The rare Charitable Research Reserve is a 900+ acre property in Waterloo Region, Ontario 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 education and research. The property includes a broad range of habitats including riparian zones, upland and lowland deciduous forest (old-growth and second-growth), savanna, cliffs, coldwater streams, deciduous swamps, marshes, hedgerows, agricultural fields and old fields.
The Ages Foundation Fellowship scholarship program is valued at $4,000 and is open to all Canadian and International graduate students who will conduct field research on rare property between May 2016 and April 2017. 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. Applications Details: Applications can be submitted until 5:00 pm on Wednesday, April 20th, 2016 Students will be required to provide a final report to rare one year after receiving the scholarship. The successful applicant will be notified by May 13th, 2016. A sum of $3,500 will be awarded shortly thereafter while the remaining $500 will be awarded in May 2017, upon successful completion of the requirements of the scholarship (including the final report and conference presentation). The recipient will retain all intellectual property rights. The research will be required to go through the normal rare Research Application approval process. Find an application form online at: http://www.raresites.org/research/scholarship/ Submit all documents to: Jenna Quinn, Program Scientist rare Charitable Research Reserve 1679 Blair Road Cambridge, Ontario, Canada N3H 4R8. If you have any further questions or you would like a tour of the Reserve please contact Jenna Quinn at 519-650-9336 x111 or [email protected]. Visit www.raresites.org
