INTERNAL DEADLINE – Feb 12, 2021

SSHRC Talent Award – 2021 Competition

The SSHRC Talent Award recognizes outstanding achievement by an individual who, on April 1, 2021, holds a SSHRC doctoral or postdoctoral fellowship or scholarship. The Talent Award ($50,000 value) is given to an individual who maintains academic excellence, has a talent for research and knowledge mobilization, and has demonstrated clear potential to be a future leader within and/or outside the academic sector.

One Talent Award will be awarded by SSHRC from the nominations submitted by Canadian universities. The Talent Award may be taken up as a fellowship to fund the recipient’s doctoral or postdoctoral research over a one-year period, or may be used, within one year of receiving the award, as a grant to support research, knowledge mobilization or other research-related activities. At least 10 per cent of the award funds must be used to promote the recipient’s research achievements.

Eligibility: A nominee must be a citizen or permanent resident of Canada at the time of nomination, must be an active social sciences and humanities researcher or student, and must hold a SSHRC doctoral or postdoctoral fellowship or scholarship on April 1, 2021.

Nomination Deadline: Complete nomination packages must be received by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (G+PS) by 4:00 pm on Friday, 26 February 2021.

For nomination procedures, please consult the G+PS website (https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/sshrc-talent-award). The contact for this funding opportunity is Natalie Thorson (natalie.thorson@ubc.ca).

INTERNAL Deadline – Jan 29, 2021

Please notify Lia (lia.maria@ubc.ca) about your intention of applying by January 15, 2021

Aboriginal Graduate Fellowships

The University of British Columbia offers multi-year fellowships to Master’s and Doctoral Indigenous students. Award winners are selected on the basis of academic merit through an annual competition, administered by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. Approximately a dozen new fellowships are offered each year.

Each fellowship provides a stipend of $18,200 per year for Doctoral students or a stipend of $16,175 per year for Master’s students. Additionally, AGF recipients are eligible to receive tuition funding. Tuition funding will not exceed the current value of the standard Doctoral or Master’s degree tuition fees. Applicants for Master’s funding will receive fellowship funding until the end of their second year of Master’s studies; applicants for Doctoral funding will receive fellowship funding for four years or until the end of their fifth year of Doctoral studies, whichever comes first.  In all cases, continued fellowship support is conditional on satisfactory academic progress. Recipients of Master’s fellowship funding must re-apply to be considered for Doctoral funding.

All Indigenous students are eligible to apply, but priority is given to Indigenous students whose traditional territory falls, at least in part, within Canada. This includes Canadian First Nations, Métis or Inuit students and may include Indigenous students from Alaska and other states of the USA. The University may request further information to confirm Indigenous eligibility.

For complete application and nomination details, see: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/aboriginal-graduate-fellowships

Internal application deadline: January 29, 2021
Graduate program nomination deadline: Friday, 12 February 2021 at 4:00 pm

Join Dean Rickey Yada and LFS faculty, staff and students at the LFS Holiday Café!

In this online social, we will usher in the holiday season, and recognize outstanding service through our annual faculty, staff and graduate student awards.

Also… this is a riff off the usual LFS Research Café, where we typically learn about one of our faculty member’s research programs. As this year is unique in every way, our new faculty members who joined UBC in 2020 – Gurcharn Brar, Matias Margulis, Risa Sargent, Tamara Cohen and Thorsten Knipfer – will present in a quick-round Research Café.

Photos wanted!  We welcome any seasonal photos showing you, your ‘social bubble’ and pets getting into a wintery, holiday mode. If you want to be part of the LFS Holiday Café slideshow, email your pictures to Karen.lee98@ubc.ca before Monday, Dec. 14 with ‘Slideshow’ in the subject line.

We hope to see you there!  Send any questions to Karen.lee98@ubc.ca or eric.skalij@ubc.ca.

Zoom meeting link – LFS Holiday Café
Wednesday, December 16, 3:00-4:30 pm

https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68416237102?pwd=Nm9wbW91SlJ5blNNT3N0OFBJL3FDQT09

Meeting ID: 684 1623 7102

Passcode: 432308

 

Cheers,

Karen Lee & Eric Skalij (LFS Communications)

Duncan McHugh (LFS Learning Centre)

 

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Karen Lee  (She, Her, Hers)
Director of Marketing and Communications
Faculty of Land and Food Systems | Room 235
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
H.R. MacMillan, 2357 Main Mall | Vancouver British Columbia | V6T 1Z4 Canada
Phone 604 827 5297 | Cell 604 312 6343
karen.lee98@ubc.ca | @ubcLFS
http://www.landfood.ubc.ca

BC NEIHR Indigenous Graduate and Postdoctoral Funding

To develop research skills and assist with student burdens related to financial, family, community and cultural responsibilities, the BC NEIHR supports Indigenous (First Nations, Métis and Inuit) graduate students and postdoctoral fellows by annual competitions for Master’s and Doctoral scholarships and biennial (every two years) for Post-Doctoral fellowships.

Master’s Scholarship Program

The BC NEIHR launches an annual competition for nine (9) Master’s Scholarships valued at $17,500 each. Each year, recipients are invited to a Learning and Sharing Circle (with funded Indigenous communities, collectives and organizations), where they present their work and speak about their participation in this Scholarship program.

Value: $17,500 for 1 year
Application Deadline: 15 January 2021

Doctoral Scholarship Program

The BC NEIHR launches an annual competition for three (3) Doctoral Scholarships valued at $35,000 each. Each year, recipients are invited to a Learning and Sharing Circle (with funded Indigenous communities, collectives and organizations), where they present their work and speak about their participation in this Scholarship program.

Value: $35,000 per year for up to 2 years
Application Deadline: 15 January 2021

Postdoctoral Fellowship Program

The BC NEIHR launches a competition for Postdoctoral Fellowship(s) every two (2) years. Should more funds become available, additional fellowships may be awarded. Recipients are invited to a Learning and Sharing Circle (with funded Indigenous graduate students as well as communities, collectives and organizations), where they present their work and speak about their participation in this Fellowship program.

Value: $59,398 per year (varying duration)
Application Deadline: 15 January 2021

For more information, including application procedures and detailed eligibility requirements, please see https://onlineacademiccommunity.uvic.ca/bcneihr/graduate-and-post-doctoral-funding/.  Questions about these opportunities should be directed to the Network Coordinator at bcneihr@uvic.ca. 

On Behalf of the LFS Graduate & Postdoctoral Office

To:  LFS Graduate Students

We hope this email finds you well.  It’s hard to believe we’re coming to the end of another year, but what an interesting year it’s been!

We wanted to inform you of a new program starting this month.  The LFS Graduate & Postdoctoral Office will begin offering mandatory annual Academic & Wellness Check in’s with all research-based students (these check-in’s are also available for all professional program students as well, although not mandatory).  These individual zoom meetings will cover several topics including academic progress, funding, and wellbeing.

As access to our office has been restricted due to COVID,  it’s important that you feel supported by us and that you are aware of resources and services available to you, even if most of you still aren’t on campus.

Students can book their appointment through Canvas (instructions are attached).  At present, there are a limited number of appointments available this month to accommodate those students who may have pressing issues.  There will be additional appointments scheduled in the new year.

We hope you will find these meetings valuable.  Please don’t ever hesitate to contact us if you need anything.  We are here to help you.

Sincerely,

Sean, Shelley and Lia

The LFS Graduate & Postdoctoral Office