2025 IREx Grants for Summer Interns in Exoplanets Science and Instrumentation
APPLY HERE:
https://exoplanetes.umontreal.ca/en/job/2025-summer-internship-grant/
Students may apply to both competitions at the same time by selecting both grants in the submission form.
DEADLINE: 18 December 2024
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The Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets (IREx), affiliated with the Department of Physics of the Université de Montréal (UdeM), is calling for applications from undergraduate students for TWO competitions:
– Trottier Excellence Grants in Exoplanetary Research (multiple grants available)
– Instrumentation Grant (one grant available)
https://exoplanetes.umontreal.ca/en/job/2025-summer-internship-grant/
Please note our information sessions (registration required, see website above for more info) :
– In French: Tuesday, November 26, 12:30 to 1:30 pm, in person at Université de Montréal’s MIL campus
– In English: Wednesday, November 27, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m., virtual on Zoom
The summer internships last 4 months (May to August 2025). They constitute a unique opportunity for students at the undergraduate level to join IREx’s dynamic team and to get involved in cutting-edge research in astrophysics and exciting projects in instrumentation. Interns will also be invited to actively participate in breakthrough education and outreach programs linked to exoplanets and astrophysics. A minimum of $9000 will be guaranteed to all selected interns. The Trottier Excellence Grant can be combined with an NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award.
All students currently enrolled in an undergraduate program in physics, astrophysics or a related field at a Canadian university are eligible to apply for the Trottier Grant. Students enrolled in engineering, physics, astronomy or a related field will be considered for the Instrumentation Grant.
Interested candidates must fill out our online form, and upload their application file therein, including a short statement of interest (max. 1 page) in which they explain their motivation to obtain the internship as well as their research and/or instrumentation interests, a curriculum vitae (2 or 3 pages), and their most recent academic transcripts, by 18 December 2024. The successful candidates will be contacted by early February 2025.
IREx promotes diversity in its workforce through its Equal access to employment program. It encourages members of visible and ethnic minorities as well as women, Aboriginal people, persons with disabilities and people of all sexual orientations and gender identities to apply.
For more information on IREx and our summer internship program, contact Marie-Eve Naud, marie-eve.naud@umontreal.ca.
