Funding
Awards and Financial Aid
Several kinds of formal awards and financial aid are available and are described below. All are highly competitive.
SSHRC/CIHR/NSERC Fellowships: These fellowship competitions are open to doctoral students or masters students. Masters students planning to begin a doctoral program the following September can also apply. All applications are due at the end of September and application is initiated by the student.
Graduate Support Initiative: This initiative is a system for funding graduate students through entrance scholarships, multi-year funding packages, tuition awards and scholarship top-ups. GSI funding cannot be used as payment for employment; nor will it replace funding for TA-ships. Funding for the GSI will be phased in as the PhD Tuition Fee Award is phased out over the next several years.
Pacific Century Graduate Scholarship: These scholarships are funded by the Province of British Columbia. These merit-based graduate scholarships are to reward scholarly and research excellence and are available to students in research-intensive graduate programs at both the master’s and PhD levels.
Winners of these scholarships will receive $10,000 from the Pacific Century Graduate Scholarship together with additional funding from other University scholarship sources, for a combined total scholarship value of $17,000 per year. Scholarships may be renewed for a second year for eligible students who maintain good academic standing. Particular consideration will be given to students who address the Government of British Columbia’s priorities in the following sectors of the province’s economy: 1) Life Sciences (health and biotechnology); 2) Technology (information and communication, new media, and wireless); 3) Clean Technology (alternative energy and sustainable technologies) 4) Natural Resources (forestry, agriculture, fishing, mining, oil and gas), 5) Asia-Pacific Gateway Strategy (Pacific studies, Asian languages, etc.) 6) Developing Business Skills.
Four Year Doctoral Fellowships: UBC introduced the Four Year Doctoral Fellowship (4YF) program in the 2009-2010 academic year. A goal of the program is to ensure that the best PhD students are provided with financial support of at least $20,000 per year for the first four years of the PhD studies. This program will allow UBC to continue to attract and support outstanding domestic and international PhD students, and provide those student with stable, base-level funding for the first four years of their PhD studies and research.
Graduate Entrance Scholarships: These scholarships are offered by graduate programs and departments to the best and brightest incoming master’s and doctoral students for full-time graduate study or research at UBC.
Additional Information about all of the awards listed above can be found at:
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Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTA): A variety of assistantships are available. These usually involve teaching, under the supervision of a faculty member. In our department these are typically awarded to doctoral students.
Graduate Research Assistantships (GRA) and Graduate Academic Assistantships (GAA): It is possible to obtain funding by working on an individual professor's research project or other academic duties. Indication of interest in participating in these projects can be made directly to Department Faculty members or through the Department Head.
Additional Information about GTA, GRA, and GAA positions in the ECPS Department can be found at:
http://ecps.educ.ubc.ca/jobs/index.html
Canada Student Loans and Bursaries: For information regarding Canada Student loans and Bursaries, application forms and information are available from:
Awards and Financial Aid
1036-1874 East Mall
Brock Hall
Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1
Telephone: (604) 822-5111
The application deadline for student loans is at the end of June. You must have a student loan to apply for a bursary.
For More Information:
You can obtain more information about awards or scholarships by checking the awards web site at: http://students.ubc.ca/finance/awards.cfm
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