[Canada] Karyn Kupcinet International Science School Scholarship
Top university undergraduate students from around the world are selected to spend ten weeks to four months during the summer conducting research in their field of interest under the guidance of staff scientists in Weizmann Institute labs. The Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, is one of the world’s top-ranking multidisciplinary research institutions.
Background: Noted for its wide-ranging exploration of the natural and exact sciences, the Institute is home to 2,600 scientists, students, technicians and supporting staff. Institute research efforts include the search for new ways of fighting disease and hunger, examining leading questions in mathematics and computer science, probing the physics of matter and the universe, creating novel materials and developing new strategies for protecting the environment.
Criteria:
The program is for undergraduate university-level students only, who have completed at least two years of study. Students in their final year may apply for the summer immediately after graduation. Students may not apply if they have already graduated university at the time of application. Students from overseas must have a grade point average of 3.6 out of 4.0 or the equivalent.
More Information: http://www.weizmann.ac.il/acadaff/kkiss.html
Program Coordinator:
Lorie Blumer
Weizmann Science Canada
2340 Lucerne Road, Suite 23
Montreal, QC H3R 2J8
Tel: 514-342-0777 Fax: 514-342-0602
www.weizmann.ca
Deadline for Receipt of all Material: December 31, 2008
