How to Join

Are you interested in joining the ADVENTOR Program?

 

Natural Sciences and Engineering (NSE) and non-NSE graduate-level (Master's or PhD) students are invited to take an interdisciplinary approach to their learning, research, and professional development!

If you are interested in studying and solving challenges regarding robots in human-occupied spaces, follow the steps below.

Our Universities

Check out the graduate programs, and admission requirements for our affiliated universities. ADVENTOR trainees must be enrolled in at one of our universities as a graduate-level student.

Our Supervisors

Review our supervisors. 

 

ADVENTOR trainees must have an ADVENTOR supervisor as their primary research supervisor. 

ADVENTOR trainees must have a co-supervisor. Co-supervisors can be another ADVENTOR supervisor or an ADVENTOR academic collaborator.

New collaborations are possible if the potential co-supervisor is interested in joining the ADVENTOR Program as a collaborator. 

Get to know our academic collaborators

Co-supervisors are encouraged, but optional for non-funded applications. Funded applications without a signed-on co-supervisor will be considered after those with a confirmed co-supervisor.

Get to know our supervisors

Application Process

The ADVENTOR trainee application is completed as 3 separate documents. 

  1. Complete the ADVENTOR Trainee Application document (linked below). This document requires applicants to provide their information for administration purposes.. Please pay attention to the information on the application, such as funding terms, and deadlines. 
    • Save this document as a PDF with the title: LastName-FirstName-ProposedYear-AppInfo
  2. Answer the "CREATE ADVENTOR Application Questions" found on page 5 of the Trainee Application document. 
    • Save this as a separate PDF with the title: LastName-FirstName-ProposedYear-App
  3. Prepare your most recent CV in PDF format with the title: LastName-FirstName-ProposedYear-CV
  4. Submit these three PDFs in a single email to adventor@queensu.ca by the deadline with the subject line: LastName-FirstName-ProposedYear
  5. Applications will be reviewed by the ADVENTOR Admissions Committee. You will be notified of the results once a decision has been made. 

Signatures are required by all proposed supervisors for the application to be considered. 

ADVENTOR Trainee Application

Important Dates

Important months for the ADVENTOR trainee applications for 2026

Questions?

Contact Sara Fraser, the ADVENTOR Program Coordinator, for more information.

ADVENTOR Email
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