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Purpose

The Branch Out Foundation Graduate Grant is a matched salary-stipend award for graduate students conducting studies at partnering universities. Students selected for funding will be awarded a $22,000 salary for the September - August academic year. The student's academic supervisor will contribute 40% of the salary value (i.e. $8800). This grant is for a one (1) year duration, pending approval for a second year from the Scientific Review Panel in a non-competitive review process.

Value: $22,000

Eligibility

• Research must be in the area of
• Applicants are required to identify a supervisor/mentor (an Assistant, Associate or Full Professor) from an accredited university for the project who will guide and review the student’s activities
• Applicants can be Canadian or International students working on their project at Universities in Alberta, Saskatchewan or at the Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬ of Victoria, BC, or the Ãâ·Ñ¸£Àû×ÊÔ´ÔÚÏß¿´Æ¬ of Toronto, ON
• Applicants must be registered in a graduate degree program. If the applicant is not already in a graduate program, funding is contingent on their acceptance to the specific lab and program
• PhD students applying for this grant must be pre-candidacy at the time of application
• The supervisor contribution can be supplied by broader departmental funding or directly from the supervisor.
• If the research work requires either human or animal ethics clearance, evidence of that clearance must be sent to Branch Out before studentship funds will be released.
• Applicants must supply copies of transcripts (graduate and undergraduate) and have two academic references on his or her behalf by the grant application deadline. The project supervisor must be one of the references.
• If the student holds multiple awards, the Branch Out award will serve as a "top-up" award.

Application

Submission is electronic via the website. Please visit thefor the application and further information