German President visits UBC Hydrogen Testbed
Last week, President Frank-Walter Steinmeier toured Dr. Walter Mérida’s Smart Hydrogen Energy District (SHED), as part of his visit to Canada. SHED is a unique testbed that re-envisions how hydrogen technologies, energy storage and renewable energy generation could be integrated into infrastructure solutions. SHED is scheduled to open shortly, transforming the area next to Thunderbird […]
Call for Applications: Order of the White Rose – Deadline: June 17, 2023
Order of the White Rose The Order of the White Rose scholarship is open to women in engineering graduates of any engineering undergraduate program who are planning to pursue an MASc or PhD in engineering. Amount: $30,000 Deadline: June 17, 2023 at 15:00 (3:00 pm) Pacific Standard Time (PST) Eligibility and How to Apply To be eligible for […]
Call for Applications: Inclusion and Belonging Award – Deadline: May 7, 2023
Inclusion and Belonging Award An annual award of $2,000 has been made available through a donation from Dr. Katherina Tarnai-Lokhorst (BASc, MBA, DSocSci, P.Eng) to recognize engineering students in the Faculty of Applied Science who demonstrate leadership and sustainable practice in fostering inclusion and belonging in engineering education. Dr. Tarnai-Lokhorst is a Fellow of Engineers […]
Call for Applications: Canada Graduate Scholarships Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement (CGS-MSFSS) – Deadline: May 19
CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC CGS Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements – Spring 2023 Competition The Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement (CGS-MSFSS) Program supports high-caliber 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 […]
Call for Applications: Spring Graduate Awards Competition – Deadline: May 8 (8AM)
Spring Graduate Awards Competition A number of university awards for the upcoming academic year are available to current and incoming graduate students. The maximum value of funding that can be offered to a student is $16,000, or $22,000 for the #6495 Andrew Nord Fellowships in Rheumatology. Applicants will apply via their graduate programs with a single […]
SLAS Graduate Education Fellowship awarded to PhD Candidate Samuel Berryman
Congratulations to Samuel Berryman, PhD candidate in Dr. Hongshen Ma’s Multi-scale Design Laboratory, on being awarded the 2023 Graduate Education Fellowship Grant from the society for Laboratory Automation and Screening. “I feel extremely grateful and enthusiastic to have been chosen as the recipient of the SLAS fellowship,” says Berryman. “This fellowship award is certainly one […]
Millions of Kitchens – Are they Safe: PhD student explores energy use and air pollution through photography
A new photography exhibit by Mechanical Engineering PhD student and Liu Scholar Mrinmoy Chakraborty explores the kinds of residential energy sources used in rural India and their effect on indoor air pollution. Usually, he investigates this issue using numerical simulations and field studies under the co-supervision of Dr. Amanda Giang and Dr. Naomi Zimmerman, but […]
Indigenous Graduate Fellowships (IGF) 5th Year Award + IGF Research & Travel Award – Deadline: Mar 23, 2023
The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is pleased to announce two new funding opportunities for Indigenous graduate students: IGF 5th Year Award Indigenous PhD students in their 4th year are now able to apply for 5th year funding through the IGF 5th Award. The award, valued at $18,200 per annum plus tuition, is awarded […]
Martha Salcudean Prize in Mechanical Engineering – Deadline: Feb 17, 8 AM (through CAGS/ProQuest competition)
PhD students who apply for CAGS/ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Awards will automatically be considered for the Martha Salcudean Prize in Mechanical Engineering. Prizes totaling $1,000 have been made available annually by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, in memory of former Department Head, Professor Martha Salcudean (FRSC, OC, OBC) (1934-2019) for outstanding Ph.D. students in the Department of […]
UBC Dissertation Prize – Deadline: Feb 17, 8 AM (through CAGS/ProQuest competition)
Three prizes of $1,000 each have been made available annually by the University of British Columbia for students whose doctoral dissertations are of exceptional quality and originality and make a significant contribution to the scholarly field and/or society. One prize will be offered in each of the following fields: social sciences and humanities, natural sciences […]