Welcome !

The CIFAR Quantum Materials Summer School will be held on May 4-7 2014 in Montreal. Graduate students and postdocs of the CIFAR Quantum Materials Program Members are invited to attend our 3 days of lectures and tutorials on quantum materials. The goals of this school are to prepare students for the CIFAR main meeting to follow, offer accessible talks from key researchers of the program and enable students from the program to meet and exchange. We aim to make this school an important part of your graduate career.

The registration fees are as follows (may be subject to change):

Summer school only : $250
Summer school & main meeting : $500

CIFAR will cover the travel and accommodation costs for two students per program member.

CIFAR's travel policy applies to the summer school. Please familiarize yourself with it and contact us if you have any questions. After the summer school, eligible travel and meal expenses are reimbursed through CIFAR using the CIFAR Expense Claim Form.

There is a maximum of 80 student & postdoc participants.

If you have questions, please write to us at cifarqmss@gmail.com

The summer school is being run by volunteer student organizers from Université de Sherbrooke (UdeS) and McGill University. The members of the organizing committee are:

CIFAR Website

SFU Website

UBC Website