University of Guelph & McMaster University | Undergraduate Summer Research Studentship

To complete this application you will need to provide: 

• Your name, affiliation and contact information
• Your proposed McMaster collaborator’s name, affiliation and contact information
• A 1-page letter from your proposed McMaster collaborator on university letterhead stating that they (1) are aware of this application; (2) have an active collaboration with you, or plan to have one in place by May 1, 2023 **include a 2-sentence overview of this collaboration, including why it is necessary and what each researcher brings to the collaboration**; (3) should the application be successful, commit to training the U of G summer student for a minimum of 10 days during the summer work term at their research space.
• A brief description of your graduate / undergraduate student research supervision
• Project title
• The core problem(s) your project will address
• At least one project objective, a description of why a One Health approach is necessary to achieve the objective, how the achievement of each objective is enhanced/enabled by collaboration with a faculty member at McMaster University
• A short description of the role for the student in this project

Faculty members who are successful in Stage 1 may advertise for a student during Stage 2 (“Selection of Students by Faculty Members successful in Stage 1”).

Stage 1 (Project Abstracts – Submitted by Faculty)

How to Apply

Please submit a project proposal.

To complete the application, you will need the following information at hand: 

• Your name, affiliation and contact information
• Your McMaster University collaborator’s name, affiliation and contact information
• A letter (maximum of 1 page) from your proposed McMaster University collaborator on university letterhead stating that they:
  • are aware of this application;
  • have an active collaboration with you, or plan to have one in place by May 1, 2023 **include a 2-sentence overview of this collaboration, including why it is necessary and what each researcher brings to the collaboration**;
  • should the application be successful, commit to training the University of Guelph summer student for a minimum of 10 days during the summer work term at their research space.
    *NOTE: you will be required to upload this letter as part of your application.*
• The number of students previously and currently supervised in each of the following categories:
  • Undergraduate research students in research courses
  • Undergraduate summer research students
  • Masters students supervised or co-supervised (current | completed)
  • PhD students supervised or co-supervised (current | completed)
• Project title
• The core problem(s) your project will address
• At least one project objective, a description of why a One Health approach is necessary to achieve the objective, how the achievement of at least one objective is enhanced/enabled by collaboration with a faculty member at McMaster University
• A full description of the role for the student in this project

APPLICATIONS FOR THE 2023 University of Guelph & McMaster University | Undergraduate Summer Research Studentship ARE OPEN!

Evaluation Process and Criteria

The Director, One Health Institute, with members of the One Health Institute Advisory Board, will select the projects for funding based on the following criteria:

• Relevance / alignment of the proposed research with One Health
• Clarity and feasibility of the research objectives and experimental plan
• Suitability of the project for DVM and undergraduate summer research students
• Faculty record of research student advising, research productivity and availability of operating funds and infrastructure for the summer research project

Stage 2 (Students)

Students interested in working on a specific summer research project will contact faculty members directly to discuss possible involvement with the project.

Applications must be received by the faculty member by Wednesday, March 22, 2023 to be considered. Selections will be made by Friday, March 31, 2023.

Questions can be directed to onehealth@uoguelph.ca

Award Administration

Once the faculty member chooses a successful candidate, please Cc OHI Program Manager, Katherine Heyland (heylandk@uoguelph.ca), in your email to the student confirming the upcoming appointment for Summer 2023.