{"id":1241,"date":"2020-06-24T02:07:49","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T02:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/rnainnovation\/?page_id=1241"},"modified":"2020-06-25T18:40:22","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T18:40:22","slug":"program-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/rnainnovation\/program-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1241\" class=\"elementor elementor-1241\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ec0f17d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ec0f17d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0a95ac\" 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aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 2\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/rnainnovation\/files\/2018\/12\/cloning_lab_web-768x495.jpg\" alt=\"cloning_lab_web\" \/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"2 of 2\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/rnainnovation\/files\/2018\/12\/anna_kovalchuk_web-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"anna_kovalchuk_web\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-prev\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-left\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-swiper-button elementor-swiper-button-next\" role=\"button\" tabindex=\"0\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"eicon-chevron-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-pagination\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e22e10c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e22e10c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-500b4ec\" data-id=\"500b4ec\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b7e9bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-accordion\" data-id=\"6b7e9bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1121\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1121\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Industry Experience<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1121\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1121\"><p>The major advantage of RNA Innovation will be access to industry collaborations. Each trainee cohort will work together with an industry partner to solve an R &amp; D problem as part of the deepYellow Challenge. Together the trainees will learn to apply their research training, work as a team, and develop a final product.<\/p>\n<p>Trainees will also receive funding for on-site industry training and project development through the Twinning Program. All participants will be matched with a specific internship, receive mentorship and a personalized networking experience.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1122\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1122\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Professional Skills<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1122\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1122\"><p style=\"caret-color: #13e4ef; color: #13e4ef; font-family: 'Times New Roman', times; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.10000000149011612px; text-align: justify;\">In addition to academic and research skills, trainees will develop skills in management, leadership, communication, teaching, integrity and ethics through complementary workshops and courses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"caret-color: #13e4ef; color: #13e4ef; font-family: 'Times New Roman', times; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.10000000149011612px; text-align: justify;\">Participation in the deepYellow challenge will encourage development of project management and entrepreneurial skills. Additional workshops providing some theoretical foundation in management will supplement the trainee&#8217;s learning experience.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 30px; padding: 0px; outline: none; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: #13e4ef; color: #13e4ef; font-family: 'Times New Roman', times; font-size: 20px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 500; letter-spacing: -0.10000000149011612px; orphans: auto; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;\">All trainees will be required to participate in a new graduate level Scientific Leadership course. Modules will include professional communication, integrity &amp; ethics, and leadership with respect to gender and minority representation.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1123\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1123\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Highly Qualified Personnel<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1123\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"3\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1123\"><p style=\"caret-color: rgb(19, 228, 239); color: rgb(19, 228, 239); font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, times; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.10000000149011612px; text-align: justify;\">Graduates of the RNA Innovation program will be uniquely trained, &#8220;job-ready&#8221; with knowledge of applied and basic research, and possess a diverse set of leadership skills. This multidisciplinary background will make them ideally suited to careers in a multitude of biotechnology fields.<\/p><p style=\"caret-color: rgb(19, 228, 239); color: rgb(19, 228, 239); font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, times; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.10000000149011612px; text-align: justify;\"><\/p><p style=\"caret-color: rgb(19, 228, 239); color: rgb(19, 228, 239); font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, times; font-size: 20px; letter-spacing: -0.10000000149011612px; text-align: justify;\">RNA Innovation is the ideal program for students that desire real-world, hands-on experience during their research program. Funding is available for graduate students (MSc and PhD), as well as undergraduate students and post-doctoral fellows. Details on the application process can be found&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/rnainnovation\/applications\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1124\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1124\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Timeline<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1124\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"4\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1124\"><p style=\"caret-color: #13e4ef; color: #13e4ef;\">RNA Innovation is an intensive program and requires commitment from the trainee and support from their supervisor. All RNA Innovation commitments are in addition to any graduate program thesis requirements. A typical MSc trainee timeline is outlined below but some students may deviate depending on internship placements and research requirements.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/rnainnovationrnainnovation\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/381\/files\/2019\/01\/timeline1_1.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-346\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/rnainnovationrnainnovation\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/381\/files\/2019\/01\/timeline1_1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"651\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/rnainnovation\/files\/2019\/01\/timeline1_1.png 651w, https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/rnainnovation\/files\/2019\/01\/timeline1_1-300x100.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-accordion-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1125\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1125\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon elementor-accordion-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-plus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-accordion-icon-opened\"><i class=\"fas fa-minus\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-accordion-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Funding Opportunities<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1125\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"5\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1125\"><p>Funding provided by<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><\/figure>\n<p>RNA Innovation offers very competitive funding for trainees.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Undergraduate students receive up to $4,000* for summer placements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>MSc students receive up to $10,000\/year* for two years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>PhD students receive up to $10,000\/year* for three years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Postdoctoral fellows receive $30,000\/year* for two years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>*RNA Innovation funding can be combined with other funding resources. See <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/rnainnovation\/program\/trainee-information\/\">Trainee Program Guidelines <\/a>for institution specific funding information.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e083dd8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e083dd8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fab518c\" data-id=\"fab518c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cbe869a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cbe869a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Add value to your graduate degree!<\/h2><p>We acknowledge the support of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).<\/p><p>Cette recherche a \u00e9t\u00e9 financ\u00e9e par le Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en g\u00e9nie du Canada (CRSNG).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Previous Next Industry Experience The major advantage of RNA Innovation will be access to industry collaborations. Each trainee cohort will work together with an industry partner to solve an R &amp; D problem as part of the deepYellow Challenge. Together the trainees will learn to apply their research training, work as a team, and develop &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/rnainnovation\/program-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Program&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":395,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1241","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/rnainnovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/rnainnovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/rnainnovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/rnainnovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/395"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/rnainnovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1241"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/rnainnovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1358,"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/rnainnovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1241\/revisions\/1358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.ulethbridge.ca\/rnainnovation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}