RESEARCH & TECHNICAL PERSONNEL (RTP III)

• The successful applicant(s) will 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. Courses will be primarily delivered at the SERT-C, Stephenville Campus and occasionally at various locations within Newfoundland & Labrador, and the Northwest Territories/Nunavut. As an RTP, you will be required to provide overall emergency response and safety support during practical demonstrations in firefighting, industrial safety and emergency response, and marine survival.  This will include practical exercises in live fire evolutions, industrial emergency response exercises and in water survival in a pool or open water environment. 

Safety & Emergency Response Training (SERT) Centre

Marine Institute, Stephenville 

INSTRUCTOR, (SIMULATION), School of Maritime Studies

• The successful applicant will be required to teach or assist in the teaching of various courses offered by the Centre for Marine Simulation.  Duties include developing and delivering maritime operations simulation courses and programs; updating existing courses and course materials; providing expertise as part of the Centre’s industrial assistance program; assisting in the conduct of applied research and development projects; etc.
• Qualifications: Experience (5 years) at the command level, involved in offshore oil and gas supply/support operation or the marine transportation industry; possession of a Transport Canada Certificate of Competency at the Master Mariner level, Dynamic Positioning certification as well as ship handling experience, and an undergraduate degree in a relevant area to maritime studies; or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience may be considered. Experience operating within polar and ice covered waters is also an asset. 

Assistant Head, School of OCean Technology

• The School of Ocean Technology is seeking a creative and passionate leader to take on the Assistant Head position and help shape the future of the school and the Marine Institute. Reporting to the Head, this senior position will contribute to, and support the vision, strategic direction, and the long-term and day-to-day leadership of a high-performance team, empowered to enrich academic programs, research, and industry partnerships for the school. 
• Qualifications: Experience (4+ years) in a leadership/management role in the marine sector with a graduate degree in science, engineering, or business. An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered. It is essential that the successful applicant have significant experience in post-secondary education delivery. The position benefits from work experience in the marine industry complemented with a good network within the ocean technology community. A comprehensive knowledge of global ocean technology trends is beneficial. 

FACILITIES SERVICES TECHNICIAN (BAND LEVEL 3)

• Reporting to the Laboratory Services Supervisor, the Facilities Services Technician (FST) is 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. 

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 Robin Rigby Trust: Collaborative Research on Coastal Area

• Proposals should have a specific emphasis on improving livelihoods and meeting needs of those living in coastal communities, and also have a focus on one or more of the following topic areas: addressing coastal environmental and resource management problems; carrying out policy studies on coastal community well-being; improving conservation of coastal ecosystems and their biodiversity; assisting in the responsible development of coastal areas; engaging in coastal community social and economic development;carrying out coastal biodiversity studies or marine species identification.
• More info here.

Ocean Frontier Institute Seed Fund

• The Seed Fund offers expertise and financial support for ocean-related projects with high innovation potential. The program aims to advance cutting-edge ideas in research, commercial, policy, and social spheres. 
• Click here for more and to apply.

UArctic Entrepreneurship Fund

• "To truly solve the challenges facing the Arctic, and thus the world, we believe strongly in supporting local solutions and innovations. One way to do that is to complement existing prize funds with a seed-fund, training and mentorship program, encouraging innovation on a local level - the UArctic Entrepreneurship Fund. This will help to create a pipeline for existing prize funds and also allow for diversification in both creative products and local enterprises." 
• Click here for more information and to apply. 

The current application round for the UArctic Entrepreneurship Fund is open until October 31, 2024.

NSERC Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS)

• The CGS Master's program provides financial support to high-calibre scholars who are engaged in an eligible natural sciences and/or engineering master’s program in Canada. This support allows these scholars to concentrate more fully on their studies in their chosen fields. 
• Click here for more information.

Canada's Ocean Supercluster: Core Technology Project Program

• Designed to help accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative, made-in-Canada ocean solutions. Key areas of focus in this program include  Scaled Ocean Energy, Sustainable Seafood, Future of Transport, Ocean Climate and other areas of growth. 
• Continuous intake and matches up to 40% of eligible project costs

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.

WISEatlantic's Shifting Systems Today for the Advancement & Retention of Women in Science (SSTAR):

• To be eligible to receive SSTAR sponsorship funds, the applicant must be an undergraduate, graduate student or post-doc in a Science field OR a faculty member from an Atlantic Canadian Academic Institution. The event or workshop must have a clear theme for the advancement and/or retention of female graduate students or post-docs in Science. 

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

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.

The Harris Centre's Community Hubs Programming Fund

• Designed to encourage Memorial University faculty, staff and students to develop original programming to be delivered at one or more of the Community Hubs locations throughout the province. The Community Hubs are community-based facilities located in towns throughout the province that have partnered with Memorial University to foster a space for connecting with the university - this could mean providing a space for students (of all ages!) to gather and learn together, or a space for the community to collaborate on key issues and connect with Memorial resources, research and learning. The Community Hubs Programming Fund is intended to spark innovative ideas for programming that could help strengthen that partnership and provide even more ways for Memorial to contribute to communities.
• A total of $50,000 has been allotted for this fiscal year (2024/25), with up to $10,000 available per initiative. Programming can be delivered in person, remotely, or through a hybrid model. The Hubs and their patrons are interested in everything from health promotion to art classes to cyber security to journaling for mental health and everything else in between!

OPEN UNTIL FUNDS ARE FULLY ALLOCATED

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

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.

Memorial University Awards

• Terra Nova Innovator Award (emerging faculty w/innovative research)
• Marilyn Harvey Award (importance of research ethics)

• Usually closes early June
• Usually closes early June

The Dorothy Killam Fellowships

• valued at $80,000 CAD per year for a total of up to $160,000 for 2 years;
• intended as release time from employment for established scholars who have demonstrated outstanding research ability;
• Fellowship recipient is typically a faculty member at a Canadian university with significant teaching and/or administrative responsibilities.

Ocean Supercluster's Ocean AI Exploration Call for Proposals 2024

• The Ocean AI Exploration Call for Proposals is aimed at fostering exploratory AI projects within the ocean sector. This initiative seeks to support companies in the early stages of idea generation, model development, and foundational efforts to integrate AI into their operations. 
• Read the guidelines and apply here.The EOI portal opened Sept. 9th and will close October 18th.

• The EOI portal opened Sept. 9th and will close October 18th.

Call for Applications: Arctic Repair Conference 2025 (UArctic)

• Arctic Repair 2025 will delve into innovative climate engineering techniques designed to combat the rapid changes taking place in the Arctic, such as the decline of Arctic sea-ice, loss of ice from glaciers, and other ice loss from land. 
• We encourage applications for presentations and posters in the following areas:
  • Stratospheric Aerosol Injection 
  • Marine Cloud Brightening 
  • Seabed Curtains 
  • Sea Ice Thickening 
  • Space Sun Shades 
  • Other Climate Engineering Topics
• Click here for more information. 

• Abstracts (300 words or less) must be submitted by 31 October 2024.

Submissions for Atmosphere-Ocean's "Cold Water Processes"

• Atmosphere-Ocean is preparing a special issue on "Cold Water Processes." The issue will include full manuscripts detailing physical processes in cold water and their applications, in both freshwater systems and oceans. Submissions on field, laboratory, and numerical studies of cold-water processes are invited.
• Learn more here: Cold Water Processes (taylorandfrancis.com)

Don't Forget:

• Memorial University's Research Week is coming up: find out how to take part!

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.