Animal and Food Sciences, University of Kentucky
In collaboration with the University of Minnesota and University of Prince Edward Island
Continue reading “MS Student Position in Social Science and Dairy Cow Welfare”
Research Internships at Mitacs!
Mitacs Accelerate Updates
Mitacs is pleased to share a few updates about Mitacs Accelerate! Accelerate supports collaborative research internships between students, faculty members, and non-academic partners.
- Undergraduate students are now eligible again for Mitacs projects.
- SME companies (less than 500 employees) and NFP are eligible to SME discount (while quantities last). With this discount the contribution of the first 4-6 months per student is only $3,750.
- Eligible partner organizations include companies, not-for-profit organizations. Municipalities and hospitals are now eligible partners again in 2021. Mitacs | Hospital
- Industrial Postdoctoral fellowship is back. This programs offers funding of up to $60k per year with a $30k contribution from the partner (or $25k contribution with the SME discount applied).
- If projects involve non-academic partners or students that self-identify as Indigenous, then the program offer 3:1 matching! (partner contributes only 25%) Mitacs | Indigenous Call
- Applications are accepted any time, reviewed in 6-8 weeks, and have >95% success rate as always.
Mitacs representatives are available to support – looking forward to discussing research partnership opportunities with you.
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Indigeneity (EDI.I) Spotlight
This article highlights the achievements of four pioneering Black plant scientists to raise awareness of the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion in science. Their stories come alive at Historically Black Colleges and Universities through exhibits of science and art and classroom activities (https://www.plantcellatlas.org/pca-art-exhibit.html).
*If you have an article, book or resource you would like to share and have highlighted, please send citation and links to Anisha Sandhu (anisha.sandhu@alumni.ubc.ca)