(老貼,備份)
上周麵了一個老板,基本上同意明年夏天進實驗室,讓我自己找funding,給了我幾個縮寫,什麽HSFBCY,PHCRI之類的,看上去更像密碼而不是某單位的名字。忽然想起今年年初參加過一次院裏組織的Get into Research信息會,領了個材料,有不少funding resources,昨天整屋子竟無意中翻出來了。整理到網上,做個資料備份。
適用的範圍:UBC Faculty of Science Undergraduate Students
網址:http://www.sciteam.ubc.ca/~sciteam/mw/index.php/Events:06-07/Get_Into_Research
1 TRIUMF Summer Research Awards for Canadian Undergraduate Students
http://admin.triumf.ca/docs/hr/student/award-07-l.html
http://www.triumf.info/public/students/student_jobs.php
這個是加拿大國家量子及核物理實驗室,五個成員大學,七個協作大學,總部在UBC溫哥華校區
2 Faculty of Medicine Student Summer Research Project (SSRP)
http://www.med.ubc.ca/research/st_postdocs/st_dfo/ssrp.htm
UBC醫學院設的,帶有競賽性質(competition)的夏季學生研究項目
The Summer Student Research Program (SSRP) is a competition open to undergraduate and medical students registered at UBC for a summer research project supervised by a member of the Faculty of Medicine (FOM), or in the case of projects funded by the CIHR/HSFC Strategic Training Program in Transfusion Science, a member of that program. Not all students who apply will be funded. A committee will review and rank only complete, eligible applications. Students with an average of less than 75% in their last 2 completed years are unlikely to be funded.
作為理學院的本科生要想和醫學院的學生爭,不知道難度會如何。而且不知道為什麽,目前網頁上寫著:
This competition is currently closed.
3 National Research Council (NRC) Summer Employment
http://careers-carrieres.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/programs/undergrads_e.html
這個是加拿大政府機構,申請人必須是公民或者移民 -_-
4 Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Program (MURP) and Conference (MURC)
http://www.murp.ubc.ca/ (MURP)
http://www.research.ubc.ca/UGConf.aspx (MURC)
這兩個要大力推薦,門檻低,人數多,規模大,跨學科,我沒有跟過,具體不了解,聽參加過MURC的朋友的反饋,不錯。提醒一下,07/08 MURP的截止日期是10月9號,MURC是明年2月,從網站給的信息來看,MURC是本科生的研究會議,到時候口頭報告(oral presentation)和海報報告(poster presentation)還會有得獎者和提名,挺好玩的,準備明年去湊湊熱鬧。
5 Child and Family Research Institute Summer Studentships
http://bcricwh.bc.ca/research_support/forms/cfri_funding.asp
BC省的婦幼健康研究所提供的夏季本科生研究項目
6 NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards
www.careers.ubc.ca/opportunities.cfm?page=nserc
這個也是要求加拿大公民或移民,又沒我們什麽事兒了。
NSERC是加拿大自然科學和工程研究協會,大財主,特有錢,加拿大最大的funding resource,很多PI拿的就是NSERC的資金
NSERC's role is to make investments in people, discovery and innovation for the benefit of all Canadians.
http://www.nserc.gc.ca/sf_e.asp?nav=sfnav&lbi=1_toc
7 Federal Student Work Experience Program (FSWEP)
http://www.jobs-emplois.gc.ca/srp-fswep-pfete/index_e.htm
這個總算是帶我們玩兒了,不過加拿大公民依然有優先權。
Although non-Canadians may apply for jobs under FSWEP, priority will be given to Canadian citizens.
這個沒有競賽性質,而是工作機會。
8 UBC Science Co-op
http://www.sciencecoop.ubc.ca/
傳說中的co-op,不少國際學生就是憑借在本科階段超過一年的co-op全職工作經曆,畢業的時候就夠條件申請移民,強烈推薦。
12-16-month program in which the student works in a career-related position. Students apply to job postings through the Co-op office and obtain 6 academic credits for each 4 month Co-op term completed. The program also includes workshops on job-seeking (resumes, cover letters etc.).
9 UBC Work-Study Program and UBC Work-Learn Program (for International Students)
www.students.ubc.ca/careers/workstudy.cfm
www.students.ubc.ca/careers/opportunities.cfm?page=worklearn
這個以前也介紹過,官方的勤工儉學項目,必須是教育貸款申請人或者國際學生,工作機會不限於本專業,想什麽圖書館整理書之類的就是從這兒找的,時薪都不錯,16加起。
10 UBC Directed Studies
Students work with a faculty supervisor on a research project. Directed studies is considered a class and consists of 3 credits per term. Students are responsible for contacting the faculty member whose research area they are interested in.
這就不給錢了,所謂指導學習,Major是448,相對應的Honors是449,後者要求更嚴格,必須有論文。基本上每個係都會開設。
11 UBC Undergraduate Research Opportunities and Directory (ROAD)
http://www.ulabs.science.ubc.ca/
UBC Science Undergraduate 研究機會匯總,名字挺大,我沒試過,不評價。
資料上列的就是這些,大多數是獎學金或競賽,後麵是工作機會和448指導學習,感覺給國際本科生的funding機會幾乎沒有。
其實這是比較有規模有曆史的項目,我們還可以直接找到感興趣的中心或者實驗室,直接找到老板,他肯雇你,沒有獎學金或競賽的性質,競爭會小,當然那就是純粹的全職或半職的工作了。
相應的機構、中心和實驗室可以參考我上一篇帖子,主要是針對生物醫學類的。
根據未來老板給的“密碼”找到的:
1 PHCRI BC Province Health Care Research Institute
http://www.providencehealthcare.org/index.html
發現了 Tools For Students
http://www.providencehealthcare.org/research/tools_students_welcome.html
裏麵有專麽關於funding的解釋
2 MSFHR Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
http://www.msfhr.org/ BC省最大的健康研究funding resource
http://www.msfhr.org/sub-funding-trainee.htm
這個也是競賽性質的,由評審委員會審核。但是好像隻給研究生以上的,本科生夏天這種幾個月的小打小鬧人家不理。這個需要信件詢問落實。
3 HSFBCY Heart & Stroke Foundation BC & Yukon
http://www.heartandstroke.ca/
http://ww2.heartandstroke.ca/Page.asp?PageID=28&SiteLanguageID=1&CategoryID=15
這個也沒戲,倒是有本科生獎學金,但不是BC&Yunkon的,是HSFO,安省的。還是要寫信問。不過意外發現了誌願者的機會,不知道會是什麽樣的工作。
看來爭取到額外的獎學金或者資金的可能性非常小,畢竟國際學生,又是本科,用上周五動物生理老師的話說,treated as dirt -_-
隻好參加中心自己的Summer Student Research Project,拿老板發的工資了。
P.S. 都寫好了,才想起來把CIHR給忘了,不應該。
CIHR Canadian Institutes of Health Research 加拿大健康研究院
成立於2000年,是醫學健康研究領域最大的研究及資金機構,下麵有13個研究所,很多PI的實驗室就是用這裏的funding建起來的。
http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/193.html
裏麵隻提供MD/PhD 本科項目的資金 sigh
無意中找到了一個加拿大研究基金組織的列表,放到這裏,有時間看看:
http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/829.html