by Joe Muldoon
Research Officer

Important deadlines
Internal
Symons Trust Fund for Canadian Studies, April 15; Edith Addyman Award, April 30

External
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) strategic grants, April 3; Canadian Forest Service/NSERC Research Partnership Program, April 15; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada/NSERC Research Partnership Program, April 15; aid to occasional research conferences, May 1; Canadian International Development Agency Tier 2, May 22; Killam Research Fellowship, May 31.

Social Sciences Research Day
Social Sciences Research Day is April 7 in Champlain College council chambers. Faculty are invited to submit brief proposals for talks to acting college master Martin Boyne at 748-1551 or e-mail research@trentu.ca by March 27.

For projects under $5,000
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council has granted Trent $51,195 to fund projects under $5,000 for three years beginning in 1999.
      This represents an increase of 12.6 per cent over the equivalent award last year. This is the first year it has been awarded for a three-year instead of a one-year period.

One SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship
Lidio Valdez (Archeology) has been awarded a 1998-99 SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship at Trent.
      Nineteen per cent of applicants received the 100 fellowships in Canada this year. The award, valued at $61,456 is to encourage the development and broadening of research skills of recent doctoral graduates in the humanities and social sciences.

For details, contact the Office of Research and Graduate Studies, Otonabee College 101, at 748-1245 or consult the Web site www.trentu.ca/academic/research/deadline.htm.