Mentorship award

The WiCS-Canada+ Mentorship Award is designed to encourage established scientists of all genders to develop the research and publication skills of women and members of other equity-deserving groups including but not limited to people outside of the gender binary, people of non-heterosexual orientation, people with disabilities, and Indigenous people who are graduate and undergraduate students in cognitive science. The award honours a Canadian Cognitive Scientist who has demonstrated sustained, effective mentorship of equity-deserving students, who has also served as a research advisor or supervisor to one or more equity-deserving students during the academic year immediately preceding the nomination, and for whom there is evidence of going over and above typical mentorship activities to support equity-deserving students in cognitive science.

Small Grant for JR scientists

Diverse research experiences and cross-lab collaborations can be beneficial for emerging researchers as they develop their own programs of research.

Thus, WiCS-Canada+ offers a seed grant to junior scientists (graduate students and postdoctoral fellows) based in Canada to help them foster a new research collaboration with a senior or mid-career scholar at another institution in Canada or elsewhere. The grant is intended to support junior scientists who identify as members of equity-deserving groups including but not limited to women, people outside of the gender binary, people of nonheterosexual orientation, people with disabilities, and Indigenous people.