The deadline is fast approaching.

Submit your application by Monday, January 11, 2021.

Don’t miss the opportunity to hire a PICS intern to support your climate action programs. PICS internships support the hiring of university students and recent graduates at the workplaces of governments, NGOs, industry and communities within British Columbia that are pursuing climate change mitigation and adaptation research, planning or implementation.

PICS will provide $12,000 to BC provincial, regional, and local governments, and BC-based non-governmental agencies, indigenous communities, private companies and Crown corporations to hire a student intern for a minimum of 13 weeks. Successful applicants may top up this contribution to provide an appropriate wage for the student’s level of education and experience.

Eligible students must be enrolled in a full-time undergraduate or graduate program at one of the four PICS partner institutions: UVIC, UBC, SFU or UNBC. Students must either be returning to complete their degree programs following the internship or have completed their programs the semester prior to the start of the internship.

For information about this annual call please read the Internship Program Guide and submit an Internship Application Form, or visit the PICS website.

The Health System Impact (HSI) Fellowship (for doctoral trainees and post-doctoral fellows) provides highly-qualified doctoral trainees (doctoral students) and post-doctoral fellows studying health services and policy research (HSPR), or related fields, a unique opportunity to apply their research and analytic talents to critical challenges in health care that are being addressed by health system and related organizations (e.g., public, private for-profit, not-for-profit, and Indigenous health organizations that are not universities) outside of the traditional scholarly setting, and to also develop professional experience, new skills, and networks.

Value: $50,000 for 1 year for Doctoral applicants, $77,500 per year for up to 2 years for Postdoctoral applicants

Please note that this award opportunity requires the signature of the “Authorized Official at the Institution Paid”, which at UBC is done by the Office of Research Services.

For more information, including eligibility requirements and application procedures, refer to the award opportunity listing on ResearchNet.  This competition is externally administered, so questions about this funding opprtunity should be directed to CIHR: support@cihr-irsc.gc.ca.

Holiday Reminders

Dear LFS students,

As the winter break draws closer, we would like to wish you a merry Christmas and a happy new year 2021! We hope you can enjoy a much-needed break from work and all the zoom meetings while observing the provincial health orders.

For those that decide to continue working in LFS buildings during the winter break, please note that weekend and statuary holiday access requires special approval by lfs-restart@lists.ubc.ca. LFS offices will be closed during the winter break so we recommend you to review the UBC work alone policy and ensure that a proper procedure is set up in case of emergency.

The faculty will recommend that you refrain from non essential travel during the winter break. If you must travel, we strongly recommend you to work from home for 2 weeks prior to accessing any LFS buildings as a safety precaution.

If you would like updates on UBC’s covid response, please find them here. If you are looking for specific information in our faculty, you can find them here.

Happy Holiday!

Cheers,

LFS Research Resumption Planning Committee

CGS Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements – 3rd intake for 2020-2021

The Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements (CGS-MSFSS) Program supports high-calibre Canadian graduate students in building global linkages and international networks through the pursuit of exceptional research experiences at research institutions abroad. By accessing international scientific research and training, CGS-MSFSS recipients will contribute to strengthening the potential for collaboration between Canadian and foreign institutions.

This program is available to Canadian citizens or permanent residents who hold a Tri-Agency Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS) at the Master’s or doctoral level or a Vanier CGS. Note that international students who hold a Vanier CGS are not eligible for this competition.

CIHR and NSERC have launched a third intake for the 2020-2021 MSFSS competition with the intention of awarding the remaining supplements from the two previous intakes. CIHR has sufficient funds for approximately 27 awards (nationally) and NSERC has sufficent funds for 24 awards (nationally). Eligible applications will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Complete and eligible applications will be forwarded to CIHR and NSERC as they are received by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.  Note that SSHRC is not participating in this special “3rd call” MSFSS competition this year, so SSHRC award holders are not eligible to apply for this competition.

Award value: Up to CAD $6,000 for two to six months

Applicant deadline: First come, first served – Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications well in advance of the application deadline: 4:00 pm PST on Friday, 22 January 2021.

For details about this competition, please see: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/canada-graduate-scholarship-michael-smith-foreign-study-supplement-3rd-call

Just a quick note that the online application to apply for May 2021 graduation is open.  You can access it via your SSC account.

The application will be open online until Feb 26, 2021.  After that, Grad Studies will have a downloadable form on their website the students can use to apply.  Online is much easier to use so I suggest to do that if you can.

Please remember that you MUST apply to be considered for May 2021 graduation.  If you don’t apply you don’t graduate.  If you have a chance of finishing for May then please apply.

There is NO cost to apply.  If you don’t make the deadlines that is ok (it does not show up on your permanent record anywhere).

Happy holidays and good health to you all!

Rock.

Rockne Hewko
Academic Support Manager
Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies | Office of the Dean
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus
Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies 170-6371 Crescent Road | Vancouver BC | V6T1Z2 Canada
Phone 604 822 2935
rockne.hewko@ubc.ca
https://www.grad.ubc.ca/