Year: 2024

Competition Announcement: Friedman Award for Scholars in Health

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Friedman Award for Scholars in Health

The Friedman Award for Scholars in Health is open to any UBC graduate student or medical resident studying in the area of health. ‘Health’ is interpreted very broadly, and includes health promotion and disease prevention, mental health research, laboratory sciences related to medicine or health, public health, health services research, or any area intended to impact human health.  Applicants do not need to be studying in a health-related degree to be eligible to apply.

Awards of up to $50,000 each will be granted for 6 to 12 months of study outside of Western Canada.  Friedman Scholars are expected to travel to other areas of Canada and the world to seek new perspectives, initiate new collaborations with experts in their fields and be exposed to different cultures.  The award amount will be at the discretion of the adjudication committee.

Application Deadline: 13 March 2024 at 4:00 pm PT

For further information about this award opportunity, including eligibility requirements and application procedures, please visit: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/friedman-award-scholars-health.

Fellowships for scientific cooperation between France and Canada

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If you want to develop more collaborations with France in 2024, let me remind you that the French Embassy in Canada has currently two calls for applications, open until Feb. 4th 2024 (details below). Do not hesitate to apply and/or contact me if you have any questions. Feel free to transfer this email to your collaborators that may be interested.

Best regards,

Geraldine

 

–  High Level Scientific Fellowship, for PhD candidates and post-docs (Canada -> France) :

This program offers scholarships to PhD students or post-docs working in a Canadian university for a 2-month research mobility to France. The aim of this programme is to facilitate and strengthen collaboration with academic researchers, working in priority in following fields : Emerging Technologies (AI, quantum, etc.), Health (One health, public health policy, genomics, etc.), Ocean and polar sciences (oceanography, biodiversity, marine ecology, etc.), Energy (renewable energy, net zero transition, sustainability, etc.) : https://francecanadaculture.org/high-level-scientific-fellowship/

 

–  Mourou/Strickland program, for researchers (Canada -> France and France -> Canada) :

The Mourou/strickland program is a mobility program, which provides seed grants to encourage new bilateral cooperation, in all disciplines.

https://francecanadaculture.org/mourou-strickland-mobility-program/

 

 

 

Dr. Géraldine DANTELLE

Attachée de Coopération Scientifique et Universitaire

Science and Higher Education attachée

 

Consulate General of France in Vancouver

1130 West Pender Street (Suite 1100) – Vancouver, BC V6E 4A4

Tel: +1 604 637 5292

www.francecanadaculture.org / www.consulfrance-vancouver.org

GradUpdate – Organizational Habits and Keys to Consistency, Exploratory Data Analysis, Sustainability Scholars Paid Internships, Anti-Racism Response Training, Applying for Non-Research Grants, Indigenous Foundations for Teaching, NSERC Images in Research

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GradUpdate

In this issue, Organizational Habits and Keys to Consistency, Exploratory Data Analysis, Sustainability Scholars Paid Internships, Anti-Racism Response Training, Applying for Non-Research Grants, Indigenous Foundations for Teaching, NSERC Images in Research Contest, and more.

Registration Open

Organizational Habits and Keys to Consistency: Staying on Track in Grad School Series
Online | Tuesday, Jan 23 | 1 – 2:30 pm

Register

Exploratory Data Analysis
Online | Friday, Jan 26 | 10 am – 12 pm

Register

Seats available

Navigating an Effective Relationship with your Supervisor
Online | Tuesday, Jan 16 | 1 – 3 pm Register

Resumes
Online, for students in:
Research-based programs | Wednesday, Jan 17 | 3 – 4 pm Register
Course-based programs | Wednesday, Jan 24 | 4 – 5 pm Register

Study Design and Data Collection Essentials
Online | Friday, Jan 19 | 10 am – 12 pm Register

Events and Opportunities

A selection of upcoming events are highlighted below.  I’ve also highlighted some online, on-demand recordings to check out if you have end-of-term time.
Visit  community.grad.ubc.ca and grad.ubc.ca/current-students/professional-development for our full events calendar.

ACADEMIC

UBC Library Orientation for Graduate Students
In-person | Wednesday, Jan 24 | 11 – 11:45 am Register

Sustainability Scholars Program
Call for Applications – Paid Summer Internships | Learn more and apply by Sunday, Jan 28 | Online Information Sessions:
Wednesday, Jan 17 | 12 – 1:30 pm Register
Thursday, Jan 18 | 5 – 6:30 pm Register

Applying for Non-Research Grants as a Graduate Student
From Arts Amplifier for projects such as community partnerships or arts and culture initiatives that are not related to academic research.
Online | Wednesday, Jan 31 | 11 am – 12 pm Register

CAREER

Life Sciences BC’s 5th Annual Career Connect Day 2024
In-person | Friday, Jan 26 | 8:30 am – 4 pm | $10 – $20 Learn more and register

HEALTH AND WELLBEING

Grad Student Support Group
In-person | Wednesdays, Jan 10 – Apr 3 | 3 – 4:15 pm Register

RESEARCH

Navigating Code-Switching and Language Biases in Academic Settings
Online | Thursday, Jan 25 | 10 – 11:30 am Register

Introduction to Machine Learning: Classification and Clustering
Online | Tuesday, Jan 23 | 1 – 3 pm Register

Introduction to Git and GitHub
Online | Wednesday, Jan 24 | 10 am – 12 pm Register

Map Production with QGIS
In-person | Thursday, Jan 25 | 1 – 3 pm Register

TEACHING

2024 TA Institute
Online and In-person | Jan 15 – 19 Learn more and register (PDF schedule)

Indigenous Foundations: Getting Started
For anyone within the teaching and learning community who is curious about incorporating Indigenous content into their courses
In-person | Wednesday, Jan 24 | 10 – 11:30 am Register

WORKING WITH OTHERS

Anti-Racism Response Training (ART)
Canadian Association for Graduate Studies Webinar
Online | Wednesday, Feb 28 | 9 am – 12 pm | $50 Register

WRITING AND COMMUNICATION

NSERC Science Exposed
Contest seeks images that stem from research | Open to grads, postdocs and other researchers | Learn more and submit images by Tuesday, Jan 30

Writing Statements of Intent and Purpose: Crafting Your Scholarly Identity
For students applying for a masters or PhD program
In-person | Wednesday, Jan 17 | 10 am – 12 pm Register