FISHERIES RESEARCH TECHNOLOGIST (RTP V)

• DUTIES:
  Coastal Restoration Research Support: Lead field support for coastal restoration projects in Placentia Bay, involving preparation, logistics, and the execution of research initiatives. This will require not only expertise in boat operations but also a deep understanding of coastal ecosystem dynamics and conservation strategies.

  Data Collection and Analysis: Participate in the collection and analysis of biological samples and data related to fisheries science. This includes operating technical equipment, ensuring the accuracy and reliability of data collected during field operations, and contributing to research reports and publications.

  Boat Operations and Safety: Act as the primary operator for coastal research vessels, ensuring all operations comply with Transport Canada regulations and safety standards. This role requires comprehensive knowledge and experience in small boat handling, particularly in the challenging conditions of Placentia Bay. 

  Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Work closely with a diverse team of researchers, leveraging expertise in marine biology and field research to advance the goals of the CFER. This position offers the opportunity to contribute to significant research projects, enhancing the sustainability of marine ecosystems and fisheries.

 Facilities Services Technician with the Department of Ocean Sciences

• responsible, on an after-hours shift basis (nights, weekends, holidays, University closures), for systems monitoring and caretaker work related to the Department of Ocean Sciences’ buildings, laboratories, and live animal facilities. The successful candidate will conduct physical rounds to monitor ongoing experiments and equipment to ensure the integrity of experimental parameters and stored samples.

Director, Marine Institute’s Offshore Safety and Survival Centre

• the successful applicant will be an integral part of the Marine Institute’s management team.   Duties include developing, managing and marketing the capabilities of the OSSC and the Safety and Emergency Response Training (SERT) Centre in Stephenville, NL,  in response to the needs, both nationally and internationally, of the marine transportation, offshore and onshore energy, marine technology and fishing industries; developing and maintaining close working relationships with Canadian and international regulatory agencies; developing strategic initiatives and alliances with relevant industrial sectors; providing leadership to the  redevelopment of research initiatives related to offshore safety and survival; developing the human resource capabilities of existing and new personnel; developing and managing the centre’s operating budget; and performing other related duties as required.

Research Laboratory Coordinator II

• responsible for the management and operation of Memorial’s Explorer class AUV.

Research & Technical Personnel (RTP)

• support the delivery of practical instruction and training in NFPA Certified courses, Industrial courses, Marine Emergency Response courses as per the Safety & Emergency Response Training Centre’s (SERT-C) Integrated Management System and applicable governing standards and guidelines. 

Safety & Emergency Response Training (SERT) Centre

Marine Institute, Stephenville 

Various Instructors at Marine Institute

• School of Fisheries/ Community Based Education and Delivery (CBED)

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  Safety & Emergency Response Training (SERT) Centre (Stephenville)

• Offshore Safety & Survival Centre

   

The Memorial University 100th Anniversary Fund

• is offered as a means to support units across Memorial to celebrate and reflect on the 100th anniversary in ways that share the incredible breadth and remarkable range of this university.  The purpose of the fund is to support existing or planned events, initiatives or projects, as well as to assist organizers in creating new events, initiatives or projects that fit with the theme of the anniversary “Looking back. Launching forth.”
• Stream A: offers up to $2,500 to support a broad range of events and activities. A total of $50,000 will be allocated for this stream, supporting approximately 20 events/activities in total that fit with the anniversary theme and criteria noted below.
• Stream B: offers up to $10,000 to support projects with a clear tie to Memorial’s academic mission. A total of $100,000 has been allocated to this stream to support up to 10 projects that fit with the anniversary theme and criteria noted below.  

UArctic's Global Arctic Leadership Initiative Travel Fund

• The University of the Arctic (UArctic) is pleased to announce a call for submissions from faculty, students, and staff at Canadian member institutions for travel funding support. This initiative, facilitated through the Global Arctic Leadership Initiative and supported by Global Affairs Canada, aims to foster engagement and collaboration of Northern Canadians, including Indigenous peoples, within the UArctic network. The fund is specifically designed to support opportunities for participation and perspectives in UArctic activities and events.

