From: Research Agriculture Sent: March-21-17 1:35 PM To: Martha Blouw; Jennifer McLaren; Heather Innis; Kathy Graham Cc: Iman Yahyaie (iyahyaie@mitacs.ca); Martin Scanlon Subject: FW: [Time Sensitive] Mitacs Canadian Science Policy Fellowship 2017 - Deadline extension to April 9 2017 Importance: High
Good afternoon, please circulate to your grad student lists. Thanks, Heather
Heather Wiebe Confidential Secretary to the Associate Deans Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences Ph: 204-474-6029
From: Iman Yahyaie [mailto:iyahyaie@mitacs.ca] Sent: March-21-17 12:59 PM To: Martin Scanlon; Research Agriculture Subject: [Time Sensitive] Mitacs Canadian Science Policy Fellowship 2017 - Deadline extension to April 9 2017 Importance: High
Dear Martin,
Hope this message finds you well.
As you may recall from recent ORS/VPR emails, Mitacs has a call for proposals open for Canadian Science Policy Fellowshipshttp://www.mitacs.ca/en/programs/policy-fellowship/about, 1-year fully-funded appointments to a Canadian government agency. These are part of the government's initiative for informed policy making and/or to identify potential new employees from the academic community. They are open to:
- Faculty seeking a 1 year Sabbatical (coming up this fall)
- PhDs approximately 5 years post-graduation, i.e.:
o PhD students about to graduate
o Recent alumni
o Exceptional Masters graduate students can be considered I wanted to let you know that the deadline for select projects has been extended to Sunday April 9th 2017 11:59 p.m. PDT. With this in mind, I would like your assistance in spreading the word to your faculty, soon-to-graduate PhD students, and recent alumni encouraging proposal submissions. Taking a quick scan of the available projects, I feel that the below may be of particular relevance to your colleagues in the Faculty of Agriculture:
* Identifying agronomic opportunities for resilient agriculture in BChttps://www.mitacs.ca/sites/default/files/webform/agri_-_agronomic_opportunities_for_resilient_agriculture_0.pdf (Project location: Victoria, BC gov't)
Thank you so much in advance for your support in sharing these opportunities. If your applicants have any questions, they are welcome to reach out to me anytime at the coordinates below.
With Best Regards, Iman
Mitacs is now accepting proposals for the following programs & initiatives:
* Mitacs is now accepting applications for staudent research travel opportunities to Brazil, China, France, India, Korea, Mexico and Tunisia! Visit our webpagehttp://www.mitacs.ca/en/programs/globalink/globalink-research-award?utm_source=call&utm_medium=emailsignatures&utm_campaign=GRACall-Jan312017-EmailSignatures or contact usmailto:international@mitacs.ca to learn more. The deadline to apply is March 31, 2017 (5 pm PST).
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