Day: June 20, 2014

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June 20: SSHRC/ CIHR/ NSERC/ Affiliated Fellowship Information Panel (July 30, 2014)

Are you a Faculty of Education graduate student applying for a SSHRC/ CIHR/ NSERC/ Affiliated Fellowship this year?

If so, please join us in an Information Panel for Education Graduate Students!

 

Find out answers to the following questions—and more:

 

  • What makes an excellent program of study description as part of your proposal?
  • What should you include in your description of your track record?
  • What is the best way to interact with/ approach referees?

At the panel you will be able to have your questions answered by faculty/ student/ staff experts.


When: 1:30 – 3:00pm, Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Where: Neville Scarfe Building, Room 310

 

Space is limited, so please RSVP by 12:00pm, Friday, July 25, 2014 by filling out the online RSVP Form at the following link:ogpr.educ.ubc.ca/july-2014-info-session

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Funding and Awards

June 20: Call for nominations: WAGS Distinguished Master’s Thesis, and Innovation in Technology Awards

WAGS/UMI Master’s Thesis and Technology Awards

Award value: $1,000 or $1,500

Deadline: Ask your graduate program, Faculty of Graduate Studies deadline is 4:00 p.m. 18 July, 2014

 

Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award –  Nominations for the 2014-2015 WAGS/UMI Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award will be accepted from any graduate program or department that offers a master’s degree. The scholarly “product” eligible for this competition is a formal written thesis. Nominees must have earned the master’s degree within the period of July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014. Each program can submit one nomination in each of the following categories:

 

  1. Humanities, Social Sciences, Education, and Business
  2. Biological Sciences, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Life Sciences and Engineering (STEM category)

 

Innovation in Technology Award – This award may be given either to a master’s thesis or to a doctoral dissertation for the development of an innovative technology and its utilization for the creative solution of a major problem. Nominees must have earned the master’s or doctoral degree within the period of July 1, 2013, through June 30, 2014.

 

For more information about this competition, please see the Graduate Awards website: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/wagsumi-masters-thesis-technology-awards

 

The contact at the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for this competition is Joanne Tsui (joanne.tsui@ubc.ca).

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