Graduate Global Leadership Fellowship

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Deadline
No longer accepting applications
Annual Value
$18,200 per year plus tuition for four years
Award Status
Discontinued
Citizenship
International
Degree Level
Doctoral

 

The Graduate Global Leadership Fellowships (GGLF) enable promising leaders from developing countries to pursue doctoral studies at UBC. The fellowships are to support international students showing outstanding leadership in humanitarian and development work in their home country.

Fellows are supported to pursue research and study that will enhance and support contributions already made and which will be of particular use when they return home to apply their new gained skills and/or knowledge. Recipients will be individuals with an appropriate academic background who have established records of contribution to the development of a civil and sustainable society in their home countries through professional, academic, or volunteer work.

The GGLF program has been discontinued.

 

Eligibility

Applicants must:

• Hold a study permit at the beginning of the fellowship funding period
• Be a citizen of a developing country (see list of developing countries ) at the time of application for admission
• Have shown outstanding leadership in humanitarian and development work in their home country
• Be starting their first doctoral degree, in a PhD or DMA program at the UBC Vancouver campus in the year of application
• Students with external funding (external scholarships, third-party sponsorship, etc.) are eligible to apply, but if successful, recipients will have their Graduate Global Leadership Fellowship funding reduced by the amount of their external funding

Evaluation Criteria

Academic Excellence (30%) - As demonstrated by academic transcripts, awards and distinctions

Research Ability / Potential (30%) - Quality of analytical skills, ability to think critically, ability to apply skills and knowledge, judgment, originality, initiative and autonomy, determination, and ability to complete projects within an appropriate period of time—as demonstrated in the description of the degree program and by work experience, research contributions, letters of appraisal

Leadership in development of civil and sustainable society in home country (40%) - Established record of leadership in professional, academic or volunteer work – as demonstrated in personal statement; work experience, community involvement and other extracurricular activities; communication skills; and letters of appraisal

Meet Award Holders

Federico Andrade-Rivas

Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)

Human health and its connection with nature and ecosystems health

Khadija Anjum

Doctor of Philosophy in Planning (PhD)

Planning for food security of low-income groups amid rising food price volatility: A gendered analysis

Dora Alejandra Gaviria Serna

Doctor of Philosophy in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (PhD)

Social appropriation of the Colombian Truth Commission's Findings: Shared knowledge and social reconstruction in the aftermaths of mass violence through grassroots artistic initiatives.

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Further Information
List of developing countries (updated 2018)