Year: 2013

URGENT: Thesis registration for research students

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Dear research students,

Please register for the thesis course.

There are still many of you who are NOT registered. If you have doubt about which course is the thesis course, please contact Lia.maria@ubc.ca.

Be reminded that students must register and pay fees year-round throughout their degree programs, including the time when they have finished courses and are working on their thesis. If not:

  • they will be put on financial hold
  • they cannot claim income tax benefits
  • payment of any awards may be interrupted

Students who have few or no courses at any time during their degree program may assume that they no longer have to pay fees. Graduate program fees are assessed on an annual basis (not a per-course basis), and are payable in three installments per year. These installments are still due whether the student is taking courses or not.

Students in thesis programs must register in the thesis course after they have finished their other courses and are working on their theses.
https://www.grad.ubc.ca/admissions-records-manual/registration

Call for Nominations: NSERC Doctoral Awards

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Summary

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) provides financial support to outstanding eligible students pursuing master’s or doctoral studies in a Canadian university in natural sciences and engineering.  The NSERC website is now updated for the Fall 2013 NSERC Doctoral Awards competition. The site includes a link to the online application form.

Deadline

Deadline for applications to be submitted by students to their graduate program:  Monday, September 30, 2013 – Please note:  THIS IS A FIRM DEADLINE.  Incomplete applications received after this date will NOT BE CONSIDERED.  All supporting documentation (letters of references, transcripts, etc.), MUST be received by the LFS Graduate Office by this deadline.

Call for Nominations: SSHRC Doctoral Awards

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Summary

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) provides financial support to outstanding eligible students pursuing master’s or doctoral studies in a Canadian university in social sciences or humanities.  The SSHRC website is now updated for the Fall 2013 SSHRC Doctoral Awards competition. The site includes a link to the online application form.

Important Changes  

  1. When calculating eligibility for funding, months of previous doctoral study will now be counted as of December 31 of the year of application (not as of the anticipated start date of the award)
  2. Students who are or will be registered in a (a) combined MA/PhD, (b) fast-track program (accelerated from a Master’s program into a doctoral program without obtaining the Master’s degree) or (c) direct-entry doctoral program may be eligible to apply to the Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s Scholarship program (CGS M), provided that they have completed between zero and 12 months of graduate-level studies by December 31 of the year of application.

Deadlines

Deadline for applications to be submitted by students to their graduate program:  Monday, September 30, 2013 – Please note:  THIS IS A FIRM DEADLINE.  Incomplete applications received after this date will NOT BE CONSIDERED.  All supporting documentation (letters of references, transcripts, etc.), MUST be received by the LFS Graduate Office by this deadline.

Call for Nominations: CIHR Doctoral Research Awards and CIHR Fellowships

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The application portal for CIHR Doctoral Research Awards and CIHR Fellowships is now open.  Applications for Doctoral Research Awards and for Fellowships are submitted directly to CIHR.  There is no university-level adjudication for these awards, though university signatures may be required for forms that are uploaded to the online application. For more information about signatures and internal UBC signature deadlines, please see the Office of Research Services website.

CIHR Doctoral Research Awards

CIHR Fellowships

NEW LFS graduate students Orientation – pizza lunch

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In September, we will be welcoming 74 new LFS graduate students!  All of our new grad students are invited to an orientation pizza lunch.  This is an informal opportunity for new students to meet each other, members of LFS faculty and staff, LFS Graduate Student Council, and invited guests from The UBC Farm and The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.  Please RSVP to Lia (lia.maria@ubc.ca) by August 30th.