[CCC] Fwd: Post-doctoral awards, Canada, 2007-08

[Mary Pines]

>
>Dear all,
>
>Short notice here, and apologies if some of you 
>have received this information from other 
>sources already. It was advertised in the Higher 
>on 2 March.
>
>DFAIT has asked the Commonwealth Scholarship 
>Commission in the UK to nominate 12 candidate 
>who are UK citizens to undertake post-doctoral 
>research in Canada during the academic year 
>2007-08. As you will see from the attached, the 
>awards are funded by the Canadian government. 
>There may be 7 or 8 postdocs awarded. They are 
>for one year each.
>
>CSC has specified a deadline of 15 April in 
>order to implement selection procedures and meet 
>Ottawa's deadline of 15 May. Applications should 
>be on the application form attached, together 
>with a short covering letter (maximum 500 words) 
>stating the candidate's reasons for applying, 
>and describing any previous experience of 
>collaboration with Canada.
>
>The process requires that applicants have a 
>letter of invitation from their prospective 
>hosts by the time of application. In view of 
>this, Canadian universities - who may already 
>know of, or be in contact with, potential 
>applicants - could be a good source of 
>candidates.
>
>I would be grateful if you could circulate this notice.
>
>Thanks and best wishes,
>Bill
>---------------------------------------------------
>Dr William Lawton
>Academic Relations Officer/Agent des relations académiques
>Canadian High Commission/Haut-commissariat du Canada
>Canada House, Trafalgar Square
>London   SW1Y 5BJ
>
>tel 020-7258 6691
>fax 020-7258 6476

-- 


Mary Pines
Graduate student

Roeper Lab
Anatomy Building
Department of Physiology, Development
and Neuroscience
University of Cambridge
Downing Street
Cambridge
CB2 3DY


tel. +44 (0)1223 339 558

email: mkpp2 at cam.ac.uk
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