President Andrew Petter is pleased to announce a “President’s Dream Colloquium” that will bring leading thinkers to SFU and provide an annual forum for intensive interdisciplinary exchange amongst faculty and students. Each colloquium will provide an opportunity for approved SFU students to gain course credits for attending colloquium seminars, participating in pre-seminars and completing supervised research papers relating to the colloquium’s subject/theme.
The choice of each year’s colloquium programme, and associated responsibilities for its oversight and co-ordination, will be determined through an application process. Applications must propose a programme that is of interest to, and is supported by, at least three university departments.
At least one faculty member from each department along with the Dean of Graduate Studies (or designate) must participate in the colloquium oversight committee. One faculty member will be responsible for co-ordinating the programme as a teaching responsibility.
Annual funding for the colloquium will be provided by the President’s Office (up to a maximum of $25,000), and managed by the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies.
Applications will be due in the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies by October 1, 2013.
The successful applicants will deliver the colloquium beginning the subsequent September.
The following sample budgets are provided as a convenient starting place only, and to provide links to campus services and a rough idea of basic costs. Your proposal must be accompanied by a budget, but you can create your own version.
Fulbright Senior Specialists Program — may be a source for additional funding and guest speakers (they maintain a list of eligible US faculty members).
PICS Visiting Fellowships — Limited support is expected to be available for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2013. Candidates must be nominated by a sponsoring researcher(s) at one of the partner institutions.
