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CONFERENCE AND FIELD TRIP FUNDING



  1. CONFERENCE TRAVEL FUNDING
  2. FIELD TRIPS - Chapter Members
1. CONFERENCE TRAVEL FUNDING

1.1 THE CONFERENCE OF METALLURGISTS

The Conference of Metallurgists is held each year in August. It is an established international conference consisting of symposia which attract experts from all over the world. It also includes scientific and technical workshops of extremely high caliber, a trade show and industrial visits. Students are encouraged to participate through technical presentations, attendance of section meeting and special events, such as the student-industry mixer.

In 2011 the 50th Anniversary Conference will be held in Montreal, Quebec.  For more information on the conference please go to http://www.metsoc.org/com2011

Click Here for Application Form

  • General MetSoc Funding
    The student activities budget allocates up to $5,000.00 Cdn in travel funding for student members of CIM enrolled in a Canadian university who wish to attend the conference. Requests are pooled and a limited number of students are selected to receive funds based on order of application, travel distance (minimum 500km), and type of participation at COM. Registration and accommodations are not included. Students are advised of final decision in early September (or about one month prior to the conference).  To apply, please forward the completed application form to the MetSoc office.

    COM Student Travel Policy
    All student members of CIM enrolled in a Canadian University travelling more than 500KM are eligible for student travel funding.

  • Funding From the Technical Sections

    • Mineral Sciences and Engineering Section:
      This section has a budget of $1000.00 Cdn per year to help students in Mineral, Mining and Metallurgical Engineering to attend the Conference of Metallurgists, as long as a Mineral Sciences and Engineering Section sponsored symposium or general session is scheduled and the student is expecting to present his/her paper in one of those sessions. The program covers the registration fee only. Send requests for funding to MetSoc's administrator using the application form.


    • Non-Ferrous Pyrometallurgy:
      $500.00 Cdn will be allocated per student member presenting either an oral paper or a poster in Non-Ferrous Pyrometallurgy, at the COM, to a maximum of 10 students. Send requests for funding to MetSoc's administrator using the application form.


1.2 ANNUAL CIM HYDROMETALLURGICAL MEETING

The Annual Hydrometallurgical Meeting has always been regarded as the broadest forum for the exchange of new ideas and is an excellent occasion to meet old friends and colleagues. In addition, in recent years, the accompanying short course has been perceived as one of the finest in the area, and is again intended to be so on this occasion.

Travel funding for students

The Hydrometallurgy Section provides travel funding for graduate students in the field of Hydrometallurgy who need to travel to attend conferences.

Students must attend the conference to be eligible for the award.
The distance that the student travels must be significant enough to require assistance.  Maximum funding is $1000.00 per student.

For information on this year's Hydrometallurgy meeting and the student funding application please go to  www.hydrometallurgysection.org/


1.3 THE CANADIAN MATERIALS SCIENCE CONFERENCE

The Canadian Materials Science Conference (CMSC) is usually held in mid-June at a Canadian university. The conference provides an informal atmosphere for 150 delegates and encourages wide-ranging participation from graduate students while bringing to the conference distinguished researchers from the United States and abroad for the more sharply focused workshops and symposia. The CMSC invites research papers on the processing, microstructure, and properties of materials. Submissions are organized into oral and poster presentations. To encourage student participation, financial assistance is provided by the Metallurgical Society of CIM for students traveling more than 500 km to the conference.

The CMSC traces its beginning to 1951 when the Canadian metal physics conference was founded as an annual meeting at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston by Professor T.S. Hutchison of RMC and Professor W.C. Winegard of the University of Toronto. The conference has slowly evolved over the years. In 1976, a concurrent Canadian metal chemistry conference was begun through the efforts of professor J.M. Toguri of the University of Toronto and Professor C.W. Bale of Ecole Polytechnique. In 1989, the more inclusive and more appropriate name of Canadian materials science conference was adopted. Since then, the conference has matured from the original three-day format to include a week long meeting with poster sessions, workshops and symposia with published proceedings. The 23rd CMSC will be held at the School of Engineering at UBC's Okanagan Campus in beautiful Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada in June 2010.  For information on abstracts submission and look at the website at:

http://2011cmsc.ok.ubc.ca/


For students traveling more than 500 km to the conference, funding is available on a first come first serve basis from the Metalllurgy and Materials Society of CIM. Students must present a request for funding to MetSoc's administrator using the form below. Applications must be made by May 15th.
Click Here for Application Form

For Students travelling more than 1000 km to the Conference, additional funding can be arranged through some Technical Sections of MetSoc of CIM.
Materials Performance and Integrity
Send request for funding to MetSoc's administrator.
The Technical Section contact is:
George Jarjoura
Click Here for Application Form

1.4 CIM ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

The CIM's annual general meeting is held alternately in every major city in Canada, and features technical presentations, forums, workshops, poster sessions, field trips, social events and the Tradex. For information on this year's conference please visit http://www.cim.org

1.5 ANNUAL CANADIAN MINERAL PROCESSORS MEETING

The Canadian mineral processors division of CIM holds its annual meeting every year in Ottawa during the 3rd full week of January.

Info:
Janice Zinck
Tel: (613) 995-4221
Fax: (613) 947-3325
E-mail: jzinck@nrcan.gc.ca
Ray MacDonald
Tel: (613) 996-2283
Fax: (613) 947-1200
E-mail: macdon@storm.ca
E-mail: rmacdona@nrcan.gc.ca
http://www.cmpsoc.ca/

2. FIELD TRIPS


2.1 METSOC FIELD TRIP FUNDING (available for schools with a Chapter)

MetSoc will provide funding to every school for one field trip per year. MetSoc will allocate $25.00 Cdn per student member participating in the field trip. An official record of attendance must be presented to MetSoc's membership coordinator once the field trip is completed. Payment will be made at that time. There is a limit of $800 per school and a maximum budget for the program. First-come-first-served. Only one cheque is issued per school, per year.(Click here for application form)

2.2 MINERALS SCIENCES AND ENGINEERING SECTION FUNDING

The mineral sciences and engineering technical section will contribute $1000.00 Cdn towards one class field trip per year. Only one university per year is selected for funding. Requests for funding should be made by a professor to the section chairman or to the education committee.

For more information, contact:

Marek Pawlik
Norman B. Keevil Institute of Mining Engineering
University of British Columbia
517-6350 Stores Road
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
Tel.: (604) 827-5034
Fax.: (604) 822-5599
Email: mpp@mining.ubc.ca