Call for Nominations: Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowship

The UBC Killam Postdoctoral Research Fellowships are available for most fields of research. The number of awards offered presently varies between three and five per year.

Value: an annual stipend of $50,000 for a maximum of two years plus a travel and research allowance of $4,000 over two years.

UBC-O

UBC-O will require potential Killam applicants to submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) to the Office of Research Services (ORS) by October 14, 2018. Applicants are required to submit a one-page summary of their program of research as well as a Vanier-Banting CCV, and faculty supervisors must submit a two-page summary of their program of mentorship, institutional resources, and training environment. There will be no adjudication at the LOI stage, but applicants and faculty supervisors will receive feedback and suggestions on how to proceed to completion of the full application. LOIs will be returned to each applicant, their supervisor and the Associate Dean Research of the Faculty. Full applications, including all attachments, are due to ORS by 12:00 PM (noon) on Tuesday, November 6, 2018.

UBC-V

Each department or unit at the Vancouver campus may forward one nominee to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies via UBC Workspace by 4:00 PM on Friday, November 9, 2018. Whoever will be uploading the nomination will need to email confirmation to the Killam Assistant killam.fellowships@ubc.ca, who will create a Workspace folder for your department/unit.

For details about this competition, please visit: https://www.postdocs.ubc.ca/award/killam-postdoctoral-research-fellowship

The contact at the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for this competition is Anne Broženský (anne.brozensky@ubc.ca).

CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC CGS Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements – Fall 2018 Competition

The Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement (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.

Applicant eligibility: Open 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. Please note that international students who hold a Vanier CGS are not eligible for this award.

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

Applicant deadline: 4:00pm on Friday, 14 September 2018

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

The contact at the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for this competition is Joanne Tsui (joanne.tsui@ubc.ca). 

UBC – Faculty of Land and Food Systems Announces The Oral Examination for the Degree of

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

(SOIL SCIENCE)

 

CLARA ROA-GARCIA

“Soil Properties and Land Use Affecting Soil Water Dynamics in Andisols and Inceptisols at Two Mid-Elevation Sites in the Colombian Andes”

Monday, August 20, 2018 at  12:30 pm
Room 207 – Anthropology and Sociology Building

Latecomers will not be admitted 

EXAMINING COMMITTEE  

Chair:

Dr Robert Turkington (Botany)

Supervisory Committee:

Dr. Sandra Brown, Research Co-Supervisor (Soil Science)

Dr. Maja Krzic, Research Co-Supervisor (Soil Science)

Dr. Les Lavkulich (Soil Science)

 

University Examiners:

Dr. Cindy Prescott (Forestry)

Dr. Mark Johnson (Resources, Environment, & Sustainability)

 

Everyone is welcome

We are excited to announce that applications are now open for two new student research awards. The Les Lavkulich Graduate Student Award in Soil Science (one award of $5000) and the Art Bomke Undergraduate Student Award (one award of $3000) will be awarded to students on the basis of academic achievement, research proposal, leadership/community service, financial need, and letters of recommendation. The application deadline is October 31, 2018. For the award guidelines and more information please see the student awards section of our website: http://www.prsss.ca/student-awards/

 

Thank you, 

Chantel Chizen

President – Pacific Regional Society of Soil Science