KSR USRA
The 2025 competition is now open.
Award Value: $8,000. Housing provided on site.
Duration: 16 weeks (mid‐May until mid‐August)
Deadline: March 14, 2025 at 4pm ET. Late applications will not be considered.
To encourage field work opportunities among excellent undergraduates, the Koffler Scientific Reserve (KSR) sponsors 1-2 Undergraduate Student Research Awards per summer term. KSR will cover a summer stipend for excellent undergraduates pursuing field research in any area of research, provided that they have identified a research supervisor who uses KSR. The award’s purpose is to sponsor independent research experience for undergraduates, not paid field technicians or assistants.
Eligibility Requirements
- Have completed a minimum of two terms at the time of application and by the start of May
- Are a registered undergraduate student at U of T
- Have a cumulative average of at least a B+ or higher to apply, or must indicate in a paragraph the extreme circumstances that prevent their transcript from reflecting their true academic merit (e.g., changing majors, learning English, working full-time while in school, etc.)
- A faculty member who uses KSR for research must have agreed to supervise the student’s project
- Students MAY NOT hold this award simultaneously with any other award (i.e. NSERC USRA, UTEA, or CGCS Award, etc.)
- International students must hold student work visas for the summer
What to Submit
Please fill in the online application form before the deadline: https://forms.office.com/r/wun846NP91.
You need to be required to login to your UTmail+ to fill out the form.
Important Points
Students are responsible for their own food and laundry expenses. KSR requires that the student be in residence at KSR for the summer, and that a graduate student, post‐doc, or technician, who is capable of supervising the award recipient, be present on site at the start of the project, until the student is self‐sufficient. Faculty advisors are responsible for research user fees, equipment, consumables, and housing costs for the student. KSR will provide an estimate of these costs to advisors prior to awards being made and students being contacted.
