{"id":7829,"date":"2021-10-21T14:18:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T21:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=7829"},"modified":"2021-10-21T14:18:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T21:18:17","slug":"competition-announcement-affiliated-fellowships-masters-and-cgs-m-competitions-and-upcoming-information-session","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-7829","title":{"rendered":"Competition Announcement: Affiliated Fellowships-Master&#8217;s and CGS-M competitions and upcoming information session"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Please notify Iris or Lia (see emails below) about your intention of applying by November 15, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Lia &#8211; lia.maria@ubc.ca<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Iris &#8211; lfs.gradasst@ubc.ca<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>UBC Affiliated Fellowships-Master&#8217;s<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The UBC Affiliated Fellowships Master&#8217;s competition runs in concert with the\u00a0Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master&#8217;s (CGS-M; see below) competition. Approximately 50 fellowship with values ranging from $175 to $16,000 are offered through this competition. Current and prospective full-time UBC-Vancouver graduate students can apply\u00a0regardless of citizenship or visa status.\u00a0Students who are eligible for the CGS-M must submit a CGS-M application in order to additionally be considered for Affiliated funding.<\/p>\n<p>Detailed Affiliated Fellowships-Master competition information with links to application and reference forms is\u00a0available at:<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grad.ubc.ca\/awards\/affiliated-fellowships-masters-program\">https:\/\/www.grad.ubc.ca\/awards\/affiliated-fellowships-masters-program<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Tri-Agency Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master&#8217;s (CGS-M)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Applicants for Tri-Agency CGS-M competition must be <strong>domestic students (Canadian citizen or PR)<\/strong> who are applying for or enrolled in graduate studies anywhere in Canada. Each applicant can select <strong>up to 3 universities<\/strong> with the same application. To be considered for a CGS-M at UBC, they must select The University of British Columbia as one of the 3 available institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Details about this award opportunity, including eligibility and evaluation criteria, are available at:<br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca\/Students-Etudiants\/PG-CS\/CGSM-BESCM_eng.asp\">http:\/\/www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca\/Students-Etudiants\/PG-CS\/CGSM-BESCM_eng.asp<\/a>\u00a0and our site at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.grad.ubc.ca\/awards\/canada-graduate-scholarships-masters-cgs-m-program\">https:\/\/www.grad.ubc.ca\/awards\/canada-graduate-scholarships-masters-cgs-m-program<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Students who apply for CGS-M awards will automatically be considered for open\/un-restricted Affiliated Fellowships.<br \/>\n<strong>To be considered for criteria-based Affiliated Fellowships<\/strong>, students should fill out and submit to\u00a0their graduate programs the checklist available at: \u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grad.ubc.ca\/forms\/list-criteria-based-affiliated-fellowships\">https:\/\/www.grad.ubc.ca\/forms\/list-criteria-based-affiliated-fellowships<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>UBC Deadlines for the Tri-Agency CGS-M \/ Affiliated Fellowships Master&#8217;s Competitions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Applicant deadline:<\/strong><strong>1 December 2021 before\u00a05:00 pm PST<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Graduate program nomination deadline: \u00a0<strong>Late January (<\/strong><strong>nomination<\/strong><strong> deadline will be indicated in December)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>CGSM and Affiliated Fellowships-Master&#8217;s information session<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Interested applicants are invited to attend the CGSM information session on Friday, <strong>October 22 from 10:30 to 12:00<\/strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.grad.ubc.ca\/about-us\/events\/21349-applying-scholarships-your-masters-program\">REGISTER HERE<\/a><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What you can do now:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Importance of the application deadline.\u00a0<\/strong> CGS-M applications cannot be submitted or edited after the application deadline.\u00a0 <strong>Late applications will be ruled ineligible.<\/strong> The CGS-M application deadline is set nationally by the CGS-M funding agency and is not flexible.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Please ask for reference letters early <\/strong>and to send the instructions to your referees<br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca\/ResearchPortal-PortailDeRecherche\/Instructions-Instructions\/CGSM_REF-BESCM_REF_eng.asp\">http:\/\/www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca\/ResearchPortal-PortailDeRecherche\/Instructions-Instructions\/CGSM_REF-BESCM_REF_eng.asp<\/a>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Check early if you have all of your official transcripts for all previous studies (including transfer credits).<\/strong> Transcript guidance for applicants is outlined on our CGS-M webpage.<\/li>\n<li>Note that although the SISC academic history document is accepted for UBC CGS-M applications, it may not be accepted by other universities in Canada, so <strong>students applying elsewhere for the CGSM in addition to UBC should order official UBC transcripts<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It would help us greatly\u00a0if you are using the same email in your CGS-M Research Portal login as\u00a0in eVision\u00a0or SIS. This is absolutely not a requirement, but it helps route the applications to correct programs quicker after the application deadline.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please notify Iris or Lia (see emails below) about your intention of applying by November 15, 2021 Lia &#8211; lia.maria@ubc.ca Iris &#8211; lfs.gradasst@ubc.ca UBC Affiliated Fellowships-Master&#8217;s The UBC Affiliated Fellowships Master&#8217;s competition runs in concert with the\u00a0Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master&#8217;s (CGS-M; see below) competition. 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