence scholars and public service leaders. Approximately 80 graduate students working toward their Master’s or Doctoral degrees in the fields of foreign policy, security, and defence are invited to participate.
This is a great opportunity to showcase your work and obtain valuable feedback.
The deadline to apply is March 8, 2019.
Carleton University’s Department of Law and Legal Studies is pleased to invite you to the 13th Annual Legal Studies Graduate Conference, to be held March 12, 2019.
The conference continues to strive to create a welcoming space for students, faculty, and community members to develop intellectual thought and conversation. All are welcome to attend. Presenters are encouraged to present or previous papers and ongoing research, such as dissertation/thesis chapters, term papers, or ongoing work.
Submissions: Deadline February 8, 2019
Submissions are welcome for individual papers, panels, poster presentations, art installations and video presentations. All submissions should include your full name, institutional affiliation, the type of presentation proposed and an email address.
Please include a title, an abstract of up to 250 words, and up to five keywords that best describe your proposed presentation. If submitting as part of a panel, please identify the title of your panel and accompanying presentations in the body of your email.
We encourage submissions from wide-ranging disciplinary backgrounds by presenting on the craft that goes into both laws and stories, the fairy-tale and fallacy of just outcomes, and representation. Paper topics may include, but are not limited to:
Please send your abstract in .doc or .pdf format to taryn.hepburn@carleton.ca with Happily Ever After? in the subject line on or before February 25, 2019.
CAGS is delighted to announce its call for applications for the 2019 Award for Outstanding Graduate Mentorship. This award recognizes graduate faculty members with a record of outstanding mentorship of graduate students under their supervision.
Outstanding mentors inspire their graduate students to be creative in their thinking, to push their research in new directions, and to make a positive impact on the future. They are essential to graduate student success – in the classroom, the laboratory and beyond.
CAGS is committed to showcasing the hard work and dedication of Canada’s most outstanding mentors. We need your help to find them! We cordially invite applications for the 2019 Award for Outstanding Graduate Mentorship.
For more information regarding the prize, eligibility, and the nomination process, please visit our WEBSITE.
All nominations for this award must be submitted to the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies by February 7, 2019.
Competition closes at 5:00 p.m., February 15, 2019!
The SOGS Academic Committee is proud to host the annual Western Research Forum (WRF) on March 22, 2019 (half-day event).
As a free, university-wide interdisciplinary conference, we offer all graduate students the opportunity to present their work to researchers from various fields. We are now accepting abstract submissions for the 2019 Western Research Forum. All research projects are welcome, including studies at the proposal stage or in progress.
Graduate students, please submit your abstract using your Scholarship@Western account at https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/wrf/2019/ on or before January 16, 2019. On the sidebar menu, under “Author Corner”, select “Submit Abstract”. To create a Scholarship@Western account, please click HERE and select "Sign up".
Benefits to presenting at the Western Research Forum include:
Wilfrid Laurier University's Brantford campus will be hosting the seventh annual Justice, Crime and Deviance: Regional Graduate Research and Networking Conference on Saturday, March 30, 2019.
This interdisciplinary conference will provide a platform for graduate students to share their completed and ongoing research endeavours related to justice, crime, and deviance, while also providing valuable peer-networking opportunities.
At this time, we invite graduate students to submit paper and poster abstracts by Friday, January 25, 2019.
The Robert Macmillan Symposium in Education (RMSE) is accepting proposal submissions until December 16, 2018!
The symposium will be hosted by Western University’s Faculty of Education on Friday, March 29, 2019. The theme of this year’s event is Diversity in education pedagogy: Mobilizing knowledge for the education of all. We welcome all research relating to education.
Our goal is to showcase and support education-related projects, conceptual research, and inquiries in progress for graduate students. You will have the opportunity to engage in meaningful dialogues with peers and faculty and get feedback on education-related research through poster presentations, roundtable presentations, paper presentations and other creative forums.
Check out our WEBSITE where you can peruse programs from previous years, discover the most current details about the Symposium, submit an abstract for paper/poster/roundtable presentations, and register online.
