Undergraduate Research Opportunities
Eighty percent of Carleton Biology students participate in undergraduate research and there are abundant opportunities to do so. You’ll have the opportunity to work closely with influential scientists whose expertise spans all areas of biology.
Many student researchers are paid for such activities with funds supplied from research grants from either Carleton or external government and private agencies. Paid research opportunities are provided by (but not limited to) the following programs:
- Biology’s Laura Thomas Summer Research Internship
- I-CUREUS
- Dean’s Summer Research Internship
- NSERC Undergraduate Students Research Awards
- Federal Student Work Experience Program
Field courses give students hands-on field experience while earning a credit, by taking a two-week summer course.
Undergraduate Research Courses for Credit allows students to work alongside a faculty adviser while gaining valuable experience using some of the most up-to-date methodology and a defined area of expertise.
Undergraduate Awards
The Biology Department offers several awards to undergraduate students.
| Henrietta Lacks Scholarship in Biology Established in 2021 |
Awarded annually to an outstanding full-time student in a degree program in Biology or Biochemistry who is a Black woman. Application is required. Help Support this Award |
| Dr. Harry Katznelson Memorial Scholarship Established in 1965 |
Awarded annually to an outstanding student proceeding into an advanced year in the Honours Biology program. Donors: Friends of the late Dr. Harry Katznelson, B.S.A., M.Sc., Ph.D., F.R.S.C., Director of the Microbiology Research Institute, Federal Department of Agriculture. |
| Betty Nesbitt Memorial Award in Biology Endowed 1976 |
Awarded annually to a student entering the third year of a Bachelor’s Degree program in Biology, who, in the opinion of the Department has shown exceptional promise in the field of biology. Preference will be given to a student in a faculty other than the Faculty of Science. Donors: Friends of the late Mrs. H.H.J. Nesbitt. |
| H.H.J. Nesbitt Scholarship in Biology Established in 2002 |
Awarded annually to an outstanding student proceeding into their penultimate year of the Honours Program in Biology.
This award was established in 2002 by family, friends and colleagues to honour the memory of Herbert Nesbitt and the contribution he made to Carleton University and the field of Biology and his area of specialty Entomology. A widely respected researcher in the field of entomology, Dr. Nesbitt was author of approximately 80 research papers on mites and a member of the international editorial board of Acarologia, a scientific journal on ticks and mites. He was a former president of the Zoological Society of Canada, a Fellow of the Linnean Society of London; the Royal Entomological Society; the Zoological Society of London, the Entomological Society of Canada and the Entomological Society of America. He also was a former chairman of the Board of Governors of Algonquin College. |