External Awards: NERC Independent Research Fellowships for Postdocs August 01, 2013
The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is now accepting applications for its Independent Research Fellowships program for international Postdocs in the UK. Apply by 1 October 2013.

External Awards: World Forest Institute Fellowships for International Applicants in USA July 10, 2013
The World Forest Institute offers a fellowship program for young forestry professionals from around the world to work at the World Forest Institute. The Fellowship is valued at $20,000 for 12 months, or $10,000 for 6 months. Applications are accepted year round.

External Awards: SRK Consulting (Canada) Inc. 2013/14 Scholarship Program March 28, 2013
SRK Canada is providing the SRK Consulting Scholarship Program in coordination with NSERC's Industrial Postgraduate Scholarship. The program is designed to assist graduate students in fields related to the mining industry. The value of the scholarship is $15,000 per year through NSERC plus an additional $6,000 per year from SRK Canada. Apply by June 30, 2013.

External Awards: Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) Internships February 20, 2013
The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) has opened applications for internships through provincial and local governments and BC-based NGOs. $10,000 in internship funding is available for each four-month placement. Application deadline is March 11 at 4:30 pm.

External Awards: International Development Research Centre Awards February 12, 2013
The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has just announced three award competitions for graduate students.

External Awards: Robert S. McNamara Fellowship Program January 21, 2013
Grants of up to $25,000 are available to young researchers from eligible countries working on their doctoral thesis as visiting scholars through the RSM Fellowship Program. Application deadline is July 31, 2013.

External Awards: Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) December 14, 2012
The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) has opened applications for funding for the PICS fellowships for graduate students. Application deadline: February 8, 2013, by 4:30PM.

External Award: Graduate Study in Transportation November 09, 2012
The Canadian Transportation Research Forum (CTRF) is offering scholarships worth $4,000–$6,000 to Canadian graduate students in business administration, engineering, economics, geography, law, planning or related fields. The application deadline is January 31, 2013.

Research Profile: Thomas Rodengen, Resource and Environmental Management August 09, 2012
Thomas (Tommy) Rodengen is a PhD candidate in SFU's School of Resource and Environmental Management.

Research Profile: Carolyn Duckham, Resource and Environmental Management May 03, 2012
Carolyn Duckham studies the impact of climate change on the marine environment.

Research Profile: Brent Loken, Resource and Environmental Management January 20, 2012
Congratulations to Brent Loken, who was recently awarded both the Trudeau Doctoral Scholarship and Vanier Canada Graduate PhD Scholarship to pursue his research in the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University.

Research Profile: Ekaterina Petropavlova, Resource and Environmental Management January 18, 2012
Ekaterina Petropavlova was born in Russia and as she grew up, she observed how increasingly-frequent summer droughts impacted the socio-economic life of the region.

Pacific Institute for Climate Change Fellowship Recipients September 13, 2011
Three SFU doctoral candidates have received fellowships totalling $54,000 from the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS).

External Award: Malaysia International Scholarship May 19, 2011
The Malaysia International Scholarship (MIS) is an initiative by the Malaysian Government to attract top students to pursue post-graduate and post-doctoral studies at twenty public and four private universities in Malaysia.

Grad students wrap up field study in Haida Gwaii May 08, 2011
SFU’s graduate students and faculty member Ken Lertzman were mentioned in the Queen Charlotte Islands Observer as they finished up their three-week field course in Haida Gwaii. The paper noted that the group of sixteen students worked on “projects as far ranging as the growth patterns of monumental cedars to tourist profiles of hikers and Haida Gwaii visitors.”

Research Profile: Juan Jose Alava January 14, 2011
Juan Jose Alava says that he was mentored into his profession by his late father, a veterinarian, microbiologist and environmental health researcher.

Grad students in the news December 09, 2010
SFU political science PhD student Julie MacArthur had an opinion piece published by The Vancouver Sun ...