a limited number of travel awards to phd or md/phd 世界杯2022赛程表淘汰赛 , and post-doctoral/medical/clinical fellows are available. the purpose of this program is to defray the travel costs associated with making a scientific presentation as a first author or presenter at a conference, symposium or other appropriate professional meeting.

the investigators in the pathogenesis of infectious disease (path) award provides $500,000 over five years to support accomplished investigators at the assistant professor level to study pathogenesis, with a focus on the interplay between human and microbial biology, shedding light on how human and microbial systems are affected by their encounters. 

 mitacs is pleased offer the mitacs globalink early career fellowship - brazil. this initiative provides funding for postdoctoral fellows from brazil to undertake 12-month research projects in canada.

the fellowship supports research in:

• biodiversity and conservation; climate science; environmental science; sustainable development
• coal technology
• engineering; environmental engineering; minerals processing and metallurgical engineering; mining engineering
• geology; geomechanics; geophysics; hydrogeology; marine geosciences
• gis and remote sensing
• renewable energies
• smart grids

contact your colleagues in brazil to get started or visit our website to learn more.

applications are due may 24, 2016, at 7:59 p.m. pdt, for projects starting september 2016–january 15, 2017.

thecanadian science policy fellowship is now accepting applications for one-year fellowships with the government of canada:

• open to phd holders in all academic disciplines
• postdoctoral fellows (no university affiliation required) and faculty members at mitacs full and associate partner universities eligible to apply
• competitive stipend and travel grant
• offered in partnership with mitacs partner universities, the government of canada, and the university of ottawa’s institute for science, society and policy (issp)

 deadlines:

• february 17, 2016: call for applications opens
• april 10, 2016: call closes
• september 12, 2016: fellowships begin
• august 31, 2017: fellowships end

to learn more, visit the canadian science policy fellowship web page, or contact us at policyfellowship@mitacs.ca.

the robert bertram doctoral research awards have been established to promote canadian-based research on corporate governance and build canada’s corporate governance research capacity by encouraging the next generation of young scholars.

eligibility

to qualify to apply for a robert bertram doctoral research award you must be a full-time student registered at a recognized canadian university in september 2016. you must be a senior doctoral student undertaking studies that include significant original, autonomous research that leads to the completion of a dissertation or major scholarly publication. you must not have exceeded the allowable number of years already spent in doctoral study, as set out by your university. you must not have previously been awarded a robert bertram doctoral research award.

value and duration

the annual awards of up to $15,000 are to be expended by november 2017 and will be used to support the direct costs of the doctoral student’s research.

targeted areas of research

research proposals should address questions within one or more of the following broad targeted areas of research:

• corporate governance issues of practical interest to canadian directors and boards of canadian public, private, government-agency and not-for-profit organizations;
• corporate governance best practices through the canadian perspective; and
• the role of directors in the governance process and the criteria deemed necessary to be an effective director.

the blue economy challenge: launching a blue revolution for aquaculture: this challenge aims to find solutions to three important issues of aquaculture: 1) rethinking feed for aquaculture 2) new ocean products and 3) sustainable design by encouraging innovations that will revolutionize aquaculture in the developing world with a focus on the indian ocean region, where transformations in aquaculture can help eradicate poverty, end hunger, and preserve ecosystems.

application deadline is june 30, 2016. for more information please visit http://www.theblueeconomychallenge.org

the howard hughes medical institute (hhmi) and partners, the bill & melinda gates foundation, the wellcome trust, and the calouste gulbenkian foundation announced an international program to select up to 50 outstanding early career scientists. the program’s aim is to help develop scientific talent worldwide.

the program represents a key piece in hhmi’s efforts to expand and enhance its support of international scientific research in the life sciences. “we are pleased to be joined in this initiative by the bill & melinda gates foundation, the wellcome trust, and the gulbenkian foundation,” said hhmi president robert tjian. “each organization shares a commitment to building international scientific capacity by identifying and supporting outstanding early career scientists who have the potential to be scientific leaders.”

hhmi and its partners have committed a total of $37.4 million for the international research scholars program and will award each scientist who is selected a total of $650,000 over five years. the competition is open to scientists who have trained in the u.s. or united kingdom for at least one year. additionally, eligible scientists must have run their own labs for less than seven years, and work in one of the eligible countries.

countries that are not eligible for this competition include the g7 countries (canada, france, germany, italy, japan, united kingdom and united states), as well as countries identified by the u.s. department of treasury, office of foreign assets control (ofac) as being subject to comprehensive country or territory-wide sanctions or where current ofac regulations prohibit u.s. persons or entities from engaging in the funding arrangements contemplated by this grant program. for this program, such sanctioned countries or territories currently include iran, north korea, sudan, syria, and the crimea region of ukraine.