Gordon M. Ritcey Award 2010
Travel Funding Assistance for COM 2010, Lead-Zinc 2010 Conference


GORDON M. RITCEY AWARD 2010

To encourage graduate studies in the field of hydrometallurgy, the Hydrometallurgy Section of the Metallurgical Society of CIM offers one (1) award of $3000.00 to honour the accomplishments of a graduate student in the field of hydrometallurgy in a Canadian university.

Applications must include:

    1) A copy of the applicant’s academic transcripts
    2) A summary of the project, including preliminary results, a discussion concerning subsequent project orientation, and a list of prepared publications or conference presentations (2-3 pages maximum)


To be eligible the candidate should be registered in a graduate program in the field of hydrometallurgy during the entire 2009/2010 academic year in a Canadian University. Applications should be mailed prior to 15 June 2010 to:

Mike Dry
Arithmetek Inc.
1331 Hetherington Drive
Peterborough, Ontario
K9L 1X4
Canada
  Tel: (705) 743-7837
Fax: (705) 743-7837
Email: mdry3@cogeco.ca


TRAVEL FUNDING ASSISTANCE


Uranium 2010
Saskatoon, Canada
August 15-18, 2010 		  COM 2010, Lead-Zinc
Vancouver, Canada
October 1-3, 2010


The Hydrometallurgy Section can provide travel funding for graduate students in the field of Hydrometallurgy wishing to attend these conferences. The funding is calculated according to the following formula:

    1) $500.00 for each student presenting a poster
    2) $1000 for each student presenting a paper
    3) $200 to attend a short course on Hydrometallurgy

If the requests exceed the total funds budgeted, the determination of eligibility will be decided by the fund administrator.

The application should include:

  1. A summary of the student’s research project
  2. A letter of support from his/her thesis supervisor


To be eligible, students should be registered in a Canadian university at the time of the conference, in a Masters or PhD program related to the field of Hydrometallurgy. Applications should be sent prior to 30 June 2010 to:

Mike Dry
Arithmetek Inc.
131 Hetherington Drive
Peterborough, Ontario
K9L 1X4
Canada
Tel: (705) 743-7837
Fax: (705) 743-7837
Email: mdry3@cogeco.ca





COM 2009, featuring Hydrometallurgy of Nickel & Cobalt 2009
39th Annual Hydrometallurgy Meeting
Sudbury, ON, Canada
August 23-26, 2009

The Hydrometallurgical Section grateful for the generous support for student travel to Hydromet 2009.





For further information about CIM Hydrometallurgy Section student support, please contact:

Mike Dry
Arithmetek Inc.
131 Hetherington Drive
Peterborough, Ontario
K9L 1X4
Canada
Tel: (705) 743-7837
Fax: (705) 743-7837
Email: mdry3@cogeco.ca

 



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