Program Eligibility And Requirements

All BioZone personnel are encouraged to participate in CREATE events and workshops.

To be eligible for travel funding, entrepreneurship support and/or a CREATE stipend, trainees are required to submit a CREATE registration form and encouraged to participate in a working group. Stipend recipients must also complete the requirements below. Upon program completion, trainees may request a University of Toronto Co-Curricular Record (CCR).

MembersProgram Elements
All
  • Supervision by a Professor in the CREATE for BioZone program
  • Work on a project that facilitates the development of biotechnologies for the circular economy
  • Use electronic notebooks​
  • Share all data sets in public repositories and publish in pre-print and open access archives​
  • Participate in AGM and workshops on open science, leadership, TEA/LCA and data visualization
PhD/MSc CREATE Stipend Recipient​
  • Co-supervision by two Professors with unique but complementary expertise​ (note: informal co-supervision through research committees is acceptable; however, formal co-supervision will be weighted more)
  • GROUP A: Completion of two (if PhD) or one (if MSc) of the following new graduate courses (or approved equivalent with similar content):

    • Bioprocess Engineering (e.g., CHE1450H formerly CHE1133)
    • Regulatory Affairs for Biotechnology and Biopharmaceutical Product (e.g., CHE1135H) (Update: CHE1135H, currently unavailable, is expected to be offered in the 2023-2024 academic year)
    • Computation for Bioengineers (R, Python, FAIR Principles)
      • CSB1020H Introduction to R
      • CSB1021H Introduction to Python
      • MMG1002H Foundational Genetic Approaches II (Adv Computational Biology I/II)
      • CHE1125H Modeling and Optimization of Chemical/Biochemical Networks
    • Computational Biology
      • MMG1016 Advanced Computational Biology I
      • MMG1017 Advanced Computational Biology II
    • Multivariate Data Processing
  • GROUP B: Completion one of the following updated graduate courses (or approved equivalent with similar content):

    • Environmental Biotechnology (e.g., CIV541H)
    • Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainability of Engineering Activities (e.g., CIV1307H)
    • Treatment Wetlands (e.g., CIV1399H)
    • Liquid Biofuels (e.g., CHE1123H)
    • Modeling and Optimization of Chemical/Biochemical Networks (e.g., CHE1125H)
    • Advances in Bioengineering (e.g., CHE1134H)
      • BCH2024H Membrane Proteomics in Biomedical Research
    • Data Mining in Engineering (e.g., CHE1147H)
    • Process Data Analytics (e.g., CHE1148H)
      • MAT1510 Deep Learning: Theory and Data Science
    • Engineering Systems Sustainability (e.g., CHE1151H)
    • Environmental Microbiology (e.g., JCC1313H)
  • GROUP C: Completion of one of the following leadership courses (or approved equivalent with similar content):

    • ​Authentic Leadership: Engineering Your Vibrant Future (e.g., TEP1011H formerly APS1011H)
    • Leadership and Leading in Groups and Organizations (e.g., TEP1501H formerly APS1501H)
    • The Science of Emotional Intelligence and its Application to Leadership (e.g., TEP1029H formerly APS1029H)
    • Teaching Engineering in Higher Education (e.g., TEP1203)
    • Engineering Presentations (e.g., TEP1027)
    • Mitacs Training Curriculum (8 Training Modules)
    • Graduate Professional Development for Scientists (Department of Molecular Genetics)
  • 1/3 of CREATE MSc thesis projects will be structured as team projects

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