NSERC undergraduate research awards (Universities)
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Apply for these research awards via the department or supervisor, that is, you need to
find a supervisor before you apply! A B+ average is required.
http://www.nserc.ca/guide/sf/1a_e.htm
NSERC undergraduate research awards (Industry)
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Apply directly to the company you want to work for, using the forms downloaded from the
link below. There is a pretty long list of companies that are eligible! Make sure to
get your resume and cover letter critiqued by the career centre before you apply.
(http://www.careers.utoronto.ca/)
http://www.nserc.ca/guide/sf/1b_e.htm
List of eligible companies: http://www.nserc.ca/programs/sf/alpha.PDF
Research Opportunity Program (299Y1)
The Research Opportunity Porgram ("ROP") provides an opportunity for students in their second year (i.e., after
completing at least four but not more than nine courses) to earn one 299Y1 course credit by participating in a faculty
member's research project.
Descriptions of the ROP projects are in the ROP 299Y1 Project Binders, which will be available in departmental and
college registrars' offices, the ROP Office (Room 1022, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street), and at ASSU and
APUS, after Reading Week.
http://www.artsandscience.utoronto.ca/current/rop/index.shtml
Life Sciences: Summer Undergraduate Student Research Fellowships
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These grants are provided by the university to departments to fund undergraduate
research. Apply for these positions through the individual departments. Departments
that regularly participate in this program are:
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Banting and Best Department of Medical Research
http://www.utoronto.ca/bandb/
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Biochemistry
http://biochemistry.utoronto.ca
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Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
http://www.utoronto.ca/IBBME/undergrad/summer_student.html
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Institute of Medical Science
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/ims/programs/summer.htm
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Immunology
http://www.immune.med.utoronto.ca/CAREER%20OPPORTUNITIES/summer%20jobs/Undergrad.summer
.html
http://www.immune.med.utoronto.ca/FACULTY/faculty_address.html
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Medical Biophysics
http://medbio.utoronto.ca/faculty.html
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Medical Genetics & Microbiology
http://www.utoronto.ca/medicalgenetics/student%20site/undergraduate/research%20opportun
ities.htm
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Nutritional Sciences
http://www.utoronto.ca/nutrisci/faculty.html
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Pharmacology
http://www.utoronto.ca/grdpharm/overview.htm
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Physiology
http://www.uoftphysiology.com/undergrad/mainInfo.cfm?what=lifeSciProg
Other Links to U of T Research and Departments (I may have missed some! Check:
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/directory/departments.html
to see if there are any missing):
Archaeology and Anthropology
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/anthropology/Archfield.htm
Astronomy and Astrophysics
http://www.astro.utoronto.ca/summer.html
Chemistry
http://www.chem.utoronto.ca/underinfo/fellowship/Summer_Fellowship.htm
Botany
http://www.botany.utoronto.ca/faculty/new_all.stm
Banting and Best Diabetes Centre
http://www.library.utoronto.ca/bbdiabetes/research/profiles.htm
Computer Science
http://www.cs.toronto.edu/DCS/Research/index.html
Geology
http://www.geology.utoronto.ca/profiles/by_interests.html
Geography
http://www.geog.utoronto.ca/info/faculty/faculty.htm
Eye Bank (note: you can volunteer for the Eye bank!)
http://www.eyebank.utoronto.ca/
Psychology
http://dynamo.psych.utoronto.ca/psych/grad/gradareas.asp?pg=gra
http://dynamo.psych.utoronto.ca/psych/people/facultydir.asp?pg=peo&PageNum=0
Physics
http://www.physics.utoronto.ca/research/
Mathematics
http://www.math.toronto.edu/dept/dirfac.html
Zoology
http://zardoz.zoo.utoronto.ca/zooweb2/people/zooresults2.asp?status=Faculty
Specific Research Scholarships
Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Summer Scholarships
http://www.cag-acg.org/research/summer.htm
Space Life Sciences Training Program
A Canadian Space Agency Scholarship funding a 6-week internship at the Kennedy Space Center,
Florida. Application due end of January.
http://www.space.gc.ca/asc/eng/csa_sectors/space_science/ao/slstp2003.asp
National Research Council Summer Employment Program
Summer positions offered at most National Research Council of Canada (NRC) branches and
institutes across Canada can provide you with practical career-related experience in research
or in disciplines such as library sciences, communications and marketing. Application due end
of January.
http://careers-carrieres.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/careers/career_main.nsf/pagee/SummerEmpl.html
Upper year students who can answer some of your questions:
Catherine Brunet. 2nd year English - Catherine.brunet@utoronto.ca
Deb Ray. 2nd year Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Comp Sci, AI - Deb.ray@utoronto.ca
Check out this link for updated research info:
http://individual.utoronto.ca/debray/researchlinks.html
Adrian Cheong. 2nd year Microbiology - adcheong@mac.com
Evan Sheppy. 2nd year Physiology - E_sheppy@hotmail.com