Spend 90 days in the Caribbean working on a research project focused on climate change adaptation and resilient communities.
The application for Summer 2024 is now closed.
Who can apply:
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Senior undergraduate and graduate-level McGill students
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Canadian citizens
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Students from all disciplines
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35 years old or less
2024 projects are based at the Trinidad campus of the University of the West Indies.
What do Queen Elizabeth Scholars do?
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Work on a research internship project in either Barbados or Trinidad.
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Develop a joint work plan along with their supervisor outlining the activities and contributions for their internship.
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Participate in biweekly check-ins with all other McGill-UWI Queen Elizabeth Scholars in the 2024 cohort.
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Attend a seminar and discussion series on key issues related to climate resilient communities.
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Post about your experience on social media using the #QEScholars hashtag.
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Engage in community engagement activities, leadership training, and research sharing activities between May and November of 2024.
What do you get?
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A stipend of up to $8,000 CAD to put towards travel costs and living expenses.
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Academic credit towards your degree.
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A summer in the Caribbean.
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Participation documented on the McGill Co-Curricular Record (CCR).
Projects for Summer 2024
- The Caribbean Research and Innovation Network for Georisks (CARING) Project
- Towards Building Community Resilience: Examining disaster literacy levels and factors affecting these levels in communities affected by repeated flooding in Trinidad and Tobago
- Machine Learning Applications in Climate Change Adaptation and Resiliency in the Caribbean
- Best practices for scaling up blue economy and coastal climate resilience projects in the Caribbean
Questions?
Have any questions about applying? Need more information? Register for the info session at 10:00 am on November 10. If you aren't available to attend but are interested, register anyway to be sent the recording after the fact.