Round 3 Student Travel Awards

Congratulations to the following CRLMB student members who were chosen to receive Round 2 Travel Awards from the Centre, in the amount of $700:

• K. Saito
• B. Elgie
• K. Kasparian
• A. Gascon
• S. Rigoulot
• A. Simonenko

These awards may not be used in conjunction with another travel award, such as the Alma Mater, for the same conference.

Award Requirements

Recipients are requested and required to:

• Identify student authors and advisors as centre members in the authorship line of the poster, in following way: Name, CRLMB, Dept, University. If this is not permitted, membership in, and support by the Centre, is to be listed in acknowledgements
• All students are requested (and required) to acknowledge the support of the Centre by including our logo on your poster or presentation
• Within 10 days of your return from the conference, an expense report must be submitted to the Centre accompanied by: 1) original receipts; 2) boarding passes; 3) proof of receipt of your poster at the conference attended; and 4) an 8.5 X 11 pdf copy of your poster;

McGill students are to complete an expense report on Minerva. If your advisor is covering the balance of expenses, the report should be sent for approval to your departmental designate, who will contact the Centre for a FOAPAL. It is important that only one expense report be filed (by McGill students) for any conference attended.

Students from our other member universities are asked to download and complete the visitor claimant signature form, to make sure your name and mailing address is completed (it is NOT necessary to complete the section for wire transfer/director deposit) and to send the form, with all original receipts, boarding passes, conference acceptance and an 8.5 X 11 pdf of your poster to:

Lisa Coady
CRLMB - Rabinovitch House
McGill University
3640 rue de la Montagne
Montreal, QC H3G 2A8

Round 2 Student Travel Awards

Congratulations to the following CRLMB student members who were chosen to receive Round 2 Travel Awards from the Centre, in the amount of $700:

• J. Soles
• F. Brosseau-Lapré
• N. Sheikh
• A. Delcenserie
• A. Melançon

Award Requirements

Recipients are requested and required to:

• Identify student authors and advisors as centre members in the authorship line of the poster, in following way: Name, CRLMB, Dept, University. If this is not permitted, membership in, and support by the Centre, is to be listed in acknowledgements
• All students are requested (and required) to acknowledge the support of the Centre by including our logo on your poster or presentation
• Within 10 days of your return from the conference, an expense report must be submitted to the Centre accompanied by: 1) original receipts; 2) boarding passes; 3) proof of receipt of your poster at the conference attended; and 4) an 8.5 X 11 pdf copy of your poster;

McGill students are to complete an expense report on Minerva. If your advisor is covering the balance of expenses, the report should be sent for approval to your departmental designate, who will contact the Centre for a FOAPAL. It is important that only one expense report be filed (by McGill students) for any conference attended.

Students from our other member universities are asked to download and complete the visitor claimant signature form, to make sure your name and mailing address is completed (it is NOT necessary to complete the section for wire transfer/director deposit) and to send the form, with all original receipts, boarding passes, conference acceptance and an 8.5 X 11 pdf of your poster to:

Lisa Coady
CRLMB - Rabinovitch House
McGill University
3640 rue de la Montagne
Montreal, QC H3G 2A8

Round 1 Student Travel Awards

Congratulations to the following CRLMB student members who were chosen to receive Round 1 Travel Awards from the Centre, in the amount of $700:

• M. Zvaigzne
• C. Qu
• I. Pivneva
• K. Kasparian
• Y. Senoo
• N. Bourgignon

Award Requirements

Recipients are requested and required to:

• Identify student authors and advisors as centre members in the authorship line of the poster, in following way: Name, CRLMB, Dept, University. If this is not permitted, membership in, and support by the Centre, is to be listed in acknowledgements
• All students are requested (and required) to acknowledge the support of the Centre by including our logo on your poster or presentation
• Within 10 days of your return from the conference, an expense report must be submitted to the Centre accompanied by: 1) original receipts; 2) boarding passes; 3) proof of receipt of your poster at the conference attended; and 4) an 8.5 X 11 pdf copy of your poster;

McGill students are to complete an expense report on Minerva. If your advisor is covering the balance of expenses, the report should be sent for approval to your departmental designate, who will contact the Centre for a FOAPAL. It is important that only one expense report be filed (by McGill students) for any conference attended.

Students from our other member universities are asked to download and complete the visitor claimant signature form, to make sure your name and mailing address is completed (it is NOT necessary to complete the section for wire transfer/director deposit) and to send the form, with all original receipts, boarding passes, conference acceptance and an 8.5 X 11 pdf of your poster to:

Lisa Coady
CRLMB - Rabinovitch House
McGill University
3640 rue de la Montagne
Montreal, QC H3G 2A8

Round 3 Student Travel Awards

Congratulations to the following CRLMB student members who were chosen to receive Round 3 Travel Awards from the Centre:

• W. Dalton
• E. Pauker
• C. Mark
• A. Gilbert
• K. Saito
• J. Gao

All students are requested (and required) to acknowledge the support of the Centre by including our logo on your poster or presentation. Within 10 days of your return from the conference, please complete the student expense reimbursement form, and send it, with original receipts, to:

Lisa Coady
CRLMB - Rabinovitch House
McGill University
3640 rue de la Montagne
Montreal, QC H3G 2A8

Please note that only one expense report can be filed (by McGill students) for any conference attended. Any recipient whose advisor will cover the balance of travel expenses, and who is unsure as to how the ER should be completed, is asked to call the Centre for instructions in advance of completing the report.

