{"id":835,"date":"2026-03-20T12:39:03","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/dino-lab\/?p=835"},"modified":"2026-05-11T09:25:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T15:25:17","slug":"marks-kucher-award-2026-student-bursary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/dino-lab\/2026\/03\/20\/marks-kucher-award-2026-student-bursary\/","title":{"rendered":"Marks-Kucher Award 2026 Student Bursary"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Marks-Kucher Award 2026 Student Bursary!<\/p>\n

This award is intended to provide an opportunity for up to 6 students (current or prospective, graduate or undergraduate) to gain introductory field experience in vertebrate paleontology by partaking in the excavation of a dinosaur quarry and prospecting in Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta. This bursary covers the fees of a 3-day Guided Excavation and Prospecting program, from June 26th \u2013 June 28th, 2026 and onsite accommodations at Dinosaur Provincial Park.<\/p>\n

Applications are due by Monday, June 1st, 2026.<\/b><\/p>\n

Note that all applications require a supervisor\u2019s signature to be admitted into this competition. Questions about the award may be directed to me at\u00a0andre.mueller@gov.ab.ca<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The application package is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Marks-Kucher Award 2026 Student Bursary! This award is intended to provide an opportunity for up to 6 students (current or prospective, graduate or undergraduate) to gain introductory field experience in vertebrate paleontology by partaking in the excavation of a dinosaur quarry and prospecting […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2139,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/dino-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/dino-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/dino-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/dino-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2139"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/dino-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=835"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/dino-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":951,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/dino-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835\/revisions\/951"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/dino-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/dino-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grad.biology.ualberta.ca\/dino-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}