Accepting Applications until April 1 (student applicants) and May 3, 2024 (faculty members)
The Len Blum Undergraduate Research Award in Canadian Culture is offered by the McGill community to honour the achievements of Len Blum, a highly successful screenwriter and enthusiastic supporter both of McGill and of Canadian culture.听 The Award is administered by the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada and is offered to students enrolled in one of the Institute鈥檚 undergraduate programs.听 The Award will fund a paid internship.
Each year, the Award will enable one Canadian Studies major, honours or joint honours student to spend the summer interning with a professor in the Faculty of Arts on research related to any aspect of Canadian culture. Professors across the Faculty of Arts will be invited to propose projects related to their own research and, if successful, to supervise a student intern over the summer. The student鈥檚 role is to support the research of their supervising professor by undertaking a specific research internship project. Internship projects differ quantitatively and qualitatively from research assistantships.听
The student Award holder in 2024 will be expected to dedicate 260 hours to this internship, this time to be divided on a weekly basis on agreement with the supervising Faculty member.听
The student will receive a stipend of $4,500.
For more information on the Len Blum Undergraduate Research Award in Canadian Culture, please contact misc.iecm [at] mcgill.ca (David Roseman).听
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Eligibility Criteria and Application Process
1. Faculty Eligibility and Application Process
Faculty Members interested in supervising a student intern must present a project related to the culture(s) of Canada. Please note that we are defining cultural themes broadly, and will give serious consideration to any themes related to the symbolic, artistic, linguistic and socio-cultural dimensions of Canadian life.听
Documents should be sent as PDF attachments to听misc.iecm [at] mcgill.ca (David Roseman)听by May 3, 2024. The subject line for the accompanying message should include the words 鈥淟en Blum Award鈥�.
The project proposed may be part of currently funded research, a new and unfunded project or any other activity in which research is required. This Award will not under any circumstances fund course preparation or assistance. We encourage applicants to involve student holders of this Award in collaborative or team-based research.听
Faculty applicants should submit a one-page proposal containing:
a) a one-paragraph description of the project for which the Award will be used;
b) a description of the duties to be assigned to the student Award holder;
c) preferences as to the 11-week period in the spring/summer of 2024 in which the research would be carried out;
d) any other relevant information concerning possible benefits and outcomes for the student Award holder.
In addition, Faculty applicants are required to submit a current curriculum vitae.
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2. Student Eligibility and Application Process
To be eligible for The Len Blum Canadian Undergraduate Research Award听 in Canadian Culture, students must:
- be enrolled as major, honours or joint honours in one of the undergraduate programs offered by the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada (MISC) as listed here;
- have completed U1 by the summer of 2024
- be returning to undergraduate studies in Fall 2024.
Students may not apply if they have also received an Arts Research Internship Award for the same period (i.e., summer of 2024) .
To apply, students must submit a letter briefly indicating their interest in this Award and confirming their availability in Montreal for an unbroken eleven-week period during the summer of 2023. As well, students must submit a full 谤别蝉耻尘茅 containing their address, student number, educational and work history, language and technology skills and any other information the student may consider pertinent.听
Documents should be sent as PDF attachments to misc.iecm [at] mcgill.ca (David Roseman)听by 5 p.m., April 1,听2024. The subject line for the accompanying message should include the words 鈥淟en Blum Award鈥�.
