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<p class="MsoNormal">Good Afternoon, <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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<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">-A CS Faculty Supervisor (<b><u>you will need to contact them directly</u></b>)<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. You can find a list on our website
<a href="https://www.csd.uwo.ca/people/faculty/index.html">Full-Time Faculty - Computer Science - Western University (uwo.ca)</a> (those labelled with Professor are eligible, those with Lecturer are not).<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 lfo1"><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 lfo1"><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.
<o:p></o:p></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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:red;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">You
<u>cannot </u>submit your application without this transcript therefore you cannot submit until
<u>after </u>January 9<sup>th</sup>.</span><span style="color:red"> <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 the 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 come January.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Kindly,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<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@01DA1D38.0EC7F350" 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>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#7232AD;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Sara Willemse, BA (She/Her)</span></b><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><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">Administrative Assistant</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><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;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>
</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">Western University</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><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;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">Middlesex College, Room 355</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><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;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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</span><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="mailto:sstraat@uwo.ca"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0563C1;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA">sstraat@uwo.ca</span></a></span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white;mso-fareast-language:EN-CA"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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