Erika Behrisch Elce, Royal Military College of Canada

Research

scientific exploration Royal Navy surgeons Victorian Admiralty travel writing

Latest funding

"Every Surgeon Wherever Serving": Chronicling Exploration in Nineteenth-Century Naval Surgeons' Journals
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$31,778
"Science at Sea": Science, the Admiralty, and Nineteenth-century Networks of Influence
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$21,812

All 2 grants and awards

"Every Surgeon Wherever Serving": Chronicling Exploration in Nineteenth-Century Naval Surgeons' Journals

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Behrisch Elce, Erika K.R.

Keywords: scientific exploration; Royal Navy surgeons; Victorian Admiralty; travel writing

$31,778

"Science at Sea": Science, the Admiralty, and Nineteenth-century Networks of Influence

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Behrisch Elce, Erika

Keywords: science; exploration; British Admiralty; popular science; nineteenth century

$21,812

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Write to this professor

A short, specific email works best. This draft uses one of their recent papers; replace the parts in brackets with your own details before sending.

Applying for

Mention their SSHRC grant from 2019

Subject: Prospective PhD student: scientific exploration Dear Professor Behrisch Elce, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on scientific exploration connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project ""Every Surgeon Wherever Serving": Chronicling Exploration in Nineteenth-Century Naval Surgeons' Journals" (2019), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]