The Dean’s Office has released the date for this year’s Faculty of Applied Science Dean’s Graduate Awards. Please note that applications to these awards require a nomination letter. Nominations may come from a variety of individuals depending on the award guidelines which differ for each award. Please review the eligibility and document requirements carefully. For complete eligibility, criteria and guidelines for preparing online submissions, see the Applied Science student awards webpage: https://apsc.ubc.ca/students/awards.
The following five awards are available and each award amount is $1,000:
- Dean’s Graduate Academic Excellence Award: The purpose of Dean’s Graduate Academic Excellence Award is to recognize a graduate student with outstanding academic excellence.
- Dean’s Graduate Extra-Curricular Contributions Award: The purpose of Dean’s Graduate Extra-Curricular Contributions Award is to recognize a student who has demonstrated leadership, innovation, personal initiative and service to UBC community through active participation in extra-curricular activities.
- Dean’s Graduate Award for Knowledge Translation & Entrepreneurship: The purpose of Dean’s Graduate Award for Knowledge Translation & Entrepreneurship is to recognize a graduate student who has successfully conveyed research results through presentations, development of materials or venture creation with the intention of producing a ground breaking product with a developed or developing business plan to bring it to market.
- Dean’s Graduate Leadership Award: The purpose of Dean’s Graduate Leadership Award is to recognize an outstanding student who takes an active role in institutional governance, service delivery, community service work in one or more areas with the primary aim of making significant contributions to the graduate student culture and environment.
- Dean’s Graduate Thesis Award: The purpose of Dean’s Graduate Thesis Award is to recognize an outstanding piece of original scholarly writing that demonstrates thorough research excellence, fosters research understanding through communications and contributes to significant advancements in Nominee’ field of study.
For all Nominations, nominee must be a current or recent graduate student in the Faculty of Applied Science at Vancouver Campus or School of Engineering Okanagan campus and be a full time student during the 12 months prior to the nomination deadline. Nominations may come from a variety of individuals depending on the award guidelines which differ for each award.
The deadline to submit nominations to the Dean’s Office for consideration/ adjudication is Friday, May 30, 2025, by 4:00 PM.
For eligibility, criteria and guidelines for preparing online submissions, please see the Applied Science student awards webpage: https://apsc.ubc.ca/students/awards.