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MIE Summer Research Awards

MIE Summer Research Awards provides financial support in obtaining research work experience to help develop and inspire students’ potential for graduate studies and a research career in nmechanical and industrial engineering.

First-Year Summer Research Fellowships

To support first-year students within the Faculty to gain summer (May – August) experience in a research setting, the Faculty is now offering up to ten First-Year Summer Research Fellowships. The value of each Fellowship is $7,000, and further funding is at the discretion of the faculty supervisor. These positions are open to students in

Engineering Science Research Opportunities Program (Engineers for the World)

The motto in EngSci at U of T is Engineers for the World (E4TW) because their goal is to educate engineers who seek to solve the world’s most critical problems, have compassion, want to collaborate with people from various backgrounds, and use technology to improve life for citizens across the globe. The ESROP – E4TW

Engineering Science Research Opportunities Program (Global)

Each year the Division of Engineering Science sends over 30 enterprising EngSci students abroad to conduct summer research at our partner institutions through the Engineering Science Research Opportunities Program – Global (ESROP – GLOBAL). These placements are arranged by the Division of Engineering Science and allow students to work alongside leading academics at renowned research

Engineering Science Research Opportunities Program (Exceptional Opportunities)

Each year, the Engineering Science Research Opportunities Program – Exceptional Opportunities (ESROP – ExOp) supports a limited number of EngSci students who have secured research opportunities outside of U of T and its affiliated institutions on their own. This program is student-driven and only current EngSci students who have arranged for positions outside of those

Dean’s Undergraduate Student Summer Research Pivot Fellowship

The Dean’s Undergraduate Student Summer Research Pivot Fellowship recognizes academic merit and is intended to support research projects where students are co-supervised (i.e., collaborative projects between two faculty members where at least one faculty member must be from U of T FASE). Up to 8 Pivot Fellowships will be awarded annually. Each Fellowship awards students

Undergraduate Research Fund

The Undergraduate Research Fund fosters research experience at the undergraduate level by providing students with an opportunity to develop a research project of their own, for which there is no other available funding. The Fund is to be used for research initiated by students, related to their degree, and supervised by a faculty member either

Institutional Strategic Initiatives (ISI)

The Institutional Strategic Initiatives portfolio increases the University of Toronto’s capacity to support large-scale, high-impact interdisciplinary research. ISIs engage over 600 undergraduate students in research every year. Review the CLNx job board for job details.

Inspire Summer Studentships

The Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium (EPIC) is strongly committed to building a diverse and inclusive infectious disease research community. We recognize that diversity strengthens the quality and impact of research by bringing multiple ideas and perspectives. The EPIC Inspire Summer Studentships will foster inclusive excellence by providing third-year Black and Indigenous undergraduate students with opportunities to

Laidlaw Scholars Undergraduate Leadership and Research Programme

The Laidlaw Undergraduate Leadership and Research Program, or Laidlaw Scholars Programme, was established to help develop leadership potential among students at prominent institutions around the world. The core elements to the Laidlaw Scholars Programme include a research project, leadership training, leadership in action experience and network-building. The Laidlaw Scholars Programme is aimed at full-time first