March 2019 - Plants-grads - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

REMINDER: Univerisity of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship (UMGF) Competition
by Martha Blouw 01 Mar '19

01 Mar '19

From: Martha Blouw Sent: February-19-19 11:52 AM To: 'Plants-grads(a)lists.umanitoba.ca' Cc: 'Plants-academics(a)lists.umanitoba.ca'; Badea, Ana (Ana.Badea(a)AGR.GC.CA); 'tom.graefenhan(a)grainscanada.gc.ca'; 'mariaantonia.henriquez(a)canada.ca'; Hiebert, Colin (AAFC/AAC) (colin.hiebert(a)canada.ca); 'mark.jordan(a)agr.gc.ca'; McCallum, Brent (AAFC/AAC) (brent.mccallum(a)canada.ca); McCartney, Curt (AAFC/AAC) (curt.mccartney(a)canada.ca); 'chris.rampitsch(a)agr.gc.ca'; Wang, Xiben (AAFC/AAC) (xiben.wang(a)canada.ca) Subject: Univerisity of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship (UMGF) Competition For Master's students only in 2019-2020 Please find the attached application and instructions for the 2019-2020 UMGF competition. Application deadline: March 15, 2019. Please let me know if you intend to apply, and don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Martha

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REMINDER: International Graduate Student Scholarship - IGSS (for tuition)
by Martha Blouw 01 Mar '19

01 Mar '19

From: Martha Blouw Sent: January-14-19 2:18 PM To: 'Plants-grads(a)lists.umanitoba.ca'; 'soils-grads(a)lists.umanitoba.ca' Subject: International Graduate Student Scholarship - IGSS (for tuition) INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP (IGSS) The Faculty of Graduate Studies offers scholarships to assist with international student tuition fees. The scholarships, valued at up to the international differential tuition fee amount, will be offered to graduate students who: (1) are international students (i.e., those in Canada on study permits); (2) are enrolled full-time in the Faculty of Graduate Studies in Ph.D. program; (3) are paying the international student differential tuition fee; (4) have achieved a minimum grade point average of 3.5 based on their last 60 credit hours (or equivalent) of study or last equivalent two full years; (5) are not recipients of external award funding that pays for their tuition. If you are planning to transfer from a Master's to a PhD program, or to apply for a PhD program next year, you should submit an IGSS application before the deadline. Even if you are unsure what you will do, you should submit an application. Deadline: April 1, 2019 Details: http://webapps.cc.umanitoba.ca/gradawards/index.asp?WCI=SearchForm&WCE=brow…

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Advanced Plant Science Seminar - Thursday, March 7, 2019
by Christy Doyle 01 Mar '19

01 Mar '19

On Thursday, March 7, 2019, there will be a Department of Plant Science, Advanced Plant Science Seminar: "What are Peptides Contributing to the Wheat-leaf Rust Interaction?" Presented by: Dr. Christof Rampitsch Research Scientist in Cereal Proteomics Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Plant Science University of Manitoba 3:30 p.m. Carolyn Sifton Lecture Theatre Room 130, Agriculture Building 66 Dafoe Road, University of Manitoba Coffee at 3 p.m. Everyone Welcome!! (poster attached)

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