Black and African Canadian Scientific and Technological Innovations Fellowship
This fellowship is offered to part-time and full-time graduate students from Canadian universities. It provides an opportunity for students to design a research project related to the study of the historical and/or contemporary connections between Black and African Canadians and science and innovation. Research projects can engage with the socio-economic and cultural impacts of science and technology for Black and African Canadian individuals and communities as well as the contributions of Black and African Canadians to science and innovation.
More information about the Ingenium - Black and African Canadian Scientific and Technological Innovations Fellowship
Launch: January 8th, 2024
Submission deadline: March 4th, 2024
Competition results: no later than April 1st, 2024
For more information or any questions, please contact iri@ingeniumcanada.org.
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The Garth Wilson Fellowship in Public History
Offered by Carleton University's Department of History and Ingenium to a Carleton University graduate student, provides an opportunity to participate in public history projects at a national museum, gain valuable work experience, and have unique access to collections.
Value: $2,500
For more information on the Garth Wilson Fellowship in Public History, please visit the Carleton University link
at: https://carleton.ca/history/cu-faq/fellowships/
Or contact: IRI@IngeniumCanada.org
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McGill Fellowship in the History of Science, Medicine, and Technology
Offered to a McGill PhD student, provides an opportunity to study the history of STEM related fields through hands-on access to technological artifacts in Ingenium’s collections and under the guidance of Ingenium Curatorial staff.
Value: $7,500
For more information on the McGill Fellowship in the History of Science, Medicine, and technology, please visit the McGill University link at: https://www.mcgill.ca/history/graduate/phd/funding
Or contact: IRI@IngeniumCanada.org
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Ingenium Research Fellowships in Conservation
Offered to students from a variety of fields and specialties, providing an opportunity to develop and advance Conservation knowledge, ethics and practice related to the Ingenium Collection.
Value: $1,000 to $5,000, relevant to project.
For more information on the Ingenium Research Fellowships in Conservation, contact: IRI@IngeniumCanada.org
Current fellowship students:
Manh-Kien Tran, Senior Research Fellow in Conservation
Manh-Kien Tran received a M.A.Sc. degree in chemical engineering from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, in 2019. He is currently working toward a Ph.D. degree in lithium-ion battery modeling and smart battery management system with the Green Energy Research Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo. Manh-Kien is a recipient of the prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship. He is the 2023-2024 Senior Research Fellow in Conservation for the Ingenium Research Institute, focusing on the safe long-term preservation of Lithium Ion Batteries in museum collections. He has also authored over 30 research papers, with more than 2000 citations in total.
Jessica MacLean, Research Fellow in Conservation
Jessica MacLean is currently pursuing her MSc in Conservation Practice at Cardiff University, Wales. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in History of Art from the University of Victoria in 2013 and a Graduate Certificate in Cultural Heritage Conservation and Management from Fleming College in 2016. She has worked at the Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute and trained with the Canadian Museum of History Indigenous Internship Program and the Royal Ontario Museum Organics Conservation Laboratory. She is an Ingenium Research Fellow in Conservation for 2023-2024, focusing on the care of wax botanical models.
Past Fellowship Programs
Ingenium ̶ University of Ottawa Fellowship in Gender, Science, and Technology
Offered to a graduate University of Ottawa student, provides an opportunity to participate in public history projects related to gender, science and technology at a national museum, gain valuable heritage and curatorial work experience, and have unique access to collections.
Value: $5,000
Or contact: IRI@IngeniumCanada.org
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