Graduate and postdoctoral fellowships in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience

Applications for graduate and postdoctoral fellowships in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience, beginning September 1 2010, are now opened. This program is funded by an NSERC-Create Training grant in auditory cognitive neuroscience which enables graduate students and postdoctoral fellows to obtain funding in a research area related to Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience through one of our partner universities in Canada (McGill, McMaster, and Univ of Montreal). The training program also offers internships in academic, industrial and health care settings. Citizens of all countries are eligible to apply.

Graduate applicants who plan to be enrolled in a full-time graduate program at one of the partner universities are eligible to apply; annual stipend is $17,300 (Master's level) and $21,000 (Doctoral level). Postdoctoral applicants who will have received their PhD by August 31 2010 are eligible to apply; annual stipends are $40,000.

The deadline for Graduate and Postdoctoral applications is January 15, 2010.

Full program details, including application materials, curriculum, internships, and mentors' research programs, are available at www.acn-create.org

Round 2 Student Travel Awards

Congratulations to the following CRLMB student members who were chosen to receive Round 2 Travel Awards from the Centre:

• M. Cyr
• A. Delcenserie
• M-J. Blais
• E. Melkonyan
• S. Smits-Bandstra

All students are requested (and required) to acknowledge the support of the Centre by including our logo on your poster or presentation. Within 10 days of your return from the conference, please complete the student expense reimbursement form, and send it, with original receipts, to:

Lisa Coady
CRLMB - Rabinovitch House
McGill University
3640 rue de la Montagne
Montreal, QC H3G 2A8

Please note that only one expense report can be filed (by McGill students) for any conference attended. Any recipient whose advisor will cover the balance of travel expenses, and who is unsure as to how the ER should be completed, is asked to call the Centre for instructions in advance of completing the report.

Deadline for Round 1 student travel grants is June 12

Students wishing to apply for one of five $700 Round 1 Travel grants are advised that the deadline for application is June 12 at noon. Info and application ....

Round 3 Student Travel Awards

Congratulations to the following CRLMB student members who were chosen to receive Round 3 Travel Awards from the Centre:

• E. Koulaguina
• B. Lochbihler
• A. Belikova
• I. Deschamps
• E. Pauker

All students are requested (and required) to acknowledge the support of the Centre by including our logo on your poster or presentation. Within 10 days of your return from the conference, please complete the student expense reimbursement form, and send it, with original receipts, to:

Lisa Coady
CRLMB - Rabinovitch House
McGill University
3640 rue de la Montagne
Montreal, QC H3G 2A8

Please note that only one expense report can be filed (by McGill students) for any conference attended. Any recipient whose advisor will cover the balance of travel expenses, and who is unsure as to how the ER should be completed, is asked to call the Centre for instructions in advance of completing the report.

International Research Internship Opportunity

A second call is issued to eligible Ph.D. student members of the CRLMB, to apply for an international research internship, of one to three months in duration. The internship opportunity is made possible through the provision of $15000 to each strategic cluster supported by le Fonds quebecois de recherche sur la nature et les technologies (FQRNT) and le Fonds quebecois de recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC), with the aim of promoting international scientific research and training for student members. The deadline for applications for the internship is February 25, 2009. All internships must begin by, at latest, March 31, 2010. Ph.D. candidates may apply for an internship of one to three months in duration, at a research institute/university in one of the following countries: Germany, Brazil, China, France, United-Kingdom, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, USA, Belgium, Catalonia. The monthly stipend for the internship totals $2500 CAD. Therefore, the Centre may support: 1) one candidate on a six-month internship; 2) two candidates on a 3-month internship; or 3) three candidates on a 2-month internship.

Eligiblity:

Applicants must be:

• full-time doctoral students supervised by a CRLMB member
• officially registered with the Centre
• a Canadian citizen or a permanent resident of Canada
• resident in the province of Quebec for at least one year at the time of application. Acceptable proof of residency would include a photocopy of a valid health card, or proof of a Quebec tax return having been filed in the previous year.

Application:

Each applicant must submit, by February 25, 2009:

1. A CV, including a list of publications and awards
2. A 3-5 page proposal including:
   • the name and contact information of the host supervisor and foreign institution where the research activity will be pursued, and a detailed timeline, including start and end dates (start –no later than March 31, 2010-)
   • a summary of the intended research activities during the study period abroad (including objectives, methodology, and expected outcomes) and an indication of how this relates to the student’s main graduate research topic
   • an indication of how the student’s research project in the foreign institution relates to the Centre’s research axes or activities and to the Centre’s international activities
   • a budget which provides estimates for costs of travel, living and other expenses during the research study period (to a maximum of $15,000)
3. letters of support from the thesis advisor and the host supervisor

Applications will be reviewed by a three-member panel of CRLMB faculty, and the selected candidate(s) will be notified by March 10, 2009. Please send an electronic copy of your CV and proposal to lisa dot coady at mcgill dot ca, with a subject line of "international stage proposal." Send a hard copy of all required materials to: Centre for Research on Language, Mind and Brain Rabinovitch House, McGill University 3640 rue de la Montagne Montreal, QC H3G 2A8

Round 2 Travel Awards

Congratulations to the following CRLMB student members who were chosen to receive Round 2 Travel Awards from the Centre:

• A. Marquis
• T. Skinner
• J. Loehr
• D. Fogle
• P. Tremblay

All students are requested (and required) to acknowledge the support of the Centre by including our logo on your poster or presentation. Within 10 days of your return from the conference, please complete the student expense reimbursement form, and send it, with original receipts, to:

Lisa Coady
CRLMB - Rabinovitch House
McGill University
3640 rue de la Montagne
Montreal, QC H3G 2A8

Please note that only one expense report can be filed (by McGill students) for any conference attended. Any recipient whose advisor will cover the balance of travel expenses, and who is unsure as to how the ER should be completed, is asked to call the Centre for instructions in advance of completing the report.