Wyeth Lab Research Support
Direct Support
The following agencies and groups have helped fund the research or students:
- NSERC
- St. Francis Xavier University - University Council for Research
- StFX Student Research Internships
- StFX Biology Student Awards
- Canadian Foundation for Innovation
- Nova Scotia Research and Innovation Trust
- Atlantic Lobster Sustainability Foundation
- National Geographic Society
- DFO - Aquaculture Collaborative Research and Development Program (ACRDP)
- Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre
- Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation
- Malacological Society of the UK
- Conchologists of America
- Pacific Northwest Shell Club
- HRSDC - Canada Summer Jobs
Student Support Options
The following are scholarships or research grants relevant to students working in the Wyeth lab. Deadline information may be out of date!
- NSERC PGS (graduate scholarships; deadline mid Oct)
- NSERC USRA (undergraduate scholarships; deadline late Jan)
- St. Francis Xavier University Internal Awards (apply for NSERC USRA/UCR/Biology Dept Student Awards; deadline late Jan)
- Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation (in transition - check website for latest details)
- Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre (grad research at BMSC; deadline mid Feb)
- Malacological Society of London (malacology; deadline Dec 15)
- Malacological Society of Australasia (malacology)
- Conchologists of America (malacology; deadline Feb 28)
- American Malacological Society (malacology; deadline ~Apr 16)
- Pacific Northwest Shell Club (Pacific Northwest malacology; deadline Apr 1)
- Western Society of Malacologists (western North America malacology; deadline early May?)
- Unitas Malacologica (malacology; deadline May 31)
- CSZ: Student Research Grant (zoology; research or travel; deadline Jan 31)
- CSZ: CPB Section Student Research Grant (physiology/biophysics; research or travel; deadline Jan 31)
- CSZ: Leo Margolis Scholarship (fisheries; grad student; deadline Nov 1)
- SICB: Grants in Aid of Research (integrative and comparative research)
- SICB: Fellowship for Graduate Student Travel (research travel)
- SICB: Libbie H. Hyman Memorial Scholarship (travel to a marine station)
- PADI Foundation (aquatic ecology and conservation)
- American Microscopical Society (microscopy; deadline ~Apr 1;, also lists several other possible grant sources)
- Sigma Xi (all fields of science; deadline Mar 15 and Oct 15)
- Journal of Experimental Biology (travel to another laboratory; deadlines Apr 30, Aug 31, Dec 31)
- Crustacean Society (grad research on crustaceans; deadline Feb 15)
- Atlantic Lobster Sustainability Foundation (grad research on lobster/lobster ecosystem; deadline Dec 15)
- Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence Coalition on Sustainability (grad research in Southern Gulf; deadline Feb 15)
- Silverhill Institute of Environmental Research and Conservation (grad research with applied environmental/conservation focus)
- Pengrowth-Nova Scotia Energy Scholarship Program (MSc research with energy/environmental science focus; deadline Jan?)
- Offshore Energy Research Association of Nova Scotia travel program (travel for grad research relevant to OERA only, not conferences, Sept 30)
- Nova Scotia Museum Research Grant (Nova Scotia natural history; deadline mid Feb)
- Aquaculture Assoc. of NS Cathy Enright Scholarship (NS aquaculture; deadline early Jan)
- Robin Rigby Trust (coastal research, with community or other collaboration; deadline Oct 31)
- National Shellfish Association (3 different awards; grad research on shellfish; deadline Nov 30)
- Clean Nova Scotia (grad research in Environmental Studies; deadline late Jan)
- Mitacs Globalink (12 -24 weeks of undergrad or grad research at foreign universities; no deadline)
- Nova Scotia Graduate Scholarships (first competition deadline May 12, 2014 but likely to be different in future years)