Srivastava Practical-Skills Workshop for Women Science
Graduate Students and Post-doctoral Fellows: Application
Eligibility:Women graduate students supervised by a tenure-stream faculty member who is appointed within the Faculty of Science (UBC Vancouver) and women post-doctoral fellows appointed within the Faculty of Science (UBC Vancouver).
Deadline: By October 27, 2017, submit your completed application form electronically to KateBlackburn [, Dean’s office, UBC Science.
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PRACTICAL-SKILLS WORKSHOP
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The full-day practical skillsworkshop will be tailored to your own and your women peers’ needs and experiences, complementing or adding value to what’s already available at UBC. To avoid duplications check out these links: events for grad students, for post-docs.
Examples of workshops include:Women-in-Science Data and Software Carpentry (Programming) Workshop (summary report of this workshop is available from the dean’s office); Best Practices of Real-Time PCR for Data Collection and Analysis; Figure Assembly and Acceptable Manipulation of Scientific Images.
Group size:Typically ranges around, but is not limited to,40-50 participants.
Venue: The workshop will be held on the UBC Vancouver campus.
Organizing committee’s responsibilities:Scheduling. Room booking. Coordinate facilitator(s). Set up event page and provide link to Dean’s office. Advertise event (Dean’s office can help with this), invitation and registration. Order catering(payment of invoices can be coordinated with Dean’s office). Hold the event. Collect feedback on your event and suggestions/needs for future practical skills workshops. Provide written report to the Fund’s oversight committee (within one month after the event) including: theme, speakers (name, job title/affiliation), date/venue, attendance and demographics (GS program(s)/field of research, MSc/PhD/PDF participation), feedback summary and suggestions.
Eligible costs. Catering for event (lunch, snacks/refreshments) at about $30 per person participating at the full-day workshop. Use of on-campus food services such as the AMS’ Nest Catering preferred.
An honorarium for a professional facilitator may be considered.
Priority will be given to Science women graduate students and post-docs, who will facilitate the workshop themselves. These facilitators are eligible to apply for funding for a train-the-trainer workshop that they will attend in preparation of their proposed workshop (please indicate Cost Estimate – Professional Development in form above).
This initiative is sponsored in memory of Dr. Vivien M. Srivastava – first woman to receive a PhD in Zoology at UBC!
More about the Vivien M. Srivastava Memorial Endowment Fund and Women in Science resources at
UBC Science
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