Transcript SFU Can-EU Funding

A Canada – France Research & Training Consortium
Glyn Williams-Jones
Department of Earth Sciences
Simon Fraser University
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End of an Arc: The Remarkable Life & Death of a Volcanic Arc
• A research and training partnership to
investigate the Canadian segment of the
Northern Cascade Arc or Garibaldi
Volcanic Belt
• Characterise the evolution of a
continental volcanic arc in space and
time and develop an understanding of
this evolution in terms of links among
mantle, magmatic, tectonic and surface
processes
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End of an Arc: The Remarkable Life & Death of a Volcanic Arc
• Assemble and support a team of
researchers spanning a range of fields in
Earth Science over an extended period
through a formal long-term (> 10 yrs)
collaboration among established
scientists, post-doctoral fellows and
graduate students
http://eoa.volcanoes.ca
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Dr. Mathieu Leporini
Science & Technology
Attaché
Ambassade de France,
Vancouver
VP-Research: Dr. Joy Johnson, SFU & Dr. John Hepburn, UBC
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Dr. Virginie Squizzato
Research, Training &
Innovation
Région Auvergne
Dr. Mathias Bernard, UBP
President
Seed funding (Univ. & regionals grants) for preliminary
workshops
• Principle funding for consortium
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Potential sources for research & mobility
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March, 2014 – First Preliminary Meeting (SFU Vancouver)
– 10 researchers from LMV
– Set groundwork for a proposal to the Region Auvergne
– Success lead to launch of Research Consortium with funding for 2
Postdocs & 1 PhD
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June, 2015 – Second follow-on Meeting (LMV, ClermontFerrand, France)
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5 researchers, 2 grad students & VPs Res. from SFU & UBC
Presentations of current research
MOUs signed between
Success led to funding for 4 more PhDs (2 each from SFU & UBC)
• August, 2017 – Conference in Portland, Oregon
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One institutional PI from each partner
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Facilitates coordination & communication between partners
Point person to work with University administration
PIs to represent teams on future funding proposals
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PhDs & PDFs
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Dr. David Jessop
Dr. Emily Mullen
LMV/UBC PDF
LMV/UBC PDF
Why do pyroclastic density
currents occur?
Characterization of magmatism at
the termination of an arc
Mr. Gioachino Roberti
Miss Swetha Venugopal
LMV/SFU PhD
SFU/LMV PhD
How does uplift and glacial
erosion influence the stability and
longevity of volcanic edifices?
Magmatic volatile fluxes through
two subduction zones
Mr. Alexander Wilson
Mr. Yannick Le Moigne
UBC/LMV PhD
SFU/LMV PhD
Glaciovolcanism in the Garibaldi
Volcanic Belt
Investigating the Canada's
deadliest volcanic eruption &
mitigating future hazards
+ 1 more UBC/LMV PhD TBD
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Different funding expectations, benefits, etc.
Be clear on source of research costs, overhead, etc.
Cotutelles / Joint-PhDs
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Different cotutelle agreements
depending on institutions
Very different tuition fees, cost of
living, etc.
Different length of PhDs (3 vs 4-5 yrs)
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PhDs & PDFs
Considerations
Easier to quickly launch with PDFs & PhDs than MSc
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Structure
Agreed to a “hard” 4 year PhD
Funding for mobility
Language training
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PhDs & PDFs
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Balance between Partners
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Structure
SFU much smaller than LMV, so
combined with UBC
Expanding partnerships / programs
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New institutions, new MOUs needed
Professional Masters
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Administratively much more complicated but greater number of
students
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PhDs & PDFs
Long-term funding
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Currently, most research costs funded
by supervisors
Sources of further scholarships
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Internal vs External
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Mobility funding for researchers &
students/PDFs
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National vs International funding for
collaborative research & training
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e.g., NSERC CREATE, Networks of
Centres of Excellence, Horizons 2020)
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