University of Manitoba

Student Weekly Graduate Edition
 
February 7 - 13
 
Check Out This Week's Top Stories
 
Improving Canada’s most important crop
A group of researchers are seeking to take a well-known Canadian crop into exciting and underexplored territory.
 
 
Creating unconventional solutions
Dagmar Svecova is helping keep Manitobans safe.
 
 
Health care in hospitals is increasingly collaborative
U of M’s Rady Faculty of Health Sciences students work together for better patient care.
 
 
Campus Commute survey
One Week Left to Win Great Prizes!
 
 
The Canadian Science Policy Fellowship
Now accepting applications to policy projects from potential fellows.
 
Upcoming Awards
 
Thoralkson, Carla Graduate Travel Award
Variable – up to $5200 (approx.) - For Master's & PhD Students
Research Field(s): Various
Deadline: February 23, 2018
 
 
Congress of Social Sciences and Humanities Travelling Scholarships
$750 (approx.) - For Master's & PhD Students
Research Field(s): Education, Law, and most departments in the Faculty of Arts
Deadline: March 1, 2018
 
 
INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP (IGSS)
$2,700 to $5,400 (approx) - For Master's & PhD Students
Research Field(s): Unrestricted
Deadline: April 11th, 2018
 
 
University of Manitoba Distinguished Dissertation Award
Cash prize plus a Citation Certificate - For Master's & PhD Students
Research Field(s): Unrestricted
Deadline: Variable - check with your Faculty/School for their internal deadline
 
Upcoming Awards
 
Starting With Mendeley: Managing Your References
February 8 | 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Fort Garry Campus
 
 
Search Like a Pro
February 8 | 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Fort Garry Campus
 
 
Interpersonal Conflict Resolution
February 13 | 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Fort Garry Campus
 
 
Research Essentials
February 13 | 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Fort Garry Campus
 
 
Keeping Current, Keeping Alert
February 13 | 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Bannatyne Campus
 
Dates and Deadlines
 
February 9, 2018
Deadline to enter campus commute survey
 
 
February 19, 2018
Louis Riel Day, University Closed