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:
- Humanities, Social Sciences, Education, and Business
- 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).