1. Expectations for Funding, for Promotions, and for Journal Revisions
PolyMORSE Seminar
15/10/09

2. Some Facts

3. Funding NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships - PGS D
Academic excellence
Research ability or potential
Communication, interpersonal, and leadership abilities
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships
Academic excellence
Research potential
Leadership (potential, demonstrated ability)

4. Funding Academic Excellence Research Potential Leadership
Research program
Canadian institution
Research community
International research community
Society at large
Research Potential
Scholarships/awards
Duration of previous studies
Academic training
Contribution to research and development
Research proposal
Critical thinking… enthusiasm for research
Mobility
Leadership
Personal achievement:
Involvement in academic life
Volunteerism / community outreach
Civic engagement
Other

5. Promotions Assistant professor (Polytechnique)
Teaching experience
Research achievements
Other
Associate professor (Queen’s U.)
Very good teacher committed to academic and pedagogical excellence
High quality and expert peer-assessed scholarly or creative work
Professional, university or community service
Full professor (Queen’s U.)
Scholarly work judged to be distinguished with very good teaching
OR continuing high quality scholarly work with exceptional teaching
Contribution to the successful operation of the department…
Contributions to profession

7. But you must help yourselves!
Plan ahead
Dedicate time
Be thorough
Update your CV
PDF and on-line

8. Journal Revisions
“For example, some of the previous interpretations of data were somewhat problematic and logically weak in justification and, instead of providing more reasonable explanations or digging into the data for more in-depth understanding, the previous (unjustified) interpretations were basically removed and replaced by stating something that amount to re-paraphrasing the data result, which is not incorrect per se but rather contains little real elements of content.”
An anonymous reviewer

9. Journal Revisions You must help yourselves! Be respectful Be careful
Be thorough