PDF Professional Development Grant
This award is to assist post-doctoral fellows (PDFs) with professional development endeavors that may/may not be related to CSZ. This includes travel to another conference, travel to professional seminars, fees for training courses, etc.
Terms of Reference
Award: Cash award of up to $500.
Source of Prize: Funded by the PDF Section.
Frequency of Award: Only 1 for 2025 (currently).
Eligibility
To be eligible the applicant must be a PDF member of CSZ
Application Procedures
Applications are to be compiled as one PDF and sent to the PDF Chairs (Giulia Rossi, rossig1@mcmaster.ca; Alexandra Shoen, a.schoen@uwinnipeg.ca).
The application should include:
A 1-page (or less) description of why the grant is needed (this must include what the professional development endeavor is, the goals of this endeavor, and how it assists in the applicant’s research and/or career);
A brief curriculum vitae;
A letter of recommendation from the head of the research group in which the applicant is presently working.
Application Deadline
July 2, 2025
Other Conditions
Recipients will be required to:
Provide social insurance number and permanent mailing address to CSZ Treasurer before payment is issued;
Acknowledge to CSZ Treasurer receipt of the cheque;
Potentially provide a 250-500 word report on the use of funds for the CSZ blog.