Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships

The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGS) program is designed to attract and retain world-class doctoral students by supporting students who demonstrate both leadership skills and a high standard of scholarly achievement in graduate studies in the social sciences and humanities, natural sciences and engineering, and health-related fields. Canadian citizens, permanent residents of Canada, and international students are eligible to be nominated for a Vanier Scholarship, which is valued at $50,000 per year for up to three years.

The application is completed online on ResearchNet:
https://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/LoginServlet

UBC Vanier application deadline: 12 noon (PDT – Vancouver time) on Thursday, 2 September 2021

Graduate program nomination deadline: 4:00 pm PDT on Tuesday, 21 September 2021.

Note:

• Given the continuing challenges related to COVID-19 and the difficulty of obtaining/processing paper transcripts, it is recommended that applicants order official transcripts that can be sent electronically from their previous institutions to UBC, rather than by mail, where possible.
• Vanier CGS requires official transcripts – unofficial transcripts are not accepted for non-UBC transcripts.  For details on transcript requrements, applicants are recommended to review our Vanier webpage (section ‘ Application Procedures’).

For more information, including eligibility requirements, application procedures, and nomination procedures, please visit our Vanier webpage: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/vanier-scholarship

Important note on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion:  The Vanier CGS program encourages equity, diversity and inclusion, as part of the Tri-Agency’s broader commitment to excellence in research and research training in Canada. Resources for applicants, institutions, referees and the selection committees are available at:
http://www.vanier.gc.ca/en/equity_diversity_inclusion-equite_diversite_inclusion.html

 

Applicants are encouraged to review the resources before they begin writing their application.

The UBC Sustainability Initiative (USI) is again offering UBC graduate students the opportunity to work on funded sustainability internship projects. Projects begin October 15, 2021. Current UBC graduate students from all academic disciplines are encouraged to apply.

Further information on the available internship projects can be found on the Sustainability Scholars Program web page. Applications close at midnight Sunday September 19, 2021.

I would greatly appreciate if you would please circulate the details provided below to your grad students.

If you have any questions about the program or projects, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Thank you for your help in notifying your graduate students about these opportunities!

All the best,

Karen Taylor

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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – UBC SUSTAINABILITY SCHOLARS (PAID INTERNSHIPS, WINTER TERM) 

The UBC Sustainability Initiative (USI) is pleased to offer UBC graduate students the opportunity to work on funded sustainability-related internship projects.

We are currently accepting applications for internships that start October 15, 2021. Current UBC graduate students from all academic disciplines are encouraged to confirm the eligibility requirements and apply.

Successful candidates will work with a mentor from the partner organization, and are immersed in real world learning where they can apply their research skills and contribute to advancing the partner organization’s sustainability goals. Each Scholar receives $6250 to complete 250 hours of work.

For more information on the available projects and to apply, visit the Sustainability Scholars Program website.

Applications will be accepted until midnight Sunday September 19.

We also appreciate your help by circulating this notice to anyone in your grad student network that may be interested!

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Karen Taylor  MA (she, her)
Manager, Sustainability Scholars Program | UBC Sustainability Initiative
The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory
2343 – 2260 West Mall | Vancouver BC | V6T 1Z4 Canada
Phone 604 822 9362 | karen.taylor@ubc.ca | https://sustain.ubc.ca/scholars

NSERC Information Session

We are pleased to announce that NSERC will be offering a Scholarships and Fellowships information session virtually on Tuesday, August 31, 2021.

The schedule (in PDT) is as follows:

• 10:00 to 11:30 – Streaming of NSERC informational videos (PGS D, CGS D and PDF program information, PGS D, CGS D and PDF online system tutorial, and advice and tips for writing an application); no audience interaction would take place during this portion
• 11:30 to 1:00 – Q&A session for doctoral applicants and postdoctoral applicants

Details of the info session are as follows:

This session will focus solely on NSERC’S doctoral (CGS D/PGS D) and postdoctoral (PDF) programs. The Q&A sessions will be delivered as a WebEx Event and will be supported by a series of informational videos. These videos are intended to completely replace the presentation portion of the NSERC sessions, allowing NSERC staff and applicants to engage in an in-depth and detailed Q&A session.  Participants should watch the informational videos in advance and come to the Q&A session with specific questions in mind. Graduate program staff and advisors are welcome to participate.

If you are interested, please register HERE. The registration link closes at midnight on August 30.  You will receive the WebEx event link in advance of the session.

IODE War Memorial Scholarships

The IODE War Memorial Scholarships support PhD scholars whose research makes important contributions to Canada and the world. Up to three scholarships of $15,000 for study in Canada or for study within the Commonwealth will be awarded for the 2022-2023 academic year. Applicants are judged on academic attainments and promise as well as personal character and career goals.

Eligibility: Applicants must be Canadian citizens, hold a first degree from a Canadian university, and be enrolled in at least the second year of their doctoral program.

Deadlines:

• Letter of Intent: 1 October 2021
• Complete application: 1 November 2021

Interested students submit their letter of intent and application directly to IODE.  For more information, including application procedures, please see:
https://www.iode.ca/iode-war-memorial-scholarship-application.html.

Questions should be directed to: iodewarmemorial@gmail.com.

In the promotional lead up to the start of Homecoming programming, I wanted to share information about the contest RBC is offering to students in celebration of Homecoming this year. The contest is open to all current UBC students and will run from August 30^th to September 26^th, 2021. RBC is awarding two individual prizes for this contest; one for UBCV and UBCO Homecoming.

RBC Homecoming Student Contest Toolkit

Attached is the promotional toolkit and contest images for you to share with any student-focused communicators and on any student channels in our faculty/department.

As in previous years, the success of these student-focused initiatives rely heavily on the support all of you provide in spreading the word. Thank you!

Shannon, if I missed anyone out of this email please forward – I’m hoping colleagues can share and retweet too. Perhaps this could go out a couple of times in LFS Today before the September 26 closing date– so that faculty members can promote in their classes. In previous years we also had some printed (in house photocopies) posters in both MCML, FNH, UBC Farm, UBC Dairy Centre.

Please let me know if you have any further questions.

 

Best,

Niki

 

 

Niki Glenning

(Pronouns: She/Her/Hers)
Alumni Relations Manager

Faculty of Land and Food Systems

The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Territory

Phone: Cell 604 561 0504 | Fax 604 822 6394

Email:niki.glenning@ubc.ca

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