by Joe Muldoon
Research Officer

Important deadlines
Internal
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council international travel grants, March 15; personally funded travel grants, March 15; Edith Addyman Research Fund, April 30; Symons Trust Fund for Canadian Studies, April 15.

External
University Partnerships in Co-operation and Development Microfund, March 24; Canadian Bureau for International Education Awards, March 31; Canadian Studies Directorate, April 1; Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) strategic grants, April 3; Canadian Forest Service/NSERC Research Partnership Program, April 15; Aid to occasional research conferences, May 1; Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) Tier 2, May 22

Submit proposal
Frost Centre faculty and research associates are invited to submit proposals for research projects with a strong interdisciplinary Canadian orientation to Susan Wurtele, chair of the Frost Centre research committee, by March 27. The committee has $9,500 to allocate.
      Submit applications in triplicate and include a detailed staement of objectives, a research plan, names and addresses of two referees and a budget statement. More details are available from the Frost Centre at Peter Robinson College.

Career options for grads
The Graduate Student Association and the Office of Research and Graduate Studies is holding an information session on career options for Trent graduate students March 14 in the Smith Conference Room, Bata Library, 1-4 p.m.
      The workshop will focus on the 1998 labor market, jobs, non-academic career options and skills assessment. There will be guest presentations, an alumni panel and a question and answer period.
      Sign up by calling Paulette Nichols at 748-1245.

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.