Call for Nominations – various University graduate awards – deadline 26 April 2013
Graduate programs are invited to submit a nominations for the following awards for the 2012-2013 academic year. The maximum number of nominations that may be submitted by a graduate program for each award are specified below.
Nomination Procedures / Materials
To recommend a student for any of the awards described below, please provide the following:
(i) a letter of nomination (maximum two pages) from the Graduate Advisor, Department Head, or student’s supervisor. The letter must specify (i) why the nominee is eligible for award and (ii) qualities, etc., that make the nominee a strong candidate for award.
(ii) copy of nominee’s CV
(iii) copies of all university-level transcripts to 31 December 2012 (print-out of Academic History from SISC is acceptable for UBC transcript).
Recommendations are to be submitted as scanned PDF documents sent via e-mail to graduate.awards@ubc.ca. Recommendations must be received by the Faculty of Graduate Studies by 4:00pm on Friday 26 April 2013.
6495 Andrew Nord Fellowships in Rheumatology
(maximum two nominations per graduate program)
Fellowships totaling $1,700 have been endowed through a bequest from the Estate of Andrew Nord. Andrew Nord suffered from the effects of arthritis from the age of 15 and the goal for his bequest is “to prevent the disease from its devastating onslaught, to find better ways to live with the disease, and to find the cause, leading to a cure once and for all.” Doctoral students engaged in rheumatology research in any faculty at UBC are eligible for the fellowships.
Shaun GAUTHIER (Shaun G) Scholarship in Cancer Research
(maximum two nominations per graduate program)
Scholarships totalling $1,000 have been endowed by friends and family of Shaun Gauthier who was a brilliant, intelligent, vibrant young man who touched many lives and had a wonderful enthusiasm for life. Candidates must be focused on cancer research with preference that the scholarships go to students specializing in soft tissue sarcoma, specifically Angiosarcoma.
151 Hong Kong-Canada Business Association Scholarship
(maximum one nomination per graduate program)
A $6,000 scholarship has been endowed by the Hong Kong-Canada Business Association, Vancouver Section to assist graduate students who have an academic focus on Asia to undertake formal studies or project research in Hong Kong for a period of not less than eight weeks.
6475 Ibn Battuta Award for Field Research
(maximum two nominations per graduate program)
Travel awards of up to $3,000 are offered to graduate students in any field of study who wish to conduct field research in the following Muslim-majority countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Comoros, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, Libya, Maldives, Mauritania, Morocco, Occupied Palestinian Territory, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Xinjiang (Western China) and Yemen. To be considered, graduate students must have a minimum overall GPA of 80% in their last two years of study. Candidates should also have completed at least one course in field research methods, or be able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge.
472 R E McKechnie Graduate Scholarship
(maximum one nomination per graduate program)
A scholarship of $950 endowed through a bequest from the late Chancellor R. E. McKechnie, is awarded on the recommendation of the Faculty of Graduate Studies to a deserving graduate student at the University of British Columbia who is proceeding to a M.A. or M.Sc. degree.
4817 Wendy Fan Memorial Scholarship
(maximum one nomination per graduate program)
A $2,975 scholarship has been endowed in memory of Wendy Fan. The award is offered to a student who is entering graduate study in either Science, Applied Science, Medicine or Commerce and Business Administration and who has received his or her undergraduate degree at an institution outside of North America.
6473 Warren George Povey Award in Global Health
(maximum two nominations per graduate program)
Awards totalling $1,550 have been endowed to graduate students in any discipline who are dedicated to working on global health issues in honour of Dr. Warren George Povey and his contributions in teaching that span over 50 years on every continent and at every level of education from Traditional Birth Attendants in Mozambique to Midwives, Nurses and Physicians and in recent year’s graduate students from many disciplines working on global health issues. Dr. Povey is a pioneering scholar in global health and is passionate about addressing the social, political and economic determinants of health and gender equity in the interest of promoting social justice around the world. He pioneered the International Health course at UBC and has also taught global health at University of Washington.
4850 Pacifica Family Addiction Foundation Geoffrey Lane Nanson Scholarship
(maximum one nomination per graduate program)
A $1, 000 scholarship is offered by the Pacifica Foundation in honour of Dr. Geoffrey Lane Nanson to a graduate student whose research work focuses on issues concerning women with chemical dependency or alcoholism.
493 Effie I. LEFEAUX Scholarship in Mental Retardation
(maximum two nominations per graduate program)
One or more scholarships to a total of $1,300 are offered to graduate students working in the area of mental retardation. The funds are provided through a bequest from the estate of Effie I. Lefeaux.
6588 Rev. Dr. Bernard J. O’CONNOR Scholarship
(maximum one nomination per graduate program)
One $3,000 scholarship is offered to a graduate student in the second or subsequent year(s) of study who is in the process of researching and writing his or her thesis on a subject related to numismatics, which is the art, science, and history of coins, medals, tokens, paper money and related financial instruments. Research and writing may be in areas such as the numismatics of Canada, fine art and money, banking history, the history of collecting, metallurgy and money, and economic history. The scholarship is in honour of Bernie O’Connor, who was a lifelong collector who specialized in the specie of pre-Confederation Canada.