Sponsor

Royal Society of Canada

Description

The Royal Society of Canada has several awards and medals open for competition annually in multiple disciplines.  The 2018 competition sees the following awards open to receive nominations:

Humanities and Social Sciences

  1. Innis-Gerlin Medal
  2. J.B. Tyrell Historical Medal (history of Canada)
  3. Lorne Pierce Medal (critical or imaginative literature)
  4. Ursula Franklin Award in Gender Studies (issues concerning gender) - Diploma
  5. Yvan Allaire Medal (governance) - Medal + $5,000

Sciences

  1. Bancroft Award (geology) - Diploma
  2. Flavelle Medal (biology)
  3. John L. Synge Award (mathematics) - Diploma
  4. McLaughlin Medal (medical sciences)
  5. Miroslaw Romanowski Medal (environmental problems) - Medal + $3,000
  6. Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry
  7. Rutherford Memorial Medal in Physics
  8. Willet G. Miller Medal

Eligibility

Candidates must be Canadian citizens or have been Permanent Residents for at least three years at the time of nomination.  Candidates cannot apply on their own behalf

Prize

Varies by award

Deadlines

If College-level review is required, your College will communicate its earlier internal deadlines.

TypeDateNotes
Internal Deadline

College submission of preliminary nomination information (one page citation, CV) to Laurie Gallinger at stratprg@uoguelph.ca for adjudication.

Internal Deadline

Submission of Final College documentation to Laurie Gallinger at stratprg@uoguelph.ca and research.services@uoguelph.ca.  Package to include:

  1. Detailed Appraisal (1000 to 1200) words
  2. Citation (70 words)
  3. CV (Maximum 20 pages)
  4. Nomination Form
     
External Deadline

Full Nomination packages due to Royal Society of Canada (submission by Office of Research)

For More Information

Nominations must include all the items listed on the RSC Website with full details located in the RSC Guide and follow the examples provided.  

Alert Classifications
Category:
Honours and Awards

Disciplines:
Health and Life Sciences
Humanities
Information and Communications Technology
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Social Sciences