Carl H. Westcott Memorial Fellowship

This scholarship is offered annually.

Overview

The Carl H. Westcott Fellowship was endowed by Mrs. Kathleen B. Westcott of White Rock, B.C. in 1986 with a $25,000 donation to the University of Alberta as a memorial to her late husband. The fellowship is tenable at any university whose faculty members are actively engaged in research at TRIUMF. It will be awarded each year to a graduate student whose research work is being carried out at TRIUMF or on TRIUMF-related projects, on the advice of a committee appointed by the director of TRIUMF; the committee will consist of one Faculty member from the University of Alberta and three others drawn from the TRIUMF consortium universities or other Canadian universities with substantial programs at TRIUMF, all of whom must be active in research at TRIUMF or on TRIUMF-related projects.

The original $25,000 endowment has been augmented by the Government of Alberta from the generous and far-sighted two-for-one endowment matching arrangement with the University of Alberta. The value of the fellowship for 2005/06 will be approximately $10,000. Successful applicants may re-apply in open competition in subsequent years. The fellowship may be held simultaneously with other fellowships, scholarships or bursaries.

The applications should be forwarded by the Head or Chairman of the university department where the student is accredited, citing the faculty supervisor and the degree being pursued. The student applicant must be a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant in Canada.

Application forms are available at participating universities, from TRIUMF or from http://csr.phys.ualberta.ca/csr/news/Westcott_2005-06.htm.

Complete applications should be returned to:

The Westcott Awards Committee
c/o Suzette Chan
Centre for Subatomic Research
University of Alberta
Edmonton AB  
T6G 2N5

All applications must be received by December 23, 2005 for the award period commencing in December 2005.

 

Conditions for Eligibility

  1. Nationality: The candidate must be a Canadian citizen or have landed immigrant status.
  2. Candidate's Home Institution: Candidates should be an accredited student at one of the following:

    3. Member Universities of TRIUMF:
    University of Alberta
    University of British Columbia
    Carleton University
    Université de Montréal
    Simon Fraser University
    University of Toronto
    University of Victoria

    Associate Members of TRIUMF:
     University of Guelph
    University of Manitoba
    McMaster University
    Queen's University
    University of Regina
    Saint Mary's University

    However, candidates from other institutions whose faculty have significant activities at TRIUMF will be considered as well.

  3. Expected Degree Date: Candidates should expect to receive the degree noted in their application no earlier than 31 March 2006.
  4. Eligible Programs
    The Westcott Fellowship is not intended for general support of the Canadian Subatomic Physics program.

    5. (a) TRIUMF Experiments

    All candidates whose thesis work is based on activities using the TRIUMF primary proton or secondary channel beams, ISAC, or the medical physics facilities are eligible. If applicable, the thesis work should have been reviewed and approved by one of the TRIUMF Experimental Evaluation Committee.

    (b) Off-site TRIUMF research

    Off site research programs are eligible provided that:

    the candidate has significant research activity on site at TRIUMF, and

    the research program is one for which TRIUMF has made a formal infrastructure commitment.

    To date, these commitments are for work on:
    ATLAS
    BaBar
    Hermes
    SNO
    2TK

Previous recipients of the Carl H. Westcott Fellowship

Year Name Institution
2004/05
 Gabe Rosenbaum University of Victoria
2003/04 Robert MacDonald University of Alberta
2002/03 Blair Jamieson University of British Columbia
2001/02 Andrei Gaponenko University of Alberta
2000/01 Alexandre Gorelov Simon Fraser University
1999/2000 Khashayar Ghandi Chalesshtari Simon Fraser University
1998/99 Chun-Leung Chow University of Toronto
1997/98 Paul Bergbusch University of British Columbia
1996/97 Michael Saliba University of British Columbia
1995/96 Mohammed Kermani University of British Columbia
1994/95 Sheila Joy McFarland University of British Columbia
1993/94 Alice Hamian University of Manitoba
1992/93 Paul Knowles University of Victoria
1991/92 Marcello Pavan University of British Columbia
1990/92 Richard Soluk University of Alberta
1989/90 Anthony J. Noble University of British Columbia
1988/89 Anna Janissen University of Victoria
1987/88 David Armstrong University of British Columbia

For more information on the winners, please visit: http://csr.phys.ualberta.ca/csr/news/news_westcott_2005.htm