CSM Ambassador Award
Date limite : 17 January, 2025
About the Award
The CSM Ambassador Award enables outstanding graduate students or early career postdocs (within 2 years of graduating) to present research at one or more Canadian academic institutions (a regional location and / or a national location). The ambassador’s home institution is not an eligible regional location. Refreshments, intended for other graduate students to network with the Ambassador, is recommended if the budget permits.
Value of the Award: Max $1500.00 ($200 honorarium + $1300 travel expenses)
Number of Awards: 2
Frequency of the Award: Annual
Eligibility (Level or Program of Study): M.Sc. or Ph.D. Graduate Students Enrolled in a Canadian graduate program or Post Doctoral Fellow with a CSM membership
Application Contact: CSM Secretariat at info@csm-scm.org
Application Criteria
A graduate student or early career postdoc must fill out the application form below. To be eligible, the applicant must be a current member of the CSM and have been a member for at least two years at the time of the application. The application must include
- a letter of reference that specifically comments on the oral communication skills of the applicant (typically the student supervisor)
- an abstract of the talk written by the applicant (100 words or less), a justification for two target institutions for presentations (50 words or less) and a digitally recorded video. The 5-minute (or less) video must feature the applicant explaining why the committee should select them to serve as a CSM Ambassador, entitled “Why I want to be a CSM Ambassador”. Note that priority will be given to applicants from institutions that have not been awarded a CSM Ambassador Award previously.
Conditions:
The CSM Ambassador must be a standing member of the CSM for at least two years at the time of application. The recipient must submit receipts for reimbursement within 8 months of receiving the award. CSM would be happy to provide any assistance in terms of logistics or financially to help with the virtual presentations. The recipient must also submit a short 100-word summary of the outcomes as well as a photographs of the talk to be shown on the CSM website. The Ambassador is also invited to present their summary in person during the Council and Annual General Meetings the following year if they are already attending the conference.
Past Award Winners
Congratulations to all of our past award winners for the CSM Ambassador Awards!
- 2024: Alice Perrault-Jolicoeur, Université Laval
- 2023: Jordan Lin, University of Toronto
- 2020: Moïra Dion, Université Laval
- 2020: Nikhil George A, University of Waterloo
- 2019: Deeksha Shetty, University of Saskatchewan
- 2018: Jackson Tsuji, University of Waterloo
- 2018: Marie-Laurence Lemay, Université Laval
- 2017: Elizabeth Polvi, University of Toronto
- 2016: Shawn Clark, University of Toronto
- 2016: Joseph Zeppa, University of Western Ontario
- 2015: Alexander Hynes, Université Laval