Application Process
We welcome applications from all disciplines for the 2024 cohort of Coastal Climate Solutions Leaders (CCSL)
CCSL is a new transdisciplinary NSERC CREATE (Collaborative Research And Training Experience Program) that provides UVic graduate students and post-doctoral fellows from across campus with the knowledge and skills they need to be tomorrow’s climate solutions leaders. Trainees carry out their research in their home department, with CCSL as value-added technical, experiential, and professional development training to prepare them for the climate action workforce. CCSL graduate trainees receive topup stipends to their regular funding (2 years for Masters students; 3 years for PhD students).
2024-2025 Academic Year Application
Applicants who meet the following criteria will be considered for admission:
Deadline: June 1, 2024
Applicants must already be in, or be accepted to, a Masters, PhD or postdoctoral program at the University of Victoria; Postdoctoral fellows will also be eligible to participate in the program, but are not required to complete the coursework.
Applicant’s research, or proposed research, aligns with the program, being focused on a component of climate change (science, impacts, adaptation or mitigation) that is relevant to coastal communities or ecosystems. Interdisciplinarity is encouraged;
Applicant demonstrates awareness of, and motivation to learn more, about climate change solutions, to work in an interdisciplinary environment, and to commit to the required program elements (see “Program Requirements” below);
Preference will be given to students who are supervised (or co-supervised) by faculty members who are on the Core CCSL Faculty Team. At minimum, applicants must state (1) preferred Committee Member from the the Core Faculty team. Overall, interdisciplinary committees are highly encouraged.
Applicant submits a completed application and, along with a 2-page CV, and arranges to have two reference letters (one from their UVic Supervisor), by the application deadline to: ccsl.coordinator@uvic.ca
Program Requirements
Successful applicants must demonstrate awareness of, and motivation to learn more, about climate change solutions, to work in an interdisciplinary environment, and to commit to the required program elements.
Note that in Year 1, this includes:
Mandatory two-day Program Orientation (scheduled for September 3rd and 4th, 2024);
One course in the Fall 2024 semester (Climate Solutions Foundations);
One course in the Spring 2025 semester (BC Coastal Climate Challenge);
Attending a climate change seminar once per month, and;
Presenting at our annual symposium at the end of the academic year (Spring 2024)
Trainees remain in the program for the duration of their graduate degrees to ensure continued development of cohorts and skills, but with lower time commitments in subsequent years
Funding
CCSL trainees will receive top-up stipends to their regular funding (2 years for Masters students; 3 years for PhD students) and will be required to fully participate in all organized program activities.
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