Four Lassonde Students secure $98K in research funding

Four Lassonde graduate students have successfully secured top-tier grants from Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), totalling $98K.

Three students were awarded the NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships – Doctoral Program, valued at $21,000 per year.

• Benjamin Brunson, Department of Earth & Space Science & Engineering, awarded $21,000 for 3 years
• Ji-Eun (Jamie) Lee, Department of Mechanical Engineering, awarded $21,000 for 3 years
• Ahmed Mahmoud, Department of Civil Engineering, awarded $21,000 for 2 years

This scholarship program provides financial support to high-calibre scholars who are engaged in a doctoral program in the field of natural sciences or engineering.

The fourth award recipient, Md. Abdullah Asad a doctoral student from the Department of Civil Engineering, has been awarded the Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship valued at $35,000 per year for a three-year term.

This scholarship program provides financial support to top-ranked applicants and allows these scholars to fully concentrate on their studies and seek out the best research mentors in their chosen field.

Join us in congratulating our students on these impressive achievements!