Summer Research Awards
This award provides financial support for undergraduate students to work in a research lab for 16 weeks over the summer (May - August). Refer to the NSERC-URSA website for more details, including eligibility criteria. The deadline for applications is January 26, 2024.
General application process:
- Contact a potential supervisor (see list below)
- Complete the Dalhousie Student Census
- Student applicants complete an online Student Application Form along with uploading transcripts from all post-secondary institutions
- Potential supervisors complete an online Supervisor Application Form, these will be matched with the student's banner number.
Please contact the Medicine Research Development Office, MRDO@dal.ca, with any questions regarding the 2024 Undergraduate Student Research Awards (URSAs).
Potential research supervisors in the Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology that are accepting NSERC Summer students:
| Archibald, J. M. | Genome Evolution, Endosymbiosis, Molecular Phylogeny |
|---|---|
| Bearne, S. L. | Enzyme Catalysis and Inhibition, Protein Structure and Function, Chemical Biology |
| Ewart, K. V. | Antifreeze Proteins, Proteostasis and Cold Adaptation |
| Fairn, G. D. (Pathology) | Organelle biology, ER contact sites, and vesicular trafficking; post-translational protein acylation; host-pathogen interactions and inflammation; signal transduction and actin cytoskeleton in macrophage |
| Kramer, J. M. | Epigenetics and chromatin in brain function |
| Langelaan, D. N. | Structural biology, cellular signalling, and protein engineering |
| Rainey, J. K. | Structural Biology and Biophysical Characterization of Proteins |
| Roger, A. J. | Genome, Organelle and Protein Evolution |
| van der Spoel, A. C. | Biochemistry and cell biology of inherited neurodegenerative diseases. Intracellular traffic of proteins and glycosphingolipids |