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Funding Opportunities

Morgan Langille edited this page Sep 27, 2021 · 19 revisions

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This is a place to list and describe funding opportunities for people in the lab (students, post-docs, etc.) including scholarships, fellowships, and travel awards. Feel free to add new sources of funding you find and also update existing ones.

Student Scholarships

MSc

  • Due Date: Dec. 1st
  • Amount: $17,500/year for 1 year
  • Due Dates: Dec. 1st (if starting in May or Sept of following year) & Feb. 15th (if starting in May of same year or January of following year)
  • Amount: $10,000/year for 2 years
  • Note this is an entrance scholarship so the due dates are BEFORE you start.
  • Due Dates: January?
  • Amount: $10,000/year for 2 years (if applied for in 1st year, then just one year of funding)
  • Must also apply for a major national scholarship.
  • Due Date: Mid Jan
  • Amount: $20,000/2 years
  • You do actually need to apply for this yourself, even though it says on the Dal website that you need to be nominated.

PhD

  • Due Date: Oct. 15th
  • Amount: $21K (or 35k for CGS D) for 2 to 3 years
  • Due Dates: Dec. 1st (if starting in May or Sept of following year) & Feb. 15th (if starting in May of same year or January of following year)
  • Amount: $15,000/year for 4 years
  • Note this is an entrance scholarship so the due dates are BEFORE you start.
  • Must also apply for a major national scholarship.
  • Due Date: Mid Jan
  • Amount: $20,000/2 years or $30,000 for 2 to 3 years.
  • You do actually need to apply for this yourself, even though it says on the Dal website that you need to be nominated.

Post-doc

  • Due Date: Dec. 15th
  • Amount: Up to $55,000/year, benefits, travel allowance to and from Halifax, one-time research allowance of $3000, and a $1000 conference grant.

Travel Awards

  • Due date: 1 month before conference
  • Value: up to $500
  • Only eligible for 1 travel grant per degree
  • Due Date ~ End of February
  • Amount: $2000
  • Must have confirmation of abstract acceptance
  • Due date: set by university
  • Up to $6,000 for 3-6 months
  • Must have a CGS award from the tri-council organizations (or a Vanier)
  • Due date: Feb. 1
  • ~$3,900 for 8 weeks, travel starts at the end of June
  • Must hold NSERC PGS/CGS or Vanier CGS
  • Due date: ~May-June
  • Value: $10,000 for 4-6 weeks in Ireland
  • Due date: 3 April
  • Value: $6000 for 12-24 weeks
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