Are you a graduate student conducting environment-economy research? Looking for funding to present your research at a (virtual) conference? 

Consider applying for a Smart Prosperity Graduate Student Travel Award!

 

The Smart Prosperity Institute offers travel awards for (virtual) conferences on a competitive basis to current graduate students conducting environment-economy research of policy relevance for Canada.

The Travel Award Contest runs three times a year: 

• in the Fall semester (application deadline around the end of September), 
• in the Winter semester (application deadline around the end of January) and,
• in the Summer semester (application deadline around the end of April).

Applications can be submitted by Masters & PhD students, and Post-Doctoral Fellows, who have been accepted or invited to present in a virtual conference session, workshop or meeting. Requested funding should not exceed $1,500.00 CAD, and can be used to cover conference registration fees, and presentation software. 

Recipients of a Travel Award will work with Smart Prosperity’s Communications Team to contribute to the Student Blog Series. This will help funded students enhance their ability to share their results to a range of different audiences, including policy makers, other key policy actors and the broader public. 

 

Keep an eye out in early September, January and April each year for the announcement that the travel contest is open! 

For more information, see the full Travel Award Details here.
To learn how to apply, go directly to the Application Form here.
Questions? Please contact Brydie Brown at brydie@smartprosperity.ca

 

 

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Past Recipients of the Graduate Student Travel Award

 

Leigh Gustafson, MES, University of Ottawa

Northern Lights Conference, Ottawa 2020

Simon Beaudoin, University of Montreal

Annual Sustainability and Development Conference, University of Michigan 2019 – “Solutions for the World Oceans”

Nickolai Cook, University of Ottawa

Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, Southern Economic Association (SEA) Annual Conference 2019 – “Brain Freeze: Outdoor Cold and Indoor Cognitive Performance”

Akio Yamazaki, Pre-doctoral Fellow, University of Calgary

Southern Economic Association, Washington DC., 2018. – “Carbon Tax, Productivity, and Reallocation: Lessons from Canadian Manufacturing Plants”

Occasional Workshop in Environmental and Resource Economics, UCSB, 2018 – “Carbon Tax, Productivity, and Reallocation: Lessons from Canadian Manufacturing Plants”

Nathan Lemphers, SPI Pre-Doctoral Fellow, University of Toronto

Canadian Political Science Association Annual Conference, UBC 2019 – “Risk, control, and networks: The evolution of stakeholder politics on climate policy development in Australia, Canada, and Norway”

International Sustainability Transitions Conference, Carleton University 2019 – “Transitioning fossil fuel exporters: climate policymaking in Norway, Canada, and Australia”

International Public Policy Association Annual Conference, Concordia 2019 – “Risk, control, and networks: The evolution of stakeholder politics on climate policy development in Australia, Canada, and Norway”

Eve Bourgeois, University of Toronto

Western Political Science Association Annual Meeting, California 2019 – “Let’s call the whole thing off: the role of coalition building and risk perception in Ontario’s provincial climate policy 1998-2018”

Philippe Kabore, University of Ottawa

Canadian Economics Association Annual Meeting, Banff 2019 – “Impact of Temperature on Canada Manufacturing Activity”

Ying Zhou, University of Waterloo

International Sustainability Transitions Conference, Carleton University 2019 – “Market-Based Instruments (MBIs) for Implementing Sustainable Community Plan (SCPs)”

Lusi Xie, University of Alberta

Canadian Agricultural Economics Society Annual Meeting, Ottawa 2019 – “Incentivizing Hunters to Participate in Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Management in Alberta”

Vasundhara Saravade, University of Waterloo

International Sustainability Transitions Conference, Carleton University 2019 – “An Institutional Analysis of the Green Bond Markets in India and China”

Arthur Yip, Carnegie Mellon University

C150C Climate Economics, Innovation, and Policy: The Economics of Environmental Policy and Innovation, Ottawa 2019 – “The dynamic costs & benefits of technology-forcing policy nested in a broader performance standard: the case of ZEV & CAFÉ”