(老贴,备份)
上周面了一个老板,基本上同意明年夏天进实验室,让我自己找funding,给了我几个缩写,什么HSFBCY,PHCRI之类的,看上去更像密码而不是某单位的名字。忽然想起今年年初参加过一次院里组织的Get into Research信息会,领了个材料,有不少funding resources,昨天整屋子竟无意中翻出来了。整理到网上,做个资料备份。
适用的范围:UBC Faculty of Science Undergraduate Students
网址: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
这个是加拿大国家量子及核物理实验室,五个成员大学,七个协作大学,总部在UBC温哥华校区
2 Faculty of Medicine Student Summer Research Project (SSRP)
http://www.med.ubc.ca/research/st_postdocs/st_dfo/ssrp.htm
UBC医学院设的,带有竞赛性质(competition)的夏季学生研究项目
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.
作为理学院的本科生要想和医学院的学生争,不知道难度会如何。而且不知道为什么,目前网页上写着:
This competition is currently closed.
3 National Research Council (NRC) Summer Employment
http://careers-carrieres.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/programs/undergrads_e.html
这个是加拿大政府机构,申请人必须是公民或者移民 -_-
4 Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Program (MURP) and Conference (MURC)
http://www.murp.ubc.ca/ (MURP)
http://www.research.ubc.ca/UGConf.aspx (MURC)
这两个要大力推荐,门槛低,人数多,规模大,跨学科,我没有跟过,具体不了解,听参加过MURC的朋友的反馈,不错。提醒一下,07/08 MURP的截止日期是10月9号,MURC是明年2月,从网站给的信息来看,MURC是本科生的研究会议,到时候口头报告(oral presentation)和海报报告(poster presentation)还会有得奖者和提名,挺好玩的,准备明年去凑凑热闹。
5 Child and Family Research Institute Summer Studentships
http://bcricwh.bc.ca/research_support/forms/cfri_funding.asp
BC省的妇幼健康研究所提供的夏季本科生研究项目
6 NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards
www.careers.ubc.ca/opportunities.cfm?page=nserc
这个也是要求加拿大公民或移民,又没我们什么事儿了。
NSERC是加拿大自然科学和工程研究协会,大财主,特有钱,加拿大最大的funding resource,很多PI拿的就是NSERC的资金
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
这个总算是带我们玩儿了,不过加拿大公民依然有优先权。
Although non-Canadians may apply for jobs under FSWEP, priority will be given to Canadian citizens.
这个没有竞赛性质,而是工作机会。
8 UBC Science Co-op
http://www.sciencecoop.ubc.ca/
传说中的co-op,不少国际学生就是凭借在本科阶段超过一年的co-op全职工作经历,毕业的时候就够条件申请移民,强烈推荐。
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
这个以前也介绍过,官方的勤工俭学项目,必须是教育贷款申请人或者国际学生,工作机会不限于本专业,想什么图书馆整理书之类的就是从这儿找的,时薪都不错,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.
这就不给钱了,所谓指导学习,Major是448,相对应的Honors是449,后者要求更严格,必须有论文。基本上每个系都会开设。
11 UBC Undergraduate Research Opportunities and Directory (ROAD)
http://www.ulabs.science.ubc.ca/
UBC Science Undergraduate 研究机会汇总,名字挺大,我没试过,不评价。
资料上列的就是这些,大多数是奖学金或竞赛,后面是工作机会和448指导学习,感觉给国际本科生的funding机会几乎没有。
其实这是比较有规模有历史的项目,我们还可以直接找到感兴趣的中心或者实验室,直接找到老板,他肯雇你,没有奖学金或竞赛的性质,竞争会小,当然那就是纯粹的全职或半职的工作了。
相应的机构、中心和实验室可以参考我上一篇帖子,主要是针对生物医学类的。
根据未来老板给的“密码”找到的:
1 PHCRI BC Province Health Care Research Institute
http://www.providencehealthcare.org/index.html
发现了 Tools For Students
http://www.providencehealthcare.org/research/tools_students_welcome.html
里面有专么关于funding的解释
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
这个也是竞赛性质的,由评审委员会审核。但是好像只给研究生以上的,本科生夏天这种几个月的小打小闹人家不理。这个需要信件询问落实。
3 HSFBCY Heart & Stroke Foundation BC & Yukon
http://www.heartandstroke.ca/
http://ww2.heartandstroke.ca/Page.asp?PageID=28&SiteLanguageID=1&CategoryID=15
这个也没戏,倒是有本科生奖学金,但不是BC&Yunkon的,是HSFO,安省的。还是要写信问。不过意外发现了志愿者的机会,不知道会是什么样的工作。
看来争取到额外的奖学金或者资金的可能性非常小,毕竟国际学生,又是本科,用上周五动物生理老师的话说,treated as dirt -_-
只好参加中心自己的Summer Student Research Project,拿老板发的工资了。
P.S. 都写好了,才想起来把CIHR给忘了,不应该。
CIHR Canadian Institutes of Health Research 加拿大健康研究院
成立于2000年,是医学健康研究领域最大的研究及资金机构,下面有13个研究所,很多PI的实验室就是用这里的funding建起来的。
http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/193.html
里面只提供MD/PhD 本科项目的资金 sigh
无意中找到了一个加拿大研究基金组织的列表,放到这里,有时间看看:
http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/829.html