Friedman Award for Scholars in Health - Apply by Mar 21, 2025

Walter C. Sumner Memorial Fellowship

The Walter C. Sumner Memorial Fellowships are available to Canadian citizens engaged in or about to start doctoral studies in Chemistry, Physics, Electrical Engineering or Computer Science at UBC.  The award is valued at $8,000 for one year, but may be extended for a second year.

Note that eligible applicants must “hold a degree from a Canadian university other than the one at which the doctoral studies will be conducted during the tenure of the fellowship” (full eligibility requirements are noted in the webpage linked below).

• Application deadline: 4:00 pm PT on March 21, 2025.  Applications are submitted directly by applicants to G+PS.

Further information, including eligibility requirements and complete application procedures, is available on our website at: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/walter-c-sumner-memorial-fellowship. The contact for this award competition is Joanne Tsui at joanne.tsui@ubc.ca.

Governor General’s Gold Medal – MASc/PhD

One gold medal is awarded to the student who has achieved the most outstanding academic record as a doctoral student. A second gold medal is awarded to the graduate student who has achieved most outstanding academic record as a Master’s student completing a thesis. This is an opportunity to honour the best in the graduating class within the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, as there is only one award for more than 2,000 Master’s graduates and one award for more than 500 doctoral graduates. Medals are presented on behalf of the Governor General of Canada by participating educational institutions, along with a personalized certificate signed by the Governor General. There is no monetary award associated with the medals.

Eligibility:

Students must have submitted the final copy of their thesis to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024.

Application package must include:

• Application form filled out by the student
• Copy of External Examiner’s report on doctoral dissertation (for PhD applicants only – Master’s applicants do not need to provide an equivalent document)
• Letter of support from thesis supervisor (The letter of support must be sent directly from the supervisor to admissions@mech.ubc.ca)
• All undergraduate and graduate transcripts
  • UBC transcript: The “Academic History” document requested from your graduate program.  Official transcripts ordered from Enrollment Services are also acceptable.  Workday/SSC grade summary page is not acceptable.
  • Other transcripts: Official transcripts are required for any undergraduate and/or graduate study from institutions other than UBC.
  • Transcripts must be complete and up to date – issued in 2024W Term 2 if currently registered, or after the last term completed if not currently registered.

Application Deadline:

• Thursday, February 20, 2025 at 4 pm PT (submit your application package to admissions@mech.ubc.ca)

For eligibility requirements and application procedures, please visit: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/governor-generals-gold-medal

Martha Salcudean Prize in Mechanical Engineering

 PhD students who apply for Governor General’s Gold Medal 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 Professor Martha Salcudean (FRSC, OC, OBC) (1934-2019) for outstanding Ph.D. students in the Department of Mechanical Engineering who have written a strong doctoral dissertation. Professor Salcudean was born in Romania, and was a survivor of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. She emigrated from communist Romania to Canada in 1975, and was a professor at the University of Ottawa before arriving at UBC. Professor Salcudean served as Head of the UBC Department of Mechanical Engineering from 1985 to 1993, and was integral to the growth of the department. She was an internationally distinguished researcher recognized for her contributions to metallurgy and pulp and paper processes.

• Eligibility : Mechanical Engineering students must have submitted the final copy of their PhD thesis to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies between between January 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024.
  • Note: Students who apply for Governor General’s Gold Medal will automatically be considered for the Martha Salcudean Prize in Mechanical Engineering and no extra application will be required.

• Evaluation criteria: The award(s) will be given to the student(s) who has achieved an outstanding academic record as a doctoral student(s), as assessed through the applicant’s submitted materials to the Governor General’s Gold Medal.

• Value: Each award is valued at $1,000. The prize is contingent on a candidate who is outstanding in the above criteria, and may not be awarded every year.

If you have any questions, please reach out to admissions@mech.ubc.ca.

Wall Awards

Graduate awards, ranging in value from $25,000 (for Master’s students) to $30,000 (for Ph.D. students), have been made available through the Peter Wall Legacy Fund, an endowment established by Peter Wall, for graduate students whose research relates to one of three specific areas of interest:

• sustainable approaches to and development of the general urban environment, including water, energy and transportation infrastructure in British Columbia;
• environmental protection of oceans, beaches and waterfronts that impact British Columbia;
• and sustainable approaches to resource-intensive industry in British Columbia.

Projects within these areas of interest will principally relate to British Columbia, but may also apply to and address other Canadian and international regions.

These awards are intended to support students in their 5th and/or 6th year of their PhD program and to students in their 2nd or 3rd year of their Master’s program. Funding is available for up to 12 months for Master’s awardees, or until program completion, and for up to 24 months for PhD awardees, or until program completion. All awards will commence from September 1, 2025.

Application Deadline: March 31, 2025 at 4:00PM PT. Applications are submitted by applicants directly to G+PS.

Further information, including eligibility requirements and complete application procedures, is available on our website at: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/wall-awards. Questions can be directed to graduate.awards@ubc.ca.

Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

In recognition of the valuable role that Graduate Teaching Assistants play in our programs, UBC annually awards nineteen Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Awards. Each award includes a Certificate and $1,000.00. These awards are intended to recognize teaching excellence within our institution and to underscore the importance and value that UBC places on high-quality teaching.

Eligibility:

The award is open to any Graduate Teaching Assistant at UBC Vancouver who has been acting in the position during the current academic year (2024-25) and/or the preceding academic year (2023-24).

Nomination Process:

Nominations should be encouraged from the GTA’s faculty supervisors (e.g. professors, senior laboratory instructors), from colleagues working closely with the GTA nominee, and from students who attend/attended the nominee’s class or laboratory. GTAs may also self-nominate for the award.

Please note that there is no application or nomination form. The nomination takes the form of a teaching dossier of supporting documentation, from either the nominator or the self-nominee. Please see Appendix II (in the attached document) for guidelines for compiling the dossier. If the TA work is performed in a Department other than the GTA’s “home” Department (where they are registered), the nomination package should be submitted to the Department in which the work is performed, and the home Department should be notified of the nomination.

• For details related to eligibility, criteria and guidelines for preparing submissions, see the Provost’s call for nominations available at https://academic.ubc.ca/awards-funding/award-opportunities/teaching-awards.
• Please note: the Provost’s call for Nominations to the Deans provides guidance for preparing nominations, but individual nominations should be submitted to the Department the TA works for by the required deadline below.

Nomination Deadline:

Individual nomination packages must be submitted to admissions@mech.ubc.ca by 8:00 AM Friday, March 7^th, 2025

If you have questions or require further clarification, please contact Selina Fast at selina.fast@ubc.ca and copy admissions@mech.ubc.ca in your email.