The rare Charitable Research Reserve has partnered with the RBC Blue Water Project to financially assist students in pursuit of higher education as they tackle important water-related issues. The Scholarship will allow students to study in a relatively undisturbed, yet highly accessible site. The monetary award will help ensure successful candidates have the necessary resources to conduct and report on their research at rare. It will also allow the student to give an oral presentation at a conference in their discipline.
APPLY TODAY for the 2015 Scholarship! Eligibility: -Canadian or International graduate student who will conduct field research on the rare Charitable Research Reserve property between May 2015 and April 2016. -Research is water-related, and could include, but is not limited to, research in aquatic biodiversity, climate change, drought, hydrology, rivers, wetlands, riparian zones, groundwater, impacts of agriculture, industry, urbanization on water quality, water management issues. Applications can be submitted until 5:00 pm on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015. The rare Charitable Research Reserve is a 900+ acre property in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada at the confluence of the Grand and the Speed Rivers. The goal of rare is to protect this environmentally sensitive landscape intact, in perpetuity, and to promote the use of the property for research and education. The property includes a broad range of water-related habitats including riparian zones, three cold-water creeks, a variety of wetlands, 8km of shoreline along the Grand River, and floodplain. Additionally, we work collaboratively with researchers to undertake manipulative studies on the land. Accommodations and lab space are available. For information on submission details, visit raresites.org/research/scholarship/ If you have any further questions or you would like a tour of the reserve, please contact Jenna Quinn at [email protected].
