March 2017 - Soils-grads - University of Manitoba Mailing Lists

GRADUATE awards currently open for competition with deadline April 21, 2017
by Martha Blouw 30 Mar '17

30 Mar '17

From: Agriculture Awards Program Sent: March-30-17 11:18 AM To: Subject: GRADUATE awards currently open for competition with deadline April 21, 2017 Hello all, This email is to inform you that there are several Graduate student awards currently open for competition with deadline April 21, 2017. All of the application forms and eligibility criteria can be found on the Faculty Awards Database: https://agawards.agric.umanitoba.ca/index.php/admin/award Graduate: * 2017-2018 James Gordon Fletcher Graduate Fellowship in Agricultural and Food Sciences (approximately $20,000 will be available)* * 2017-2018 Orval G. Caldwell and H. Ruth Gardner Caldwell Fellowship in Sustainable Ag/Agroecology (approximately $13,000 will be available)* * 2017-2018 Syngenta Graduate Scholarship (approximately $12,500 will be available)* * 2017-2018 Robert J. Parker Graduate Fellowship in Animal Science (approximately $10,000 will be available)* * 2017-2018 Katharine M.S. Middleton Scholarship (approximately $3,900 will be available)* * 2017-2018 John Dueck Graduate Entrance Scholarship (approximately $2,500 MSc./$3,700 PhD will be available)* * Holmfridur Kristjansson Graduate Award in Nutrition (1 award of $6,100) * Sydney L. Morantz Scholarship for Research In Poultry Science (variable - $3,375) *Please be advised that for the 2017-2018 awards, the amounts listed are estimates based on previous years. We will not know the actual amounts until we receive the official Award Selection Form from the Financial Aid and Awards office. Each of these awards have different eligibility criteria, so you are encouraged to read about each award to see if you qualify. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply! The Faculty Awards Committee will meet in May to select winners for each award. Please feel free to contact Marisol Soto at agawards(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:agawards@umanitoba.ca> if you have any questions about the awards or the application process. Regards, Marisol ______________________ Marisol Soto, M.A. Student Awards Coordinator Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences Room 160, 66 Dafoe Road - University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 T: 204.474-1688

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Don't forget to register for Summer 2017
by Martha Blouw 28 Mar '17

28 Mar '17

MONDAY, APRIL 3 Start of summer term 2017 registration. Master’s students: Register for Master's Thesis - 1536 - GRAD 7000 - A01<https://aurora.umanitoba.ca/banprod/bwckschd.p_disp_detail_sched?term_in=20…> If you’ve registered for Re-registration in the past, register for that again too - Master's Re-registration - 1538 - GRAD 7020 - A01<https://aurora.umanitoba.ca/banprod/bwckschd.p_disp_detail_sched?term_in=20…> Ph.D. students: Register for Doctoral Thesis - 1541 - GRAD 8000 - A01<https://aurora.umanitoba.ca/banprod/bwckschd.p_disp_detail_sched?term_in=20…> If you’ve registered for Re-registration in the past, register for that again too - Doctoral Re-registration - 1543 - GRAD 8020 - A01<https://aurora.umanitoba.ca/banprod/bwckschd.p_disp_detail_sched?term_in=20…> Martha

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FW: ICAN-WISE Scholarship Program 2017 - NSERC CWSE Prairies is now accepting applications from undergraduate students!
by Martha Blouw 23 Mar '17

