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ASPIRE — Applied Science in Photonics and Innovative Research in Engineering, funded by an NSERC CREATE program — is a training program in Nanotechnology and Photonics (and related fields) at HÂþ»­ University with collaborations with University of Toronto, Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal, and Wilfrid Laurier University, Windsor, and with international research institutes in the United States, Europe, Japan, and with Canadian high-tech companies.

ASPIRE will award full-stipend graduate fellowships to two second-year HÂþ»­ University students — one Masters ($16,500) and one PhD student ($21,000) — on a competitive basis. These fellowships are for one year only and they are not renewable.

Criteria:
• Awards will be granted on the basis of originality of the proposed subject and on the applicants’ academic performance in all required graduate courses
• Applicants in any field of study, i.e. natural sciences, social sciences and humanities, medicine, etc., whose research work is relevant to photonics and/or nanotechnology and/or any related field are eligible. For example, a history student might focus on the history of photonics, an English student look into the development of the terminology of nanotechnology or a dentistry student investigate effects of nanoparticles, etc.
• The awards will be tenable in any academic department of HÂþ»­ University during the academic year 2013-2014
• Applicants must be full-time HÂþ»­-registered students and must have completed their coursework in order to be eligible to apply
• The selection process will be completely blind as any identifying information will be removed by the program co-ordinator from the applications before they are sent to the selection committee

Application requirements:
• A cover letter (maximum 1 page) describing the research project, its significance and its relevance to photonics and nanotechnology
• Graduate academic transcripts
• Sealed, signed letter of reference from the graduate supervisor
• Applicant’s contact information
• Deadline for applications is June 17, 2013. The selection of the successful candidates will be made by the end of June 2013

Send applications to:

Liz Joyce, ASPIRE program co-ordinator
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
P.O. Box 15000, Halifax, N.S. B3H 4R2

Or drop off to: Liz Joyce, ASPIRE program co-ordinator
Sexton campus C Building, Room C367, 1360 Barrington St., Halifax, N.S. B3J 1Z1

For any questions, contact Ms. Joyce via email at aspire@dal.ca or call 902-494-6377.