The CALA Board of Directors has made some significant changes to the awards process dealing with Scholarships for Quality Excellence. There has been an increase in the number of themes that form the potential content of student submissions. An enhancement of the application form now provides the detailed evaluation criteria used to score the submissions, including a change requiring a minimum score to qualify for an award. A major change has also been made in the award deadlines (as outlined below) resulting in awards being presented annually in September rather than November, thereby putting scholarships in the hands of deserving students at the beginning of their fall semesters.
The CALA John Lawrence Student Scholarship is awarded annually to 2 students.
The awards recognize the applicant’s understanding and use of any of the following themes:
- Importance Of Data Quality.
- Value Of Accreditation.
- Quality Assurance And Quality Control In Testing Measurements And Experimentation.
Applicants are required to submit a scientific paper to demonstrate their understanding of one of the themes. The CALA Scholarship Review Committee, using the criteria outlined on the scholarship application form (below) will evaluate all papers submitted by the deadline.
To be considered for the award, students must meet all of the following criteria:
- Be enrolled in a post secondary institution (science discipline) at the time of award;
- Have completed a minimum 2-month work term with a CALA member laboratory within the past 12 months; and,
- Submit a completed CALA Application Form and paper to CALA for evaluation by August 10th, 2012.
APPLICATION FORM: http://www.cala.ca/12student_award_nominations.pdf
Scholarship recipients will receive the following:
- One-time amount of $1,000 presented to the winner by a local Board Member or Head of the Member Laboratory;
- Acknowledgement on the CALA website; and,
- Recipients’ names entered on a master plaque containing the names of all annual recipients (The plaque is kept at the CALA head office in Ottawa).
Previous winners of a CALA Scholarship are ineligible to apply. Any questions regarding CALA and these scholarships should be directed to cmallette@cala.ca
2012 CALA John Lawrence Student Scholarship Awards Deadlines:
August 10, 2012
– Application Form and Paper submission deadline.
– Paper submission must be received at the CALA office:
Email: Charlette Mallette – cmallette@cala.ca
Fax: 613-233-5501
Mail:
#310-1565 Carling Avenue
Ottawa, ON K1Z 8R1
The week of September 3, 2012
– Final approval and notification of scholarship award recipients
The week of September 10, 2012
– Presentations to the winners will take place on campus or at the CALA Laboratory
– Notification of award recipients to the CALA Membership via newsletter and webpage.
Previous Award Winners
* Please click on the highlighted year to view details about the previous award winners.
| YEAR |
WINNER #1 |
|
WINNER #2 |
| 2011 |
Margot Couse |
|
Megan Bauer |
| 2010 |
Alexandra Coros |
|
Tanya Binkley |
| YEAR |
EASTERN CANADA |
|
WESTERN CANADA |
| 2009 |
no winner in 2009 |
|
Norma J. Ruecker |
| 2008 |
Michelle Mansfield |
|
Samantha Frasz |
| 2007 |
Jordana Van Geest |
|
Chad Novotny |
Any questions should be directed to Charlie Brimley, President & CEO (cbrimley@cala.ca). |
