The awards ceremony for REG 2021 cycle was held on Thursday September 2nd, featuring talks from this year’s winners. The program booklet can be accessed at the following link: REGProgram2021.pdf
A future cycle of the REG has not been announced. For the time being, you may find more information on the REG below, as well as documents from previous cycles.
Prior Deadline for REG 2021: May 1st, 2021
The Research Expansion Grant (REG) is a unique student-administered grant for 3rd or higher year engineering PhD students, with the aim of fostering innovative research in the field of photonics. Up to four (4) grants of $10,000 are available to support grad students in expanding current research into multidisciplinary collaborations, covering conference costs, and supplementing their research stipends.
Please download the document below for details on the requirements, criteria, and evaluation process, as well as a copy of the Background Information Form.
Eligibility Requirements
- Be a registered PhD student in the Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering at UofT
- Be in your 3rd or higher year of studies since first registering/transferring to the PhD program
- Have a proposed collaboration with a non-corporate PI (signature is required on the Background Information Form) who is outside of the applicant’s own department
- Have not previously been awarded an REG
Submission Process
Please submit all required documents as a single PDF file to the PIC email address: photonics@utoronto.ca
Required documents:
- Background Information Form
- Grant Proposal Document (2 pages maximum length not including references; download PDF document above for guidelines)
- CV including list of publications
- Transcript (ACORN printouts are accepted)
Questions
Please direct any questions to photonics@utoronto.ca and the chair of the REG Committee will get back to you as soon as possible.
