if anyone believes that s/he is eligible to apply for this award ASAP. Thank you, Basia The 2014 Canadian Student Health Research Forum (CSHRF) will be held June 10-12, 2014 in Winnipeg. The aim of the CSHRF is to provide a venue for the networking, research exposure and recognition of Canada’s most promising research trainees […]

EDCP application deadline for this award is March 18, 2014, 4:00 pm Rick Hansen “Man In Motion” Fellowship The Rick Hansen “Man in Motion” Fellowships are made available by the University of British Columbia to honour the incredible determination and many personal achievements of Rick Hansen.  Two fellowships, valued at $16,000 per year, are awarded […]

Friedman Scholars Program Deadline: March 20, 2014  If you intend to apply, please inform the Graduate and Postdoctoral Research Coordinator at med.research@ubc.ca The goal of the Constance Livingstone-Friedman and Sydney Friedman Foundation Scholarships in Health Sciences is to provide funding to graduate students or medical residents so that they can pursue a learning opportunity to […]

To: Students in the Faculty of Education The Faculty of Education has developed a proposal that will permit students who complete a graduate certificate to “ladder” a portion of those fees toward a subsequent, related master’s degree. The anticipated savings in master’s tuition for laddered certificates is approximately 30%. We are seeking your feedback on […]

Green College at UBC invites nominations for the O’Riordan Fellowship in Sustainable Development, worth $3,500 p.a. and tenable for up to four years, open to PhD students newly admitted to UBC programs in 2014. Deadline for nominations is Monday 3 February 2014. The nominated student does NOT need to be applying for resident membership of […]

Hi GSFE, The application form for the GSFE Small Project funding is now available online for viewing and download. 2013-2014 GSFE Small Project Funding You may refer students interest at applying to the GSFE blog, where they will find info about the funding and a link to the online form. Alternatively, to any student who […]

The following message is being sent on behalf of Alex Bayne, Director of Integrated Strategies, Human Resources, to Heads Up (Vancouver campus). Please visit http://www.focusonpeople.ubc.ca/awards/presidents-awards-for-staff/ for full information on the awards. Do you know UBC staff who have made outstanding contributions to the University community? Faculty, staff and students are invited to submit nominations for this […]

Ted T. Aoki Prize for Outstanding Dissertation in Curriculum Studies All Faculty of Education PhD supervisors are invited to nominate one of their Winter 2013 PhD graduates whose work resides in the field of curriculum for the Ted T. Aoki Prize.  A prize worth approximately $325 has been endowed in honour of the contributions of […]

Were you a Graduate TA in the Faculty of Education in 2013-2014 or 2012-2013? Do you have positive SCETs? Has your teaching been excellent and contributed to the Faculty of Education? Nominate yourself or ask your supervisor to nominate you for the Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) Teaching Awards  Three awards of a certificate and $1,000 […]

CIHR Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement – Third round of competition In order to allocate their full funding for the 2013/2014 fiscal year, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is holding an additional competition for the Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement. Applicants will be adjudicated directly by CIHR on a first come, first served […]

We are pleased to announce the 2013-14 Harry E. Taylor Canadian Indigenous Graduate Prize in Education.  A prize of approximately $650 has been endowed through the bequest from Stanley Taylor to honour his father, Harry E. Taylor, for Canadian Indigenous students in a graduate program who are specializing in research that will have a positive […]

We are pleased to announce the 2013-14 Verna J. Kirkness (Ni-jing-jada) Award.  Awards totaling $1,350 have been endowed by friends, colleagues and the University of British Columbia in honour of Dr. Verna J. Kirkness (Ni-jing-jada), the founding director of the First Nations House of Learning and the Ts”Kel Graduate Studies Program. The awards are offered […]

2013-2014 WENDY K. SUTTON GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP IN EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY (#1998) We are pleased to announce a new funding opportunity for Education graduate students.  The Wendy K. Sutton Graduate Scholarship in Early Childhood Literacy are scholarships totaling $315 that have been endowed by Dr. Wendy K. Sutton, a specialist in children’s literature and a dedicated […]

PhD Studentship at the University of Leeds The research project Translation and translanguaging: Investigating linguistic and cultural transformations in superdiverse wards in four UK cities, funded by the AHRC, is running at the Universities of Birmingham Cardiff and Leeds, and Birkbeck College, University of London, from April 2014 to March 2018. The project is led […]

2014 Graduate Student Paper Award Call for Papers We are pleased to announce a call for papers for our inaugural Graduate Student Paper Award. The award will recognize one graduate student‘s work for its contribution to this year’s conference theme “Ethical Engagement among Communities without Consensus.” Submissions will be reviewed by members of the Graduate Student Committee and then submitted for final […]