Graduate Students

Graduate Student Associates
Graduate Student Associate Travel Assistance
 

Graduate Student Associates

All students registered in graduate programmes in the Faculty of Humanities are eligible to apply for Graduate Student Associate status in the Humanities Research Institute. Graduate Student Associates will receive announcements of and invitations to HRI symposia and special events, as well as invitations to events and workshops geared towards graduate students. Graduate Student Associates will also have the opportunity to apply for HRI funding to support travel to present at professional conferences. This funding process is competitive, and a student in an MA programme may receive funding only once in the duration of his/her programme; a student in a PhD programme may receive the funding twice.

To apply for Graduate Research Associate status in the Humanities Research Institute, please submit the following, electronically, to Dr. Carol Merriam, Director of the Humanities Research Institute (merriamc@brocku.ca) and the Humanities Research Institute (hri@brocku.ca):

1) A letter of application, including name, department and programme, and e-mail address
2) An endorsement from a faculty member in the home unit
3) A curriculum vitae
4) A research plan

While applications for Graduate Research Associate status may be submitted at any time, adjudication will take place only twice per year. The deadlines for adjudication are October 15th and February 1st.

Graduate Student Associate Travel Assistance

Funding is available on a competitive basis to provide support for Graduate Student Associates of the Humanities Research Institute to travel to professional conferences to present their research.

Up to six grants of $300 each will be made each year to Graduate Student Associates who have had papers accepted to professional scholarly conferences. Travel to present at graduate student conferences will not be supported.
Students in M.A. programmes may receive HRI travel funding once during their programmes. Students in PhD programmes may receive funding twice.

Applications for conference travel funding must include the following:

1) Details of the conference, including title, dates, location, and the name of the organizing body
2) Confirmation of paper acceptance
3) The abstract that was submitted
4) A current curriculum vitae
5) A detailed budget
6) A statement of other sources of revenue held or applied for

Applications should be sent electronically to Dr. Carol Merriam (merriamc@brocku.ca) and the Humanities Research Institute (hri@brocku.ca) by March 1st.