British Columbia Graduate Scholarship

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Deadline
Ongoing
Annual Value
$17,500
Citizenship
Canadian
Permanent Resident
Degree Level
Masters
Doctoral

 

The province of British Columbia has funded BC Graduate Scholarships (BCGS) in any field of study, with emphasis on research in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, and support for Indigenous students. The scholarships of $17,500 will be awarded by graduate programs and disciplinary Faculties.

 

Eligibility

BCGS recipients must meet the following eligibility criteria:

• Registered as a full-time student in a UBC graduate program throughout the funding period
• Canadian citizens and Permanent Residents
• Master's and Doctoral students are both eligible

Application Procedures

Application procedures are set by graduate programs.

Nomination Procedures

• Graduate programs that received a BCGS allocation from their disciplinary Dean's Office are responsible for selecting their BCGS recipients. Once recipients have been selected, programs use the awards recommendation form  to submit their recommendations to G+PS to be assigned.
• The award number is 6768.
• The value of each scholarship is $17,500*.  Offers cannot be split; they must be offered at $17,500 (exception: department has partial funds remaining due to a student's early program completion).
• The Round 4 (of funding from the province) awards are available for students for the the Sept 2023-Aug 2024 or Sept 2024-Aug 2025 academic years. Graduate program should aim to submit recommendations for all Round 4 BCGS recipients by the end of December 2024.

*As of the Round 3 (2022) round of BCGS funding onwards, the provincial government has indicated offers will be $17,500.  Prior to this funding round, all offers were $15,000.

Meet Award Holders

Sydney Moore

Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Animal Biology (PhD)

Improving herd health detection of dairy cows through the use of automated sensory technologies

Parker Muzzerall

Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (PhD)

Climate politics and public policy

Cidnee Luu

Master of Applied Science in Biomedical Engineering (MASc)

Developing Wearable EEG Sensors to Study Head Impacts in Ice Hockey

Hassan Halawa

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering (PhD)

Artemis: Defending Against Automated Large-Scale Cyber Intrusions by Focusing on the Vulnerable Population

Sally Innis

Doctor of Philosophy in Mining Engineering (PhD)

Designing Risk Profiles of Canadian Tailings Storage Facilities

Gunwant Matharu

Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry (PhD)

Synthesis of bis-cyclometalated pt(II) complexes for targeting supramolecular materials

Fiona Revill

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (MFA)

Shalini Iyer

Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience (PhD)

Identifying sex-specific pharmacological interventions for autism by targeting a distinct neuron type

Sammy Iammarino

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

Complex health systems and power: responding to the toxic drug poisoning crisis through harm reduction and overdose prevention and response in nursing practice.

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Further Information

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