Travel/Research Grant

The Mineralogical Association of Canada Travel/Research Grant

Terms of reference

The Mineralogical Association of Canada awards travel and research grants to assist honours undergraduate and graduate students in the mineral sciences to:

  • Present their research at a conference
  • Visit a facility, laboratory, or field area to gather data for their research
  • Pay for analyses or equipment for a research project undertaken to complement the main research topic.

The maximum grant value is CAN$1200 per student.
Grants will fund up to 50% of costs incurred for registration, travel, and subsistence, and up to 100% of other research costs (e.g., equipment, analyses). Quotations and receipts may be requested for any equipment purchased.

Eligibility

Graduate students and Undergraduate honours students enrolled at a Canadian University in one of the fields covered in The Canadian Journal of Mineralogy and Petrology (mineralogy, crystallography, petrology, economic geology, and geochemistry).

Following the event, grant recipients must submit a report of their travel or research for possible publication by MAC.

Evaluation Criteria

Complete applications will be judged based on the merit of the proposals (for research
grant) and abstract (for travel grants), and the other submitted material, including the forms, cv, supervisor's letter, etc.

The following will be considered:

  •  "what you propose to study, why the research is important or interesting, as well as how you will do this research (including when you will do it). The independence of the research project and how it will complement your main research project".

To Apply

Submit the application form and a CV along with a signed letter of support from your supervisor. Write brief but thorough statements and be clear as to how the proposed activities will benefit your education or research. If the space provided for the budget is insufficient, then attach your budget on a separate sheet.

If presenting a talk or poster at a meeting, include an abstract of the research that will be presented. Grants will be conditional to acceptation of the abstract for the meeting.

If you are requesting a research grant, include a one-page research proposal. This should explain what you propose to study, why the research is important or interesting, as well as a detailed description of how you will do this research (including when you will do it). The research proposal should also explain the independence of the research project and how it will complement your main research project.

Deadline:

December 19, 2025

A subcommittee of the MAC Council will review all proposals received by December 19th. The MAC Council reserves the right to make no awards.

Application Form

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How to submit

Electronic applications may be sent to office@mineralogicalassociation.ca

By mail, to our business office:

Mineralogical Association of Canada

Rm 8006, Willet Green Miller Centre

Laurentian University

935 Ramsey Lake Road

Sudbury, ON, P3E 2C6

Previous Recipients:

  • 2026

    • Gabrielle Jones, Simon Fraser University
    • Natasha Melymuka, Western University
    • Si Kaur, Mcgill University
    • Jacklyn Krueger, Laurentian University
    • Jamie Burnett, Trent University
    • Jessica Tomacic, University of Toronto
    • Jordyn Schumacher, Brock University
    • Leslie Boateng-Dwomoh, Acadia University
    • Alisa Yakimenko, Dalhousie University
    • Cesar Tarazona, University of Ottawa
    • Gabrielle Jones, Simon Fraser University
    • Kelsey Krossa, Simon Fraser University
    • Mohammed Nayeem Mohammed Rifkhan, Dalhousie University
    • Remi Naulot, Universite Laval
    • Ryan Pippy, Saint Mary's University
    • Shannon Murtonen, University of Toronto
    • Zhongzheng Yuan, University of Toronto

  • 2025

    • Maria O’Neill, Memorial University of Newfoundland
    • Veronica Marcon Rosa, University of Alberta
    • Vanessa Jones, Memorial University of Newfoundland
    • Kiera Hamel, Memorial University of Newfoundland
    • Sam Ghantous, Memorial University of Newfoundland
    • Jonathan Spence, University of Alberta
    • Dylan Spence, University of British Columbia
    • Sisara Samaradiwakara, University of Manitoba
    • Diana Carolina Paz Jaramillo, University of Ottawa
    • Serena Formenti, University of British Columbia
    • Sophie Benaroya, University of Alberta

  • 2024

    • Angelina Abi Daoud, McMaster University
    • Delaney Carter, Saint Mary's University
    • Kiera Hamel, Memorial University of Newfoundland
    • Kelsey Krossa, University of British Columbia - Okanagan
    • Nicolas Prieto-Moreno, Memorial University of Newfoundland 
    • Taylor Rae Morrell, Queen’s University/INRS (La Roche)
    • Lindsey Abdale, University of British Columbia
    • Melissa Bowerman,University of Alberta
    • Dana Šilerová, Saint Mary’s University
    • Sheila Ballantyne, University of Toronto
    • Kirsty (Kiersty) Malay, Memorial University/ St. Francis
      Xavier University
    • Leo Ka Long Cheung, University of Saskatchewan
    • Lydia Fairhurst, Dalhousie University
    • Carson Kinney, University of Waterloo
    • Alix Osinchuk, University of British Columbia Okanagan
    • Rifkhan Mohammed Nayeem, Dalhousie University
    • Jade Umbsaar, University of Toronto
    • Lot Koopmans, University of Oxford

  • 2023

    • Lance Dostie, Trent University
    • Nia Gauthier, Laurentian University
    • Natalia Goszczynski, University of Western Ontario
    • Ethan Placek, University of Western Ontario
    • Bianca Currie, University of Western Ontario
    • Tania Chatila-Amos,
      Université du Québec à Montréal
    • Mary Macquistan, University of British Columbia
    • Lukas Louwerse, University of Western Ontario
    • Philippe Mongeau, Université Laval
    • Tavis Enno, University of Western Ontario
    • Camila Morales, University of Western Ontario
    • Ofure Onodenalore, Memorial University of Newfoundland
    • Tiera Nabe, University of British Columbia
    • Sana Ahmad, University of Waterloo
    • Dallas Dixon, University of Saskatchewan
    • Katie Withrow, University of Victoria
    • Amanda Smith, Acadia University
    • Rita Rodrigues dos Santos, niversité Laval

  • 2022

    • Justin Lockhart, Trent University
    • Rebecca Price, Lakehead University
    • Arneaud Back, Université du Québec a Chicoutimi
    • Fiona D'Arcy, McGill University
    • Rhianna Elizabeth Henry, UBC Vancouver
    • Alix Osinchuk, UBC Okanagan
    • Gabriel Sombini Dos Santos, University of Waterloo
    • Fazilat Yousefi, University of New Brunswick
    • Dana  Silerova, Simon Fraser University
    • Annie Borch, UBC Vancouver
    • Derek D. V. Leung, Laurentian University
    • Makoto Honda-McNeil, University of Alberta
    • Kaitlyn Crawford, University of Regina
    • Dany Savard, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
    • Lindsey Abdale, UBC Vancouver
    • Reginald Somera, University of Regina
    • Mary Macquistan, University of British Columbia
    • Colton Vessey, University of Alberta
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