Graduate Education Happenings at Memorial

I have decided to make this a semi-regular blog post 'column', as there are lots of great things happening at my home institution with regards to graduate education.

This week, Memorial was honoured as the recipient of the CAGS/ETS Award for Excellence and Innovation in Graduate Admissions. Offered annually by the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS) and Educational Testing Services (ETS), the award was presented yesterday at the CAGS Annual Conference in Toronto.

Earlier this week, 8 doctoral, 12 masters students and 2 undergraduates received $1,037,000 from the Research & Development Corporation (RDC), as recipients of the Ocean Industries Student Research Awards, to support ocean research over a three-year period. According to today.mun.ca, the awards range in value from $7,500 per year for undergraduate research to $20,000-$30,000 per year at the graduate level. The students’ research supervisors also receive a research allowance to support their supervisory work. The investment supports research in areas relevant to Newfoundland and Labrador’s ocean industries including offshore petroleum, ocean engineering, marine safety, fisheries and aquaculture and marine science. The students are enrolled in the Faculty of Science, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science and the School of Human Kinetics and Recreation at Memorial University. The awards are open to post-secondary students in Newfoundland and Labrador, across Canada and internationally, who are interested in pursuing their studies and conducting leading edge research in Newfoundland and Labrador.