Departmental Awards
The GREAT and WARES Travel Award
The GREAT and WARES Travel Award is open to graduate students to attend conferences and scholarly meetings.
To apply:
Fill out the 
application form. A completed form that is signed by the supervisor must be submitted to the Student Affairs Administrator via E-mail, before the deadlines specified below.
Application deadlines:
- August 1st for conference/scholarly meetings held between September 1st with a conference end date no later than December 31st. Expense report deadline: January 7th (PART 1)
- December 1st for conference/scholarly meetings held between January 1st with a conference end date no later than April 30th. Expense report deadline: May 7th (PART 2)
- April 1st for conference/scholarly meetings held between May 1st with a conference end date no later than August 31st. Expense report deadline: September 7th (PART 3)
Complete the GREAT and WARES Travel Expense Report to account for your travel expenses once you have used your GREAT and WARES award to attend a conference.
The Graduate Research Day Awards
The department of Microbiology and Immunology organizes an annual Graduate Student Research Day. This is a great opportunity for all graduate students both M.Sc. & Ph.D. to participate and to present their research in an oral and poster presentations. Awards’ amounts for the best presentations and posters range between $200 to $250 each. Notices regarding the deadline to submit abstracts are posted on the departmental website and are circulated by email to all graduate students.