Killam Doctoral Scholarship awardees – 2014-2015 competition
The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is pleased to announce the new Killam Doctoral Scholarship recipients for 2014-2015 academic year. The Killam Doctoral Scholarships are provided annually from the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Fund for Advanced Studies. These are the most prestigious graduate awards available at UBC, and are awarded to the top doctoral candidates in the annual Tri-Agency / Affiliated Fellowships competition. The scholarships include a stipend of up to $30,000 per annum for two years and a $2,000 allowance for research-related travel during the 24 months of the scholarship.
2014-2015 Killam Doctoral Scholarship Awardees
(in alphabetical order)
Kaylee Byers, Interdisciplinary Studies
Addison Desnoyer, Chemistry
Miriam Matejova, Political Science
Ellen Stephenson, Psychology
Marc Tadaki, Geography
Francis Therrien, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Mary Turri, Educational and Counselling Psychology
Xian Wang, History
Once doctoral funding offers from CIHR and SSHRC are announced, we should be in a position to offer more Killam Doctoral Scholarships to the next-ranked applicants from the competition.