The Department is now accepting applications for the Eric Vatikiotis-Bateson Graduate Student Conference Award. This award, which was instituted in 2018, is described on the department website at https://linguistics.ubc.ca/grad/eric-vatikiotis-bateson-graduate-student-conference-award/ (though some of the information there has yet to be updated as it pertains to the June 1, 2018 application deadline).

As stated on that webpage, the goal of this travel award is to support student visibility for employment opportunities, and the requirements and restrictions reflect this goal. To be eligible for this award, students must be advanced to Ph.D. candidacy and have had a paper/poster either submitted or accepted to a conference or workshop at the time of application.

There are supposed to be three application deadlines per year, each for travel during a particular 4-month window:

• February 1 (for travel departing April 1 to July 31)
• June 1 (for travel departing August 1 to November 30)
• October 1 (for travel departing December 1 to March 31)

Accordingly, there ought to have been a general announcement about the October 1 deadline sent around early last term – and another for the February 1 deadline a while ago – but I’m afraid I completely dropped the ball on that! Therefore, we are going to be accepting applications until February 20 for expenses relating to trips with departure dates that fall/fell in the period December 1, 2018 to July 31, 2019. (That is, it is possible to apply for an award to cover travel that already happened in December or January.)

Applications should be submitted via this on-line form (also linked from the webpage above):
https://ling.air.arts.ubc.ca/eric-vatkiotis-bateson-graduate-student-conference-award-application/

Please note that each application must to be accompanied by a letter of support from the student’s supervisor. This can either be uploaded via the on-line application form or emailed directly to ling.admin@ubc.ca by the application deadline.

Students currently in years 1–3 of the PhD program (and their supervisors), please take note of this prestigious scholarship competition. Some of you are working on research that can potentially be pitched as falling under one or more of the four award themes.

Note that this is a scholarship that you apply for directly from the Trudeau Foundation, rather than through UBC. There is no department-internal nomination process, and therefore also no limit on the number of potential candidates per department.

[The information below is from the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies]

Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarships

Value: $40,000 stipend plus $20,000 travel allowance per year, for up to 3 years

UBC applicant deadline: 11:59pm (Vancouver time) on Friday, January 18, 2019

Up to 20 Trudeau Scholarships are awarded each year to support doctoral students pursuing research related to one of its four founding themes: Human Rights and Dignity, Responsible Citizenship, Canada in the World, and People and their Natural Environment. Trudeau Scholars are highly gifted individuals who are actively engaged in their fields and expected to become leading national and international figures.

Eligibility

• Doctoral students already accepted into or in year one, two, or three of a full-time program in the humanities or social sciences whose work relates to one of the Foundations’ four themes
• Although priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents, up to 25% of Scholars in a given year may be non-Canadians (permanent residents or foreign nationals) enrolled in a doctoral program at a Canadian institution

Applications are submitted via the Trudeau Foundation application portal:

• Create an account online at: https://trudeaufdn.fluxx.io/apply/scholars
  • For University Name, enter “The University of British Columbia”
  • For Faculty or Department, enter the chosen UBC graduate program
• Registrants will receive a username and password in 4 business days (applicants should check their spam/junk folder)
• Once account access is granted: Complete the application form, request three letters of reference, and upload transcripts
• After applying, applicants should email natalie.thorson@ubc.ca with their full name, UBC student number, and the name of their graduate program to ensure that their application is linked to UBC

Please note that there is no graduate program nomination process. The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies will convene an adjudication committee composed of UBC faculty members to review applications and select UBC’s nominees to the national competition.

For further information, please visit our website: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/trudeau-foundation-doctoral-scholarship