Scotiabank Economic Resilience Research Fund

Scotiabank and Mitacs have partnered to create the Scotiabank Economic Resilience Research Fund (SERRF). This $300,000 partnership over three years will support research to advance economic resilience in communities across Canada.  The partnership will solicit research applications that support the three key themes:  1) Accelerate newcomer integration, 2) Increase high school graduation and post-secondary participation, 3) Remove barriers to career advancement for marginalized groups.  Contributions from SERRF will flow to the academic institution at which the intern is registered and will provide up to $15,000 to eligible interns to complete a four-month internship based on the research themes above. The named student on the successful research proposal will receive a $10,000 stipend and up to $5,000 in expenses related to the direct costs of research.

Intern eligibility criteria:

• Full-time graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at Mitacs partner colleges and universities in Canada
• Students must have a supervisor at their academic institution who is willing to supervise them on this project and administer the funds through the institution
• Canadian citizens, permanent residents, and international students over the age of 18
• All academic disciplines

Application deadline: 11 February 2021 (for “expresson of interest” form), full application (for selected finalists) due 15 March 2021

For more information, including detailed application procedures, please see: https://www.mitacs.ca/en/scotiabank-economic-resilience-research-fund

Hey UBC Students. Studying is hard work but entering this contest doesn’t have to be!
Win $2,500 towards your UBC tuition to make your academic life a little easier.

Two prizes will be awarded – one for the UBC Vancouver campus and one for the UBC Okanagan campus. Enter for your chance to win!

Open to all currently registered UBC students. Contest closes March 14th, 2021.

Enter here: https://www.alumni.ubc.ca/tuition/

Webinar for “Ikerbasque Research Fellows 2021” call

10th February   16:00-17:00 CET

Ikerbasque, the Basque Foundation for Science, is organizing a webinar about the “Research Fellows 2021” call.

• The call is now open
• We are offering 20 positions to promising postdoctoral researchers
• This webinar will be in English
• Specially addressed to researchers with postdoctoral experience in all research fields who are considering a new research position

Ikerbasque is committed to offering a stable research career

The webinar will:

• Offer detailed information on our annual Call for 5-year Fellowships

• Describe over 20 research institutions and universities that you could join in the Basque Country

• Include experiences and testimonials by researchers who have joined Ikerbasque

• Answer questions from attendees

For further information, please visit calls.ikerbasque.net

If you are interested in attending, please sign up for the Webinar at:  Sign up for the Webinar

Thursday, February 11, 2021

12:30 pm – 2pm