23 Mar '17

From: Heather Wiebe Sent: March-23-17 2:14 PM To: Martha Blouw; Jennifer McLaren; Heather Innis; Kathy Graham Subject: FW: ICAN-WISE Scholarship Program 2017 - NSERC CWSE Prairies is now accepting applications from undergraduate students! Hi, the Dean asks that the announcement below be forwarded to graduate students. Please forward 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: Lena Yusim Sent: March-23-17 10:17 AM Cc: Annemieke Farenhorst Subject: ICAN-WISE Scholarship Program 2017 - NSERC CWSE Prairies is now accepting applications from undergraduate students! Good morning, The ICAN-WISE scholarship program was established for the Prairie Region of Canada in 2014. The purpose of the ICAN-WISE Scholarship is to facilitate women mentee-mentor academic research collaborations in natural sciences and engineering fields. This is an initiative of Dr. Annemieke Farenhorst, Prairie NSERC Chair for Women in Science and Engineering. Six ICAN-WISE scholarships will be available in 2017, worth $6000 each, which are to be awarded to students that are enrolled in undergraduate programs in one of the following Prairie universities (2 awards per province): * Manitoba (University of Manitoba, University of Winnipeg, Brandon University, University College of the North); * Saskatchewan (University of Saskatchewan, University of Regina, First Nations University of Canada); and * Alberta (University of Calgary, University of Alberta, MacEwan University, University of Lethbridge, Mount Royal University). The value of each scholarship is $6,000. The funding is the student's stipend while working with their mentor on a research project in the summer of 2017. We are seeking your assistance to forward the attached application form to female undergraduate students who can apply for the Award but also to potential female mentors who are assistant, associate or full professors. The application can also be accessed on our website at http://cwse-prairies.ca/pages/cwse_scholarships/scholarship_applications.php. Students need to submit their application by April 24, 2017, midnight to Lena.Yusim(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:Lena.Yusim@umanitoba.ca>. Each applicant will be informed on April 28, 2017 whether or not her application was successful. We are looking forward to receiving the student applications. Thank you, Kind regards Annemieke Farenhorst NSERC Chair for Women in Science and Engineering - Prairie Region. Professor, Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences CWSE-Prairies web-site: http://cwse-prairies.ca/ CREATE-H2O web-site: http://create-h2o.ca/ Contact address: University of Manitoba 380 Ellis Building Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2 Tel: (204) 474 6858 FAX: (204) 474 7642 E-mail: annemieke.farenhorst(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:annemieke.farenhorst@umanitoba.ca> Lena Yusim, BSc CWSE/WISE Program Coordinator E1-263 EITC (Engineering Building) University of Manitoba Winnipeg, MB R3T 5V6 T: 204-474-9556 F: 204-474-7644 E: lena.yusim(a)umanitoba.ca<mailto:lena.yusim@umanitoba.ca> http://cwse-prairies.ca/ http://www.wisekidneticenergy.ca/

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FW: [Time Sensitive] Mitacs Canadian Science Policy Fellowship 2017 - Deadline extension to April 9 2017
by Martha Blouw 21 Mar '17

21 Mar '17

From: Research Agriculture Sent: March-21-17 1:35 PM To: Martha Blouw; Jennifer McLaren; Heather Innis; Kathy Graham Cc: Iman Yahyaie (iyahyaie(a)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 Fellowships<http://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 BC<https://www.mitacs.ca/sites/default/files/webform/agri_-_agronomic_opportun…> (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 webpage<http://www.mitacs.ca/en/programs/globalink/globalink-research-award?utm_sou…> or contact us<mailto:international@mitacs.ca> to learn more. The deadline to apply is March 31, 2017 (5 pm PST). | Iman Yahyaie, PhD | Director, Business Development | Mitacs | C: (204) 599 9434 | E: iyahyaie(a)mitacs.ca<mailto:iyahyaie@mitacs.ca> | Twitter : @Iman_Mitacs<https://twitter.com/Iman_Mitacs> | W: www.mitacs.ca<http://www.mitacs.ca/> | O: A250, Agricultural Engineering Building, 96 Dafoe Rd, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, R3T 5V6 | Sign up<http://www.mitacs.ca/mitacs-news-signup> to receive Mitacs news! | Connect with us! Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/mitacs>, Twitter<https://twitter.com/MitacsCanada>, LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Mitacs-Official-3863606/about?trk=anet_ug_gr…> Inspiring innovation Confidentiality Warning: This message and any attachments are intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s), are confidential, and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, retransmission, conversion to hard copy, copying, circulation or other use of this message and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message and any attachments from your system. Thank you.

