INTERNAL DEADLINE: June 11, 2021

Please notify me about your intention of applying by June 4th

Aboriginal Graduate Fellowship Bridge Funding

The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies will match funds provided by graduate programs (to a maximum of $8,000 per student and to a maximum of $50,000 for the program in total) to support Master’s Indigenous students registered at the UBC-Vancouver campus for the 2021/22 academic year (i.e., from 1 September 2021 to 31 August 2022). This funding is intended to support students until they can apply for the next regular Aboriginal Graduate Fellowship competition in February 2022. It is also intended to support students who were not successful in receiving other funding, such as Tri-Agency CGSM, Affiliated Fellowships etc., for the 2021/22 academic year.

Students who already hold significant funding ($16,000 /year or greater) for the 2021/22 academic year will not be considered for AGF Bridge funding.  The AGF Bridge is specifically meant to “bridge” applicants who lack funding until they can apply for major award competitions in the fall and spring.  Award winners are selected on the basis of academic merit through a competition administered by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.

Important note: As of this year’s competition, PhD students will not be considered for AGF Bridge funding.  All PhD students who would otherwise be eligible (ie. in the eligible months of study range of years 1-4) are covered by the minimum PhD funding policy and so they are already receiving “significant funding”.

Applicant deadline: Internal application deadline: June 11, 2021

Graduate program nomination deadline: Friday, 25 June 2021 at 4:00 pm PST

Annual Value: up to $8,000 per student from the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, must be matched by the graduate program

Further information, including application and nominaiton procedures, is available on the Graduate Studies website: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/aboriginal-graduate-fellowship-bridge-funding

Eligibility:

• All Indigenous Master’s graduate students are eligible to apply, but priority is given to Indigenous Master’s graduate 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.
• Applicants must be registered in a UBC-Vancouver Master’s graduate program as full-time students as of September 2021.  Incoming and current Master’s graduate students are both eligible to apply.

• PhD students will not be considered for AGF Bridge funding.  All PhD students who would otherwise be eligible (ie. in the eligible months of study range of years 1-4) are covered by the minimum PhD funding policy and so they are already receiving “significant funding”.

• Months of Study
  • To be eligible to hold AGF funding as a Master’s student, applicants must have completed, as of December 31, 2020, no more than 12 months of full-time (or full-time equivalent) Master’s-level study (at UBC and/or elsewhere).
  • All previous studies at the graduate level, regardless of institution and discipline, will be included in determining eligibility.
• Students who already hold significant funding ($16,000 /year or greater) for the 2021/22 academic year will not be considered for AGF Bridge funding.  The AGF Bridge is specifically meant to “bridge” applicants who lack funding until they can apply for major award competitions in the fall and spring.

 

Kind regards,

Lia Maria

Lia Maria DRAGAN (She, Her, Hers)

Admissions & Administrative Coordinator
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
University of British Columbia / Vancouver Campus /Musqueam Traditional Territory
#291 – 2357 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4
Tel.: (604) 822-8373
lia.maria@ubc.ca
www.landfood.ubc.ca/graduate/

I respectfully acknowledge that I work and live on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish & Tsleil-Wauthuth Nations.