Category: Music

Mitacs – Japan Summer Program

Mitacs is now accepting applications for the Mitacs-JSPS Summer Program, which supports researchers in Canada to undertake 10-week research projects in Japan in Summer 2020.

The program is open to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in all disciplines at Canadian academic institutions. The deadline to apply for the Mitacs-JSPS Summer Program is November 27, 2019.

If you have any questions about the Mitacs-JSPS summer program, contact international@mitacs.ca.

  • Open to: graduate students and postdoctoral fellows at Canadian universities in all disciplines
  • Citizenship: Canadian citizens and permanent residents
  • Funding: JSPS arranges round-trip airfare and insurance. Mitacs and JSPS provide an allowance for the student or postdoctoral fellow (equivalent to 534,000 yen in total). Host supervisors are eligible for a research support allowance.
  • Destination: universities and research institutes in Japan 
  • Project length: 10 weeks; June 9 – August 19 2020 (10 weeks). Dates are tentative and subject to change.

Potential applicants are strongly encouraged to read more about the program on the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) website. 

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Western Libraries Research Skills Workshops This Fall

Western Libraries is offering several workshops this fall that can help you better understand the scholarly publishing process, how to build and promote your scholarly identity, conduct a comprehensive systematic review, and make the most of data and geographical information in your research.

Upcoming Workshops:

  • Tips & Tools for Building and Promoting your Scholarly Identity
  • Getting Started with ORCID
  • Preparing to Publish 
  • Continuum of Data Access
  • Who Pays for Open Access?
  • Open Monographs: Options for Authors
  • Before You Sign: Know Your Academic Publishing Rights
  • Putting Together Your Data Management Plan (DMP)
  • How to Make a Map in QGIS
  • Storytelling with Maps
  • GIS Day

Session dates, Registration and more information…

If you have questions or require further information please contact Courtney Waugh, cwaugh5@uwo.ca.

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Western University Graduate Symposium on Music – 20th Anniversary

Please plan to attend this year’s

Western University Graduate Symposium on Music (WUGSOM)

August 16-17, 2019

Music Building, Von Kuster Hall

The Society of Graduate Students in Music (SOGSIM) organizes this event. Student speakers will be coming from a variety of locations in Canada (including Western students) and in the US.

The Symposium will culminate in a keynote address by Dr. Michael Klein (Temple University), who will give a paper entitled “Five Things (Plus or Minus 2) That Lacan Teaches Us About Musical Meaning.” More information about Michael Klein and his research at: http://www.temple.edu/boyer/about/people/michaelklein.asp.

The schedule of events is posted here:http://sogsim.com/conference-2019/.

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Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master’s

The Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s (CGS M) program provides financial support to high-calibre scholars who are engaged in eligible master’s programs in Canada.

Value: $17,500 for 12 months

Deadline: December 1, 2019

More information and application materials…

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SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships

SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships support the most promising Canadian new scholars in the social sciences and humanities, and assist them in establishing a research base at an important time in their research careers.

The purpose of these fellowships is to provide stipendiary support to recent PhD graduates who are:

  • undertaking original research;
  • publishing research findings;
  • developing and expanding personal research networks;
  • broadening their teaching experience;
  • preparing for research-intensive careers within and beyond academia; and
  • preparing to become competitive in national research grant competitions.

Fellowships will normally be awarded to candidates affiliated with a university other than the one that awarded the PhD. SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship awards are tenable at Canadian or foreign universities and research institutions.

Amount: $45,000 per year for up to 2 years

Deadline: September 18, 2019

More information and link to applications….

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SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships and Canada Graduate Scholarships (Doctoral)

SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships provide support for individuals undertaking doctoral studies at Canadian or foreign universities. Application forms and instructions are now available.

Both the SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships and the Canada Graduate Scholarships—Doctoral Scholarships (CGS-D) are offered through a single annual national competition. Applicants should refer to the online descriptions for each award to determine their eligibility to apply to and hold each award, as there are notable differences. Applicants eligible for both the SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships and the CGS-D Scholarships will automatically be considered for both awards. Only one application is required for consideration of one or both awards.

Amount:
SSHRC Doctoral: $20,000 per year for 12, 24, 36 or 48 months, up to a total of $80,000.

CGS-D: $35,000 per year (Canadian Institutions only)

Deadline:
Contact your faculty’s graduate office

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IDRC Research Awards

Eight positions are available at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC)’s head office in Ottawa, Canada.

Amount: up to $47,822

Deadline: September 18, 2019

Successful applicants will undertake a one-year paid program of research on the topic they selected for the competition and receive hands-on experience in research management, grant administration, and the creation, dissemination, and use of knowledge from an international perspective.

The proposed research must focus on one or more developing countries. These awards may be part of an academic requirement. The specific eligibility criteria of each research theme must be satisfied.

There is one call per theme listed below. You may choose only one of the following:
– Climate Change
– Disruptive technology
– Ethics in development research
– Food systems
– Development in fragile contexts
– Global health
– Innovations in education
– Policy and evaluation

Applicants may apply for research in the following countries and territories, but if they are recommended for an award, their application may be subject to a further stage of approval within IDRC: Afghanistan, Congo (Democratic Republic of), Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau, Maldives, Micronesia, Monserrat, Myanmar, Sudan, Suriname, Venezuela, West Bank and Gaza, Zimbabwe, some small island states (including Comoros, São Tomé and Principe, Saint Helena, Timor-Leste), and the Pacific Islands (Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis & Futuna).

Eligibility: Open to Canadians, permanent residents of Canada, and citizens of developing countries pursuing a master’s or a doctoral degree at a recognized university OR who have completed a master’s or a doctoral degree at a recognized university.

More information and applications...

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Human Research Ethics Announcement – ROMEO Access Discontinued September 1, 2019


The Office of Human Research Ethics (OHRE) launched a new online REB application platform, Western Research Ethics Manager (WREM) on September 7th, 2017. This switch to a new system required 3 different phases that would migrate information from the old system, ROMEO, to WREM. Two of the three migration phases have been completed and the OHRE is now working with the vendor to complete the third and final migration phase. This final phase will consist of transferring all post-approval information for active studies (e.g., events, submission dates, and approval dates).

Please note that study documents and other communications will not be transferred and researchers are responsible for maintaining their own records of this information.

Since the launch of WREM, the ROMEO system has remained available to the research community for accessing their REB approved study documents.

However, as of September 1, 2019 ROMEO will no longer be accessible to the research community for any purpose. If you still have not securely uploaded your approved study documents from ROMEO to your secured network, please do so by August 31st.

More information about the final migration, including any potential WREM shutdown in order to allow for the successful data migration between the two systems, will be communicated to you once a set date is identified.

If you have any questions, please contact the office at ethics@uwo.ca or 519-661-3036.

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Postdoctoral Researcher Position in Music Information Retrieval

The Single Interface for Music Score Searching and Analysis (SIMSSA) project at McGill University is hiring a new Postdoctoral Researcher in Music Information Retrieval to begin July 1 or as soon as possible. SIMSSA is a seven-year research partnership grant funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, headed by Ichiro Fujinaga, Principal Investigator and Julie Cumming, Co-investigator. The goal of this project is to make digital images of musical notation searchable and analyzable. Please see https://simssa.ca/opportunities for more details on how to apply.

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