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REMINDER: International Graduate Student Scholarship (IGSS)
by Martha Blouw 08 Mar '17

08 Mar '17

REMINDER: If you are an international student in a PhD program and paying tuition fees, make sure you apply. From: Martha Blouw Sent: January-19-17 1:50 PM To: soils-grads(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: International Graduate Student Scholarship (IGSS) A scholarship to pay for the international student differential fee amount: INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP (IGSS) $2,700 to $5,400 (approximately - subject to change) - For Master's & PhD Students Read more ><http://news.umanitoba.ca/mymail/57775/00000000000000000000000000000000/aHR0…> Research Field(s): Unrestricted Deadline: April 11th, 2017 You should also apply: If you are planning to transfer from a Master's to a PhD program, or to apply to a PhD program for the Summer 2017, Fall 2017 or Winter 2018 term, you are encouraged to apply and must apply by the April 11th deadline if you wish to be considered for the IGSS for the 2017 -2018 academic year. Even if you are unsure of what you will do, you are encouraged to submit an application. Late applications will not be considered.

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FW: Recruiting graduate students
by Martha Blouw 03 Mar '17

03 Mar '17

Forwarded on behalf of Dr. Congreves. From: Congreves, Kate [mailto:kate.congreves@usask.ca] Sent: March-02-17 4:44 PM To: Terry Ramm; Martha Blouw Subject: Recruiting graduate students Hello, Would it be possible to advertise available graduate student positions (see below) to the 4th year undergrad students & MSc students in Agriculture at UoM? Many thanks, Kate Dr. Kate A. Congreves, Assistant Professor Horticulture: Soil Health, Biogeochemistry & Crop Nutrition Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Plant Science Department of Plant Sciences College of Agriculture and Bioresources University of Saskatchewan 51 Campus Drive, Saskatoon SK Office: 2C18 Agriculture Bldg Tel: (306) 966-8001 Twitter: @KateCongreves agbio.usask.ca Celebrating 100+ YEARS AGBIO Graduate Student Positions, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Saskatchewan Project title #1: Understanding soil health in horticultural and agricultural soils Supervisors: Dr. Kate Congreves and Dr. Melissa Arcand Project description: The proposed research will examine how different horticultural & agricultural practices have influenced soil health, and will identify which key soil attributes are most important in determining soil health. This project will focus on a unique set of long-term trials at the University of Saskatchewan, which have produced vegetables, fruit, or grains for the past several decades. The project will engage a MSc student in field work (soil sample collection), lab work (analysis for numerous soil attributes such as nutrients, organic matter, aggregate stability, etc.), data integration and interpretation (soil health scoring). The candidate will have opportunities to interact with horticultural producers, provincial and federal government researchers, other graduate students and researchers within the Dept. of Plant Sciences and the Dept. of Soil Science at the University of Saskatchewan. Project title #2: Understanding nutrient dynamics in diverse vs simple crop rotations Supervisors: Dr. Kate Congreves and Dr. Richard Farrell Project description: The proposed research will examine crop residue decomposition and soil nutrient dynamics in simplified vs diversified crop rotations. This project will employ 15N tracer techniques to understand nitrogen transformation and loss from above- vs below-ground crop residues over time, and will focus on a ~30yr field trial located at the University of Guelph. The project will engage a MSc or PhD student in field work (plant sampling, soil sampling, and greenhouse gas sample collection), lab work (analysis for plant nitrogen, soil mineral nitrogen, organic nitrogen, and nitrous oxide emissions), data integration and interpretation. The candidate will have opportunities to interact with agricultural producers, government researchers, other graduate students, and researchers within the Dept. of Plant Sciences at the University of Saskatchewan, and also at the University of Guelph (Dept. of Plant Agriculture & the School of Environmental Sciences). To apply for either position, please send your unofficial transcripts, CV and names of two references to: Dr. Kate Congreves, Assistant Professor with the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Saskatchewan. Email: kate.congreves(a)usask.ca<mailto:kate.congreves@usask.ca> Qualifications: Applicants should hold a Bachelor’s degree with a strong background in natural or agricultural sciences. Expertise in agriculture, horticulture, soil, and plant science is desired. Annual stipend: $21,000 per year for MSc, or $25,000 per year for PhD. Additionally, there are scholarship and teaching assistant opportunities to supplement the stipend beyond this base level.

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