Ph.D. Scholarships from the Institute of Ocean Sciences in Rimouski ISMER, Quebec

The ISMER Doctoral Excellence Scholarship program aims to recruit up to 10 new people from diverse backgrounds who will begin their doctoral studies at ISMER full-time starting in the fall of 2020 or winter 2021.

The scholarships, amounting to $20,000 per year, will be for three years.

Target audience

These scholarships are open to students in Quebec, other provinces in Canada or internationally.

  • Start his doctoral thesis in the fall 2020 session or in the winter of 2021
  • Meet the admission requirements of UQAR’s Ph.D. program in oceanography;
  • Hold a cumulative average of at least 3.7/4.3 or the equivalent (e.g. 14/20);
  • The doctoral thesis must be conducted under the direction of a regular professor at ISMER. Get a letter of support from the professor responsible for one of the available projects.
  • Be enrolled in the ISMER PhD in Oceanography at the time of the scholarship

Interested individuals must submit a complete CV (including scientific papers, scholarships, awards, sea missions, etc.), a cover letter explaining the candidate’s background and how this path is in line with the proposed project and the PHD in oceanography at ISMER, all academic transcripts, a letter of support from the professor in charge of the project, and three (3) letters of recommendation (including one from a principal of the student’s research work) in electronic format to the ISMER Graduate Studies Committee in Oceanography.

Only complete files that meet the criteria for submission and excellence of this scholarship program will be evaluated by a selection committee after the application deadline. The medjouel.com team informs you that the final selection of candidates will be made during a face-to-face or remote interview by the selection committee. We support an equality program and strongly encourage women, people with disabilities, members of visible and ethnic minorities and Aboriginal people to apply.

1Er June 2020, 4:30 p.m. (EST)

Marine geology

Holocene ice activity of two marine-ending glaciers on Ellesmere and Devon Islands: atmosphere-ocean-ice interactions

Changes in freshwater inflows in the Northwest Sector of Baffin Bay and impact on primary productivity

Earth’s magnetic field dynamics in the Arctic

Space-time variations of heavy metals in the sediments of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Biological oceanography

Determinants of Atlantic halibut habitat in the Gulf of St. Lawrence in the context of stock recovery

Development of an energy-based and self-centered model to estimate the impending impact of sebast populations in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

Ecological footprints of noise associated with marine traffic on the shellfish resources of Saint-Pierre and Miquelon

Influence of biofilms on the transfer of non-native species through navigation

Secondary and genetic production of the zooplankton landscape in the changing St. Lawrence Estuary

Role of macroalgae in shaping local environmental conditions: application to diversification of aquaculture activities in Quebec

Chemical oceanography

Detecting and quantifying groundwater discharges by combining remote sensing and geochemistry

Impact of phototransformation on the physical and chemical characteristics of microplastics

Ways and become emerging contaminants in the Arctic

Physical oceanography

Dispersal on the surface of the St. Lawrence Sea Estuary

Physics of ocean internal waves

Potential role of heat flows at small scales on the rapid decline of Arctic sea ice

Official stock exchange website: https://ismer.ca/formation/bourses-d-excellence-de-doctorat-de-l-ismer

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