  • Funding Amount: Up to $5,000 CAD in travel support.

National Research Council's Arctic and Northern Challenge program

• The Arctic and Northern Challenge program aims to address pressing issues impacting the quality of life of Northern peoples. The program is committed to prioritizing Northern-led research projects that have a strong focus on Northern capacity building. By providing both research funding and scientific expertise, the program will support strong and sustainable Northern communities through applied technology and innovation.
• Development grants will provide up to $50,000 over 12 months.

4 October 2024

New Frontiers in Research Fund: 2024 NordForsk-Led International Joint Initiative on Sustainable Development in the Arctic

• This international joint initiative represents a collaboration among research funders from Canada, Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and the United States. The Arctic region has seen and continues to see rapid and drastic changes, mostly due to climate change, which has a bigger impact in the Arctic than in the rest of the world. Declining sea ice has also opened possibilities of new transport routes, new opportunities for resource extraction, and led to increased international interest in the region. The direct effects of climate change, as well as these indirect ones, have a significant impact on ecosystems, Arctic communities and traditional ways of living. Through interdisciplinary research projects that include Indigenous perspectives, this call will leverage expertise across Arctic countries to explore approaches to sustainable development in the Arctic, considering aspects such as security, natural resources and societal changes.

Registration Deadline: 30 May 2024 

Application Deadline: Fall 2024

The Harris Centre's Community Scholars fund provides $10000 for up to 10 projects annually for faculty and post-doctoral fellows to reconnect with our province and spend time face-to-face in the small towns that make Newfoundland and Labrador unique. 

Applications will be accepted year-round, or until all funds are awarded, for Community Scholars. There is no particular start or end date for this program.

OPEN UNTIL FUNDS ARE FULLY ALLOCATED

(Any award funds must be fully expended by March 31, 2026.)

The Dorothy Killam Fellowship

•  provide support to scholars of exceptional ability by granting them time to pursue research projects of broad significance and widespread interest within the disciplines of the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, health sciences, engineering or studies linking any of these disciplines.

Lab2Market Grants 

• Lab to Market grants support post-secondary institutions and their affiliates, including research hospitals and other eligible research centres, colleges, and college centres for the transfer of technologies (CCTT) in creating and sustaining networks dedicated to developing and delivering entrepreneurial skills training. For Lab to Market grants, these training networks must include at least two post-secondary institutions, although more extensive networks are highly encouraged. These grants support collaboration between post-secondary institutions and various organizations from the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. This institutional collaboration will contribute vital resources and services to the Canadian academic entrepreneurial landscape.

Memorial University manages and administers the following GALI funding opportunities:

1. The Indigenous and Northern Collaborative Research and Education Engagement Fund
2. The Indigenous and Northern Relationship Development Fund

Pilot call closed February 2024.

Expected to open again December 2024. Check website frequently for information!

Office of Public Engagement

Memorial University's Office of Public Engagement offers funding (up to $10,000 for specific funds) and awards programs to further the goals and objectives of the Public Engagement Framework.  This involves supporting the initiation or extension of public engagement activities that link to Memorial’s mission.

• Quickstart Fund
• Accelerator Fund
• Catalyst Fund

The Leslie Harris Centre of Regional Policy and Development 

The Harris Centre provides funding for applied research in all areas related to public policy and regional development.

• The Harris Centre Thriving Regions Applied Research Fund provides up to $15,000 per project for community-prioritized research that impacts sustainability in specific regions of the province. 

• The Harris Centre's Cabot Martin Award for Research in Regional Policy and Development provides $18,000 given annually to a student, faculty or staff member of Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador for a research project directed toward governance and public policy issues. In addition, the Cabot Martin Award Lecture in Regional Policy and Development in Newfoundland and Labrador will see the research fund recipient deliver a public lecture to share the results of their work and spark further discussion on topics of importance to the province. 

There are currently no open Thriving Regions fund. Check the website frequently for updates.

The Cabot Martin Award closed March 2024 and should reopen January 2025.

The Fisheries and Marine Institute's International Youth Internship Program

• The program is jointly implemented by the Atlantic Council for International Cooperation and the Marine Institute. It offers youth (ages 15 to 30) the opportunity to gain valuable international work experience through 4-month long internships with partner organizations in Africa, the Caribbean, Asia and Central America.
• Submissions for Cohort 1 closed February 2024, but will open again for Cohort 2 in Fall 2024.

Publication Subvention

• This program provides financial assistance to scholarly publishing from within the Memorial University community. Priority will be given to original book-length manuscripts.

Marine Institute's Students on Ice program

• Provides youth from across Canada and around the world with ship-based educational adventures to the Arctic and Antarctica. The expedition date is August 3 - August 20, 2024 and will begin in Iqaluit and end in St. John’s.
• Please reach out to Kate McLeod, kate.mcleod@mi.mun.ca for information on applications.
• Open to MI students studying in a Diploma of Technology program and are returning to MI to continue their studies in the Fall.

President's Award for Public Engagement Partnerships

• Memorial’s highest public engagement honour, intended to recognize high-level, well-established public engagement partnerships. 
• The winning partnership will be presented with a certificate by the president of Memorial University during the annual President’s Awards ceremony and receive a cash award of $5,000 to support ongoing activities of the partnership. 

Western European Shelf Pelagic Acoustic Survey Grad and Post-Grad Bursaries

• Ciaran O’Donnell and Mike O’Malley will lead an experienced teams of biologists from the Marine Institute on survey transects deploying a pelagic trawl to ground truth echo traces of herring, boar fish and other pelagic species. WESPAS bursaries are an excellent opportunity for graduates and postgraduate students who wish to develop field skills in fisheries acoustics, biometric sampling and plankton sampling.

Submissions for Marilyn Harvey Award due June 3

• The aware is presented to a student, staff or faculty member, retiree or alumni who has distinguished themselves by their actions and contributions to scholarly research and embodies the institution’s commitment to excellence in research ethics.
• Nomination packages must be submitted electronically to researchawards@mun.ca. 
• More details about the award, including its terms of reference, are available online. 

 Submissions for Terra Nova Innovator Award due June 3

• The Terra Nova Innovator Award (TNIA), which is valued at up to $50,000, recognizes emerging faculty members whose research is particularly innovative and whose specific proposal has real potential to make a significant impact on society. The award is supported through funding from Suncor on behalf of partners in the Terra Nova oil field.
• Researchers must submit proposals electronically to researchawards@mun.ca.More information, including terms of reference and application process, is available online.

UArctic's north2north Student Mobility Program

• The north2north Northern Canada program supports outgoing student mobility for students who are living in or from Canada's arctic and northern regions and studying at a north2north member institution.

• Universities and colleges throughout Denmark, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, Canada, the United States, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, France and Scotland participate in the north2north program. They also provide courses that are specifically northern focused.

• Students who apply for funding must have finished or are finishing their first year of studies and be in a Diploma, Degree or Graduate program. Grants will be provided for short term exchanges, training placements and mobility to up to two semesters with a maximum financing of 8000 CAD.  This includes, up to 3000 CAD for travel related expenditures and 250 CAD/week or 1000 CAD/month for living expenses for the duration of studies.

• Contact north2north@uarctic.org with questions. 
• Visit the website: Click Here.

Ocean Frontier Institute Student & Postdoc Travel Fund

• A limited budget is available to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at Memorial University in Newfoundland who are funded through OFI research modules and who require financial support to present papers or posters on their OFI supported research at national or international conferences.

Ocean Frontier Institute Ambassador Program

• Ambassadors will promote and shape the Ocean Frontier Institute’s future direction, engage with other leaders, and mentor early-career OFI researchers. They will be chosen not only for their experience and reputation, but their ability to explain research in plain language. The program offers a way to recognize distinguished ocean researchers for their scientific contributions to OFI through formal long-term association.

NSERC Indigenous Student Ambassadors

• aims to engage Indigenous students and fellows in promoting interest and participation in the natural sciences and engineering (NSE) by visiting Indigenous communities and schools in Canada. Ambassadors could share their research and education experiences at an information booth at a community event or Powwow, or they could deliver hands-on science promotion activities at a workshop for youth in the community, among other possibilities.