TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY (TWU) USRA

INTERNAL APPLICATION Deadline for Summer 2020: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 4:00 P.M.

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The TWU USRA application process contains two parts: Part I is to be filled out by the student. Part II is to be filled out by the proposed supervisor. Hard copies of Parts I and II, along with a copy of the student’s unofficial transcript(s), must be submitted to the Scholarship Liaison Officer, Office of Research & Graduate Studies.

A student may submit only ONE application to the USRA competition.

Amount of Award: Up to $9300, depending on the term of the award

Term of Award: Up to 16 weeks, and no fewer than 10 weeks (desired term to be indicated on the application)

UGRC Requirement: *USRA recipients are required to present a project at TWU's annual Undergraduate Research Conference in the Spring semester.

Eligibility Criteria:

1. Current enrollment in any undergraduate program.
2. Must have completed at least one semester of post-secondary studies at the deadline of application.
3. May be in the final semester of a program, and hold the award over the summer.
4. Minimum GPA required is 2.7.
5. Identification of a supervisory faculty member and have the research project approved by that faculty member.

Supervisor Eligibility: All tenure-track faculty. Other full-time and sessional TWU faculty who are involved in research may be eligible to supervise, and will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Faculty do not need to be NSERC eligible. A supervisor may submit applications to supervise a maximum of two students.

Applicant Forms & Instructions

• TWU USRA Part I Student Form 2020
• TWU USRA Student Application Process 2020
• TWU USRA Research Aptitude 2020
• Form 202 Instructions

Supervisor Forms & Instructions

• TWU USRA Part II.1 Supervisor Form 2020
• TWU USRA Part II.2 Budget Spreadsheet 2020
• TWU USRA Supervisor Submission Process 2020
• Form 202 Instructions

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2019 TWU USRA RECIPIENTS

*2019 USRA Recipients will be presenting their research at TWU's UGRC 2020 on Thursday, April 9th.

Recipient Name	Supervisor	Research Project
Mowalolaoluwa Adeleye	Laura Onyango, PhD	The Efficacy of Manuka Honey in Combating Staphylooccal Small Colony Variant (SCV) Phenotypes
Broolelyn Biffart	Eve Stringham, PhD	Is UNC-53 mediated pathogen resistance in Caenorhabditis elegans dependent on vesicle trafficking in the excretory cell?
Alan Brooke	Chad Friesen, PhD	Small Molecule Fluorine Chemistry
Maddison Brown	Julia Mills, PhD	ILK and Abl Cancer Cell Survival and Growth
Benjamin Budlong	Kelly Arbeau, PhD	Personality as a moderator of the relationship between daily experiences and affect in the transition to university
Clara Chung	Jaime Palmer-Hague, PhD	Effects of operational sex ratio on parent preferences for masculine and feminine ofspring characteristics
Jonathan Dresselhuis	Julia Mills, PhD	ILK and Abl Cancer Cell Survival and Growth
Garth Lester	Anita Cote, PhD Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Adaptation to Exercise	Molecular Targets Representative of Exercise-induced Cardia Adaptations
Christy Peters	Shane Durbach, PhD Matthew Etherington, PhD	Research and development of low cost, inquiry-based chemistry activities for pre-service elementary school teachers studying at TWU
Jason Pulfer	Chad Friesen, PhD	Telechelic Perfluoropolyalkyleters (PFPAEs)
Ian Sheridan	Paul Brown, PhD	Natural surfactants in Sapindus saponaria
Cassandra Thorpe	Kelly Arbeau, PhD	Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome Through Drawings
Matthew Welsh	Tracy Stobbe, PhD	The impacts of pornography exposure in romantic relationships among Christian young adults

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