For further details please contact the Office of Research & Graduate Studies, oc 101, 748-1245 or visit our website http://www.trentu.ca /academic/research. Please note that all internal policies and application forms are now available at our website.

Important Upcoming Deadlines

Internal

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Committee on Research, Nov. 13; Natural Sciences Research Committee; Nov. 13; SSHRC Sub-committee (under $1,000), Nov. 13; International Travel Grants, Nov. 13. SSHRC Personally Funded Travel, Dec. 15; Distinguished Faculty Research Award (Humanities), Dec. 11; SSHRC Aid to Small Universities competition, Jan 8; Trent Research Fellowship (SSHRC), Jan. 8.

External

SSHRC Aid to Occasional Research Conferences, Oct. 29. Imperial Oil Research Grants, Dec. 1; Environmental Science and Technology Alliance Canada (ESTAC), Dec. 1;

Research Ethics Committee

Please note that ALL research conducted under the auspices of Trent University (by faculty, staff or students), whether funded or unfunded, that involves human subjects requires approval in advance from a duly constituted university committee. The next deadline to submit applications to the Research Ethics Committee is Friday November 13.

National Council on Ethics in Human Research (NCEHR) Visit

NCEHR will visit Trent on November 3rd. There is a presentation on the new "Tri-Council Policy Statement on Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans" in the A.J.M. Smith Conference Room, Bata Library at 1:30-2:30. A copy of the new policy is available at www.nserc.ca/news1. htm.

Northern Scientific Training Program (NSTP)

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (DIAND) provides support for Canadian graduate and senior undergraduate students to conduct thesis-related fieldwork in the Canadian North and other circumpolar countries. Such Northern experience can be used to earn the "Emphasis in Northern and Polar Studies" which is open to students in any Trent undergraduate degree program (see p. 189 of the University Calendar). Application forms are available from the Office of Research & Graduate Studies. NSTP Deadline: Nov. 20th An information session will be held on Nov. 5th at 11:00-12:00 in ESB 205.

Miscellaneous Fellowships/Grants

More information is available in the office for the following: a) Chairs in Management of Technological Change (SSHRC/NSERC). Application procedures available (www.sshrc.ca/englh/programinfo/grantsguide/chairs.html) Deadline December 15. b) NSERC University Faculty Awards Program - aimed at decreasing the under-representation of women in faculty positions in the natural sciences. Information at www.nserc.ca/programs/sf/UFA_e.htm. Deadline January 1, 1999.