Graduate Research Awards for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation - Report of the 2018 Award Winners Seminar
Global Affairs Canada
Lester B. Pearson Building
Ottawa, Canada
March 1, 2018
The Graduate Research Awards for Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation (GRA) is a joint programme of The Simons Foundation and the International Security Research and Outreach Programme of Global Affairs Canada with the primary objective to enhance Canadian graduate level scholarship on non-proliferation, arms control and disarmament (NACD) issues.
We are pleased to acknowledge this year’s Graduate Research Award recipients who each received a cash award of CAD$5,000 and participated in the 2017-2018 Graduate Research Award Winners Seminar hosted by Global Affairs Canada in Ottawa on March 1, 2018.
- Shahryar Pasandideh is a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at The George Washington University.
- Reid Pauly is a PhD candidate in Political Science at MIT and a Predoctoral Fellow at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.
- Rachel Schmidt is a PhD candidate at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs at Carleton University.
- Gregor Sharp is a PhD candidate in Political Science at the University of British Columbia and a research associate at The Arctic Institute.
Please see the report below for copies of the papers presented by the successful applicants and addresses made by representatives of The Simons Foundation and Global Affairs Canada at the 2018 Graduate Research Award Winners Seminar in Ottawa.