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
- Innis-Gerlin Medal
- J.B. Tyrell Historical Medal (history of Canada)
- Lorne Pierce Medal (critical or imaginative literature)
- Ursula Franklin Award in Gender Studies (issues concerning gender) - Diploma
- Yvan Allaire Medal (governance) - Medal + $5,000
Sciences
- Bancroft Award (geology) - Diploma
- Flavelle Medal (biology)
- John L. Synge Award (mathematics) - Diploma
- McLaughlin Medal (medical sciences)
- Miroslaw Romanowski Medal (environmental problems) - Medal + $3,000
- Rutherford Memorial Medal in Chemistry
- Rutherford Memorial Medal in Physics
- 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.
| Type | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
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:
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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.