{"id":431,"date":"2009-10-14T13:52:42","date_gmt":"2009-10-14T17:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/?page_id=431"},"modified":"2026-03-26T10:48:39","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T14:48:39","slug":"awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Awards and Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/2026\/03\/Untitled-design-47-1024x577.png); background-position: 60% 25%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Awards and Research\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"undergraduate-research-opportunities\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Undergraduate Research Opportunities<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Eighty percent of 杏吧原创 Biology students participate in undergraduate research and there are abundant opportunities to do so. You\u2019ll have the opportunity to work closely with influential scientists whose expertise spans all <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/research\/\">areas of biology<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many student researchers are paid for such activities with funds supplied from research grants from either 杏吧原创 or external government and private agencies. Paid research opportunities are provided by (but not limited to) the following programs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/sci2-240x360.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15544\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/sci2-240x360.jpg 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/sci2-160x240.jpg 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/sci2-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/sci2-360x540.jpg 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/sci2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/230\/sci2.jpg 423w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Biology&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/laura-thomas-summer-research-internship-award\/\">Laura Thomas Summer Research Internship<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/teaching-learning-and-pedagogy\/experiential-learning\/i-cureus\/\">I-CUREUS<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/science.carleton.ca\/students\/undergraduate-student-summer-research-opportunities\/deans-summer-research-internships\/\">Dean\u2019s Summer Research Internship<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/science.carleton.ca\/students\/undergraduate-student-summer-research-opportunities\/undergraduate-research-awards-program\/\">NSERC Undergraduate Students Research Awards<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/public-service-commission\/jobs\/services\/recruitment\/students\/federal-student-work-program.html\">Federal Student Work Experience Program<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/field-courses\/\">Field courses<\/a> give students hands-on field experience while earning a credit, by taking a two-week summer course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/current-students\/undergraduate\/honours-research-thesis\/\">Undergraduate Research Courses for Credit<\/a> allows students to work alongside a faculty adviser while gaining valuable experience using some of the most up-to-date methodology and a defined area of expertise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"undergraduate-awards\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Undergraduate Awards<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Biology Department offers several awards to undergraduate students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/awards\/\">More Info: Awards Office<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Award<\/th><th>Description<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/henrietta-lacks-scholarship-in-biology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Henrietta Lacks Scholarship in Biology<\/a><br>\nEstablished in 2021<\/td><td>Awarded annually to an outstanding full-time student in a degree program in Biology or Biochemistry who is a Black woman.<br>\n<strong>Application is required.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/futurefunder.carleton.ca\/giving-fund\/henrietta-lacks-scholarship-in-biology\/\">Help Support this Award<\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dr. Harry Katznelson Memorial Scholarship<br>\nEstablished in 1965<\/td><td>Awarded annually to an outstanding student proceeding into an advanced year in the Honours Biology program.<br>\n<strong>Donors:<\/strong> Friends of the late Dr. Harry Katznelson, B.S.A., M.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.S.C., Director of the Microbiology Research Institute, Federal Department of Agriculture.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Betty Nesbitt Memorial Award in Biology<br>\nEndowed 1976<\/td><td>Awarded annually to a student entering the third year of a Bachelor&#8217;s Degree program in Biology, who, in the opinion of the Department has shown exceptional promise in the field of biology. Preference will be given to a student in a faculty other than the Faculty of Science.<br>\n<strong>Donors: <\/strong>Friends of the late Mrs. H.H.J. Nesbitt.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>H.H.J. Nesbitt Scholarship in Biology<br>\nEstablished in 2002<\/td><td>Awarded annually to an outstanding student proceeding into their penultimate year of the Honours Program in Biology.<p><\/p>\n<p>This award was established in 2002 by family, friends and colleagues to honour the memory of <strong>Herbert Nesbitt<\/strong> and the contribution he made to 杏吧原创 University and the field of Biology and his area of specialty Entomology. A widely respected researcher in the field of entomology, Dr. Nesbitt was author of approximately 80 research papers on mites and a member of the international editorial board of Acarologia, a scientific journal on ticks and mites. He was a former president of the Zoological Society of Canada, a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London; the Royal Entomological Society; the Zoological Society of London, the Entomological Society of Canada and the Entomological Society of America. He also was a former chairman of the Board of Governors of Algonquin College.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Undergraduate Research Opportunities Eighty percent of 杏吧原创 Biology students participate in undergraduate research and there are abundant opportunities to do so. You\u2019ll have the opportunity to work closely with influential scientists whose expertise spans all areas of biology. 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