SFU Graduate Studies

The Azrieli Foundation has just announced that its Azrieli Fellows Program is now inviting applications from Canadian citizens or students who have completed a doctorate in any field of study at a Canadian university and who wish to undertake postdoctoral research in Israel at one of the following institutions:

1. Bar-Ilan University
2. Ben-Gurion University
3. Technion-Israel Institute of Technology
4. Tel Aviv University
5. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
6. University of Haifa
7. Weizmann Institute of Science

The value of this post-doctoral fellowship is $40,000 annually, and the duration is for one year, with a possible one-year renewal.

Application deadline is November 1, 2011.

The government of Australia is sponsoring a video contest for Canadian and US students.

There are five prizes:

• Grand Prize – two round-trip tickets to Australia
• 2nd Prize – one Apple iPad
• 3rd Prizes – three Amazon Kindles

To enter, create a video with an academic component: how would studying in Australia help you achieve your goals and aspirations? Contest entrants must be Canadian or US citizens or permanent residents. Submission deadline is October 18, 2011. See full contest rules.

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The Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies will be presenting two scholarship writing workshops this August for SFU graduate students who would like to apply to the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (for PhD students) or the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship (or any other postdoctoral fellowship).

Topics that will be covered:

TED is now accepting applications to its TED Fellows program.

The TED Fellows program is designed to bring together young world-changers and trailblazers who have shown unusual accomplishment and exceptional courage. The program targets individuals from the Asia/Pacific region, Africa, the Caribbean, Latin America and the Middle East, though anyone from anywhere in the world, age 18 and over, is welcome to apply.

Fellowships include travel to a TED conference, coaching and networking with global leaders.

Applications are due by July 25, 2011, 11:59pm US/Eastern.

• Tips for applying
• TED Fellows Application Form

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The Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW/FCFDU) offers a number of scholarships to women in graduate studies.

Awards range in value from $2,000 to $11,000 and applicants must be women who are Canadian citizens. Different awards have different criteria, such as enrollment in a history program, enrollment in a PhD program, enrollment in a fine arts program or returning to academia after years away.

The application deadline for the 2012–2013 academic year is November 1, 2011.

• CFUW Fellowships and Awards Competition Guidelines and Instructions for 2012–2013 Academic Year
• CFUW Fellowship and Award Application Form for 2012–2013
• CFUW Fellowship and Award Filing Fee Payment Form 2011
• CFUW Reference Letter Form 2011

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Graduate students are invited to form a team of three or more to create a graduate school project around Singapore’s economic activities.

The award is for up to US $10,000 and includes a trip to Singapore for the graduate student team.

The program is open to graduate students of all disciplines, including arts, business, engineering, humanities and sciences. Participants should be graduate students with at least two years of working experience and ideally the project has relevance to their current research interests. Projects may take multiple forms, including research papers, presentations or even presented in alternative media.

The application deadline for the next round of awards is October 31, 2011. For more information, email  singapore@contactsingapore.sg with the subject line “Re: GSP 2011”.

• Graduate School Projects@Singapore
• Project proposal form
• See also: SFU MBAs head to Singapore

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Google’s official blog has announced the search for 12 inspirational young people who are making an impact on their world.

The winners will be invited to a two-day Zeitgeist Americas event in Arizona, where they’ll take part in a series of tailored master classes hosted by Google and meet some of the most powerful and thought-provoking people on the planet. We want the pioneers, changemakers and leaders of tomorrow to take their place alongside the greatest minds of today and use Zeitgeist as a springboard from which they can continue to do amazing things to make the world a better place.

The Young Minds competition is open to people aged 18–24 from the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and Argentina. For your chance to win a slot at Zeitgeist Americas 2011, go to www.zeitgeistyoungminds.com before August 25 and upload a one-minute video that shows us how you’re making a positive impact on the world.

• Videos from previous Zeitgeist events
• Entry page for Young Minds competition

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The Organization of American States and Coimbra Group of Brazilian Universities are offering up to 50 scholarships for Master’s programs in participating universities in Brazil.

The scholarship includes a moving grant, monthly stipend and full tuition expenses for up to 24 months. Applicants must speak Portuguese or Spanish as a native language, or supply proof of an intermediate level of Portugese.

The application form (pdf) is due by August 31, 2011.

• Scholarship Announcement (pdf)
• Participating Universities (pdf)
• Application form (pdf)

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President Andrew Petter, on behalf of SFU, has just signed a Memorandum of Agreement with the China Scholarship Council which will enable top Chinese graduate students to receive scholarship funding to attend SFU.

The number of SFU graduate students from China has grown from 79 in 2001 to 238 in 2010. Of those 238, 64 are in the Applied Sciences, 54 are in Business, 47 are in Science and 45 are in Education, with the rest in SFU’s other Faculties.

SFU’s School of Computing Science has both a Master’s and a PhD dual degree program in partnership with Zhejiang University (ZU), China.

• SFU Press release: SFU becomes a preferred destination for Chinese graduate students

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The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada (AUCC) has opened the 2011 Canada-Latin America and the Caribbean Research Exchange Grants (LACREG) program, funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).

Projects must address one or more of the Centre’s following research themes:

• agriculture and the environment
• science, technology, and innovation
• social and economic policy
• health and health systems

The LACREG program applies to collaborative research between Canada and the following LAC countries: Argentina, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago , Uruguay, and Venezuela.

Value: Support through this program will be cost-shared on a 2:1 ratio by the program and the partner institutions, respectively. The maximum value of each grant under this program will be $15,000 CDN.

Download the application guidelines and forms. Applications are due by Thursday, October 6, 2011.

For additional information please email lac@aucc.ca

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