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"The program is free for all full-time master's and Ph.D. students."

JSPS provides full support for Canadian researchers to conduct high-quality research in national laboratories, public research corporations, and some nonprofit research institutes for a period of 1 to 2 years.

Ontario's universities are feeling the pinch after years of sustained cuts in provincial operating budgets.

"One of the main problems in BC right now is that the government is taking major action on innumerable fronts, so there is a sort of numbness on the part of the public."

I think that networking works best from the top down.

The whole big thrust of Eye on Science is to motivate students to explore science and technology and to help them realize that they can do science at any age.

"CIHR, as a federal funding agency, is in a great position to encourage the creation of national standards for the training experience and thereby impact the quality of training for all trainees." --Alison Kydd, MD/PhD student

"Most importantly, a great sense of mutual respect and support has developed between people working in different areas, so that we find people cooperating and supporting each other's initiatives, who in many university settings would be rivals in a battle for resources."

The ongoing tuition increases raise the average debt load of students in this country, and they make it more difficult for students to graduate on time.