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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Sara Willemse <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 23, 2021 2:48 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:cs-fourth-year@sci.uwo.ca">cs-fourth-year@sci.uwo.ca</a>;
<a href="mailto:cs-second-year@sci.uwo.ca">cs-second-year@sci.uwo.ca</a>; <a href="mailto:cs-third-year@sci.uwo.ca">
cs-third-year@sci.uwo.ca</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: NSERC- USRA's )Undergraduate Student Research Awards)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good Morning, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This email is to inform you of the USRA (Undergraduate Student Research Awards) Summer NSERC program, a paid research opportunity for next summer.
<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Who can successfully apply?<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-You must be Canadian<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-You must have a minimum average of 80%<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-You can be in your 4<sup>th</sup> year of study<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>These positions are 16 weeks in length starting on May 1<sup>st</sup> and ending August 31<sup>st</sup>.
<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Over the next couple months it is your responsibility to contact your own Computer Science Faculty member to see if they would take you on for this program.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">The transcript you attach to your application must meet the following requirements:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt">Your name, the university's name and the program in which you're enrolled appear</span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt">Grades up to
<b>December 31st</b> of the year preceding the award are included</span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoListParagraph"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:11.0pt"> </span><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Western's <b>"Academic Record"</b> format meets NSERC's transcript requirements.
<b>(N.B. students can't access the Academic Record on their own; transcripts such as those printed from a student's account do not meet NSERC's requirements as there is insufficient identifying information.)
<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">If you are undertaking a USRA at Western but your
<b>home university is different</b>, you must attach an official transcript from your home university to your online application, including the legend.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red">You <u>cannot </u>submit your application without this transcript therefore you cannot submit until
<u>after </u>January 3<sup>rd</sup>. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please contact me directly about interest in the program as well as with the name of your supervisor and I will note that an academic record is needed for your application.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kindly,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><img border="0" width="230" height="60" style="width:2.3958in;height:.625in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.gif@01D7E079.1451AA80" alt="Western University"></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7232AD;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Department of Computer Science</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><br>
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</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">London, ON, Canada</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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