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Updated September 22
The information session has now been confirmed for Thursday, October 15, 2020 9:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (ADT)
Please note the coastal resilience theme includes flood and erosion risk management solutions, nature-based infrastructure, flood prediction and forecasting and climate change risk assessment and adaptation (applied sciences).
Further information will provided in the coming weeks.
Original Posting (August 17, 2020):
The Ocean Frontier Institute (OFI) is finalizing an agreement with the National Research Council (NRC) to co-fund up to ten, four-five year Tier 1 Ocean Graduate Excellence Network (OGEN) PhD studentships starting in fiscal year 2021/22. In order to facilitate the process, we will be holding an information session with NRC in mid-September that will be followed by a call for proposals that will be due in mid-October. It is anticipated awards will be announced in late October or early November.
The main themes of interest as indicated by NRC include the following:
- Environmental genomics
- Coastal resilience, particularly nature-based infrastructure
- Waste streams from fisheries
- In-water technology improvements
- Micro- and nano-plastics transport and impact
- Aquaculture
- AI-assisted:
- ice prediction in the St. Lawrence River (estuary to Port of Montreal)
- ship performance (emissions reduction and fuel efficiency, and anomaly detection)
- maritime autonomous surface ship operations (navigation and maneuvering) in ice
PI’s are strongly encouraged to start identifying NRC leads that could be collaborators.
Additional details will be provided shortly.
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