Graduate students who are registered in any UBC graduate program are eligible to apply for this award.

A $1,500 award is offered annually by Beverley O’Brien for graduate students pursuing research into woman-centered, holistic and physiologic maternity care. Beverley O’Brien is a UBC Nursing alumna, Professor Emerita in the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Nursing, and a Registered Midwife. There is a strong preference for this award to go to a nurse or midwife pursuing graduate work. The focus of the graduate work must be on strengthening mothers through the development of research evidence.

For full details about eligibility and application process, please see https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/strengthening-mothers-through-perinatal-research-award

The application deadline is April 15, 2017.