
TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY (TWU) USRA
INTERNAL APPLICATION Deadline for Summer 2021:
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 4:00 P.M.
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. Parts I and II, together with the student’s unofficial transcript(s), must be submitted to the Scholarship Liaison Officer, Office of Research & Graduate Studies, at ORGS@twu.ca from a @mytwu.ca email address.
A student may submit only ONE application to the USRA competition. If a student applies for an NSERC USRA and is not successful, their application will automatically be considered for a TWU USRA.
Amount of Award: Up to $10,200, 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)
Undergraduate Research Conference (UGRC) Requirement: USRA recipients are required to present a project at TWU's annual Undergraduate Research Conference in Spring 2022.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Current enrollment in any undergraduate program.
- Must have completed at least one semester of post-secondary studies at the deadline of application.
- May be in the final semester of a program at the time of application, and hold the award over the summer.
- Minimum GPA of 2.7 required.
- 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 in the NSERC and TWU USRA combined.
Forms & Instructions for applicants
Forms & Instructions for proposed research supervisors
SUBMIT APPLICATION FORMS & TRANSCRIPTS TO ORGS
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 |