International Doctoral Fellowship

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Deadline
Discontinued
Annual Value
$30,000 stipend + tuition
Citizenship
International
Degree Level
Doctoral

 

The International Doctoral Fellowship (IDF) program supports top international students who are starting UBC-V doctoral programs. The fellowship provides funding for a total of five years: a $30,000 stipend plus tuition for four years and a minimum $18,000 funding package (from the recipient's supervisor/department/Faculty, comprising awards, teaching assistantships and/or research assistantships) for the fifth year.

Effective fall 2018, the International Doctoral Fellowships will not be awarded through a campus-wide competition.

 

Eligibility

To be eligible, nominees must:

• hold a valid student visa when they begin their UBC doctoral program
• be starting a UBC-V doctoral program in the year of application. For fast-track students (who advance / transfer from a Master's to a doctoral program without completing their Master's degree), the effective date of transfer to the doctoral program must be during the year of application.
• be pursuing their first thesis-based doctoral degree

Evaluation Criteria

Academic excellence - 30%

• Academic record
• Scholarships and awards held
• Duration of previous studies

Research ability or potential - 50%

• Quality of contributions to research and development
• Relevance of work experience and academic training to field of proposed research
• Significance, feasibility, and merit of proposed research, and justification for location of tenure
• Ability to think critically
• Ability to apply skills and knowledge
• Judgment
• Originality
• Initiative and autonomy
• Enthusiasm for research
• Determination and ability to complete projects within an appropriate period of time

Communication, interpersonal, and leadership abilities - 20%

• The ability or potential to communicate scientific concepts clearly and logically in written and oral formats. For example, this could include:
  • quality of the application's presentation;
  • participation in preparing publications; and
  • awards for oral presentations or papers.
• Professional and relevant extracurricular interactions and collaborