Killam Program information session March 29

Luiza Pereira (Program Officer, Prizes) will be on campus to speak about the national Killam Program. The presentation will be held on March 29th in the Great Hall of the University Club at 10:30 a.m.. Along with a general overview of the Killam Research Fellowships and the Killam Prizes, Pereira will also provide valuable information about eligibility and application requirements, and tips on how to improve applications to the program. This interactive presentation will be followed by a Q&A period, lasting approximately one hour. Following the presentation, Pereira will be available to meet one-on-one with potential candidates, past applicants, administrators and research facilitators, for approximately 10 minutes each to discuss those specific questions about the program and the application process.

WHO: Luiza Pereira (Program Officer, Prizes, Canada Council for the Arts)
WHAT: Interactive Presentation about the 2018 Killam Program
(Killam Research Fellowships* and the Killam Prizes**)
WHERE: Great Hall, University Club
WHEN: Wednesday 29 March, 10:30 a.m.

Light refreshments will be served. Please RSVP to Danelle D’Alvise, Manager, Prizes & Awards by email awardmgr@mcmaster.ca or by calling extension 27419. If you would like to book a 10-minute meeting with Pereira to discuss a specific question about your own (or another’s) application, please indicate that information in your RSVP and Danelle will book your time slot (Between approximately 11:30 am – 12:30 pm, depending on the number of interested attendees)

KILLAM RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS* are offered on a competitive basis to support distinguished Canadian researchers, normally full professors in Canadian universities, in any of the following broad fields: humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences, engineering and studies linking any of the disciplines within these broad fields. Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada may hold the Fellowships. They are “release time” fellowships, which provide two years of full release from teaching and administrative duties. The fellowship funds are paid to the university or research institute that employs the fellow to relieve him or her of all teaching and administrative responsibilities while continuing to pay the fellow’s full salary and benefits during the entire period of the fellowship.
2018 Competition deadline: 15 May 2017

KILLAM PRIZES**: Up to five prizes of $100,000 each are given annually to eminent Canadian scholars in recognition of distinguished career achievement in the natural sciences, health sciences, engineering, social sciences and humanities respectively. Nominees must be Canadian citizens.
2018 Competition deadline: June 15, 2017