ACADEMIC DEADLINES
April 25: Deadline for fee payment or assignment of funding to ensure payment is processed to your account without incurring a late charge. Payment of fees is due by the posted deadlines.
May 1: Early summer and full summer courses begin.
May 5: Graduate students who have not electronically submitted their final thesis copy to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs will not be eligible to graduate in Spring 2017.
May 8: Last day for registration and course changes (including auditing) for early summer courses.
May 12: Last day for registration and course changes (including auditing) for full summer courses.
May 17-28: Fall/Winter and Winter term deferred final examinations will be held.
May 19: Last day for a full fee adjustment when withdrawing from early and full summer courses (financial withdrawal).
May 22: Statutory holiday, University closed.
For a complete list of all official academic and financial dates and deadlines, please go to the Registrar’s website. For all financial matters, go to Student Accounts.
EVENTS/OTHER
**The section of University Drive in front of the Life Sciences Building is closed for two weeks starting May 1. Library Road is open to help ease traffic congestion on campus. This road closure is required as demolition work continues on the Life Sciences Building.
April 20: Dr. Linda Duxbury presents results of Impact of Email in the Workplace Research Study
May 3: Stuart Walker, Chair of Design for Sustainability at Lancaster University, to lecture at the School of Industrial Design
May 5: Life Sciences Day
For information about Carleton events, go to the university events calendar. For information about events targeted at or promoting graduate student research, go to Grad Research Link.
TRAINING & CAREER WORKSHOPS
Grad Navigate workshops are now over for this term. You can always access online training through MyGradSkills.ca. Please note that these online training modules do not count towards paid training hours for TAs.
April 20: Media Training.
May 2: Patent 101 Workshop. Starts 11 a.m. Room 482 MacOdrum Library Register by clicking here.
AWARDS & COMPETITION DEADLINES
April 21: Revised deadline to apply for the Ontario Graduate Policy Research Challenge
May 1: Deadline to apply for a DAAD German studies research grant
May 15: Deadline to apply for a DAAD research grant – short stay
May 15: Deadline to apply for a DAAD research stay
June 30: Deadline to submit applications for the John W. Davies Memorial Award
Mitacs offers several funding opportunities for graduate students. You can apply any time, except there are two deadline dates each year for the Mitacs Elevate program. Check out:
(a) Mitacs Accelerate (Funding starts at $15,000 for research internships with industry or non-profit partners)
(b) Mitacs Elevate ($57,500 annual grant for two-year postdoctoral fellowships with industry or non-profit partners).
(c) Mitacs Globalink Research (Travel funding for research projects with international universities)
(d) Mitacs Step (Professional development workshops facilitated by industry leaders
Note: For information about Carleton awards, go to our awards and funding website.
TA DEADLINES
The deadlines to apply for a Leave From Duties are: April 30 (summer term) (access form via Carleton Central), Aug. 31 (fall term) and Dec. 31 (winter term).
Deadline to apply to be an “out-of-priority” TA are as follows: August 15 (Fall/Winter term), December 15 (Winter term) and April 15 (Spring/Summer term).
“Pedagogical” training hours must be completed by Nov. 30 for a fall-only TAship and by March 30 for a full academic year TAship or a winter-only TAship.
TAs – Please note that it can take up to two weeks before your attendance at workshops is recorded. You are strongly encouraged to track your progress independently of the TA Management System in order to ensure its accuracy. In the event of a discrepancy, you are responsible for ensuring your training is captured in Carleton Central.
