CSM Undergraduate Awards

Date limite : 17 January, 2025

About the Award

The CSM Undergraduate Awards recognize outstanding promise in an undergraduate student for early career contributions to microbiology and to encourage continued interest in microbiology and student engagement with the CSM. Up to six awards are given, valued at $500 each. The award is accompanied by a certificate of merit.

Value of the Award: $500.00 + Certificate

Number of Awards: 6

Frequency of the Award: Annual

Eligibility: Full-time Undergraduate Student Enrolled in a Canadian University with a CSM membership

Application Contact: CSM Secretariat at info@csm-scm.org

Nomination Criteria & Award Application

Any faculty member of a Canadian university may nominate one full-time student for this award each year. The student must be a CSM member at the time of nomination. Nomination letters must be accompanied by a 1-page (single-space, 12pt font, 2 cm margins) essay by the nominee called “Why the study of microbiology is big science” in addition to an unofficial transcript of the nominee. Essays will be evaluated on how ‘big science’ is defined, on the clarity of the central argument(s) for why the study of microbiology is a ‘big science’, the quality and use of example(s) justifying the argument(s) posed, and how microbiology impacts their own career development/ plans. 

Applications must be submitted through the form below prior to the deadline. Nominations will be evaluated by the Education and Careers Committee based on the student essay, academic performance, and the nominating letter.

A photograph of the recipient receiving the award certificate must be submitted for use on the CSM website within one month of presenting the award.

CSM Award – Undergraduate

Maximum file size: 104.86MB

Nomination packages must include: a 1-page (single-space, 12pt font, 2cm margin) essay by the nominee called “Why the study of microbiology is big science” as well as an unofficial transcript of the nominee.

Past Award Winners

Congratulations to all of our past award winners for the CSM Undergraduate Awards!

  • 2024: Émile Létourneau, Université de Sherbrooke | Chloe MacLean, Thompson River University | Aakash Natarajan, University of Manitoba | Elise Therrien, University of Victora | Ayesha Umair, McMaster University
  • 2023: Minh Thanh Truc Nguyen, University of Saskatchewan | Silken Tschofen, University of Victoria | Laurence Couture, University of Sherbrooke | Aliza Khaitin, University of Toronto Scarborough | Willemien Miller, McGill University
  • 2022: Laura Schnell, University of Regina | Arianne Collette, Sherbrooke University | Alan Minkovich, McMaster University
  • 2021: no award
  • 2020: Vienna Buchholz, University of Calgary | Kartik Sachar, McMaster University | Meghandra Pepler, McMaster University | Madison Chapel, University of Manitoba | Jonathan Bellini, Western University
  • 2019: Beatrice Fung, University of Calgary | Alex Umbach, University of Waterloo | Jason Tran, McMaster University | Gaele Lajeunesse, Universite de Sherbrooke | Raelene Engelberg, University of Manitoba
  • 2018: Rachel Morin-Pelchat, Laval University | Julie Chen, University of Toronto | Kaleigh Ducas-Mowchun, University of Manitoba | Christine Pham, McMaster University | Sarah Al-Ajeel, University of Waterloo | Hayley Reynolds, University of Georgia
  • 2017: Julia Szusz, Wilfrid Laurier University | Rachel Beaver, University of Waterloo | Breanne McAmmond, Thompson Rivers University | Vivian Cheng, University of British Columbia | Felix Croteau, Universite Laval
  • 2016: Alexandra Georgiou, University of Toronto | Alan Huynh, University of Toronto | Catherine Maggiori, University of Waterloo | Funing Lin, McMaster University | Hillary Doyle, Memorial University | Kelsey Williamson, University of Calgary
  • 2015: Tyler Cannon, McGill University | Syed Ibrahim, Ryerson University | Cohord Mason, Thompson Rivers University | Austein McLoughlin, University of Manitoba | Andrew Wong | Alan Zhou
  • 2014: Ashley Ross, University of Waterloo
  • 2013: Michael Hall, University of Waterloo | Justin Falardeau, Carleton University | Natan Bensousan, McGill University | Paul Reginato, University of Waterloo | Shiloh Ricciotti, University of Windsor | Tamara Bandet, Thompson Rivers University
  • 2012: Corrie Belanger, Thompson Rivers University | Merry Geo, Queen's University | Lauren Singroy, University of Waterloo

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