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<p class="xxmsonormal">Good Afternoon, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal">This email is to inform you of the USRA (Undergraduate Student Research Awards) Summer NSERC program, a paid research opportunity for this summer.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><b>Who can successfully apply?</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal">-You must be Canadian<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal">-You must have a minimum average of 80%<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal">-You can be in your 4<sup>th</sup> year of study<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal">-A CS Faculty Supervisor (<b><u>you will need to contact them directly</u></b>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><b>These positions are 16 weeks in length starting on May 1<sup>st</sup> and ending August 31<sup>st</sup> with the award having a value of
<u>$8680</u>. </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><u>Over the next couple of weeks it is your responsibility to contact your own Computer Science Faculty member to see if they would take you on for this program.</u><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-CA">The transcript you attach to your application must meet the following requirements:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="xxmsolistparagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-CA">Your name, the university's name and the program in which you're enrolled appear</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="xxmsolistparagraph" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1"><span lang="EN-CA">Grades up to
<b>December 31st</b> of the year preceding the award are included</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="xxmsolistparagraph" style="margin-left:.5in"><span lang="EN-CA"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Western's <b>"Academic Record"</b> format meets NSERC's transcript requirements.
<b>(<u>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</u>.)
</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><b><span style="color:red;background:yellow">You <u>cannot
</u>submit your application without this transcript therefore you cannot submit until
<u>after </u>January 3<sup>rd</sup></span><span style="background:yellow"> <span style="color:red">
when I have given you the academic record.</span></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><b> </b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxxmsonormal">Please contact <b><u>Sara Willemse</u></b> (<a href="mailto:sstraat@uwo.ca">sstraat@uwo.ca</a>) directly about interest in the program as well as with the name of your supervisor and she will note that an academic record is needed for
your application come January. The earlier you contact Sara the better, but the <b>
<u>deadline</u></b> to be considered is <b><u><span style="background:yellow">Thursday, January 24<sup>th</sup>, 2023</span></u></b>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal">Kindly,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><img border="0" width="230" height="60" style="width:2.3958in;height:.625in" id="x_x_Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.gif@01D929B5.311E77C0" alt="Western University"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7232AD;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Sara Willemse (She/Her)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"><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">Administrative Assistant</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><br>
</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">Department of Computer Science</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><br>
</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">Western University</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><br>
</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">Middlesex College, Room 355</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"><br>
</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">London, ON, Canada</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">e.
</span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="mailto:sstraat@uwo.ca"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">sstraat@uwo.ca</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxmsonormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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