Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA) are meant to stimulate your interest in research in the natural sciences and engineering. They are also meant to encourage you to undertake graduate studies and pursue a research career in these fields. If you would like to gain research work experience that complements your studies in an academic setting then these type of awards may be of interest to you. 

Through the support of NSERC, the University of Guelph, SES is offering two different programs that support undergraduate research experiences in summer 2015: University Summer Research Awards (USRA), University Research Assistantships (URA).   Please see the list below for the eligibility requirements and application procedures for each.

USRA eligibility requirements and application procedures https://www.uoguelph.ca/registrar/studentfinance/usra/schedule

School of Environmental Sciences USRA 2015 Projects

• Effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbance regimes on forest-based aquatic ecosystem services
• Fate of invasive and herbicide resistant weed seeds after anaerobic digestion; Prevalence and taxonomy of anaerobic protozoa in a commercial anaerobic digester
• Genetic Improvement of Native Pentose-Fermenting Yeasts
• Honey bee immune responses to parasites, pathogens and agricultural chemicals
• Insect collection curation and comparative morphology of the Diptera
• Investigation of Soil and Water Adjacent to Webequie First Nation and tile Proposed 'Ring of Fire' Mine Development in tile James Bay Lowlands
• Long-term fungal endophyte dynamics: a qPCR approach
• Modelling interactions between human systems and environmental systems: a complex adaptive systems approach to sustainability science
• Net greenhouse gas emissions from agro-ecosystems: uncertainty and measurement methods
• Phytoremediation of a contaminated field site
• Quantifying the Impact of Crop Rotations on Topsoil Structural Quality using High-Resolution X-ray Computed Tomography

URA eligibility requirements and application procedures https://www.uoguelph.ca/registrar/studentfinance/ura/schedule

School of Environmental Sciences URA 2015 Projects

• Analysis of biological and chemical agents to activate plant disease resistance and bioremediate hydrocarbon contamination of soil
• Factors Affecting the Spatial Distribution and Activities of the
• The Adaptive Capacity of Lake Food Webs: from Individuals to Ecosystems
• Tree-based intercropping: An agroforestry land-use for greenhouse gas mitigation in Canadian agricultural systems
•  Using high tunnels to produce high-value organic vegetable and nutraceutical crops in Canadian climates