Eligibility & selection criteria:
All graduate students within the time limits of their program, with preference given to PhD candidates are eligible to present at GRADtalks.
Topics for upcoming talks are listed on the GRADtalks web page. Students are encouraged to apply to be speakers through the web form.
Alternatively, students may be recommended to present by their Associate Dean, Graduate Studies.
Students will be selected by the GRADtalks academic lead - typically an Associate Dean, Graduate Studies - as presenters based on the relevance of their topic to the theme of the GRADtalks event.
Recipients of the award may be asked to provide additional follow-up communications/marketing assets (e.g., blog posts) to share their experience of being a GRADtalks speaker.
Award description:
A GRADtalks Research Dissemination Award, valued at CAN $500, will be provided to graduate students registered at the University of Waterloo who are selected to present their research at a GRADtalks speaker series event. Recipients of the award may be asked to provide additional follow-up communications/marketing assets (e.g., blog posts) to share their experience of being a GRADtalks speaker. It is anticipated that the award will support the recipients in further dissemination of their research recipients are encouraged to acknowledge this award if they used these funds to register and present at a future conference.
Selection process:
Student selected automatically by Faculty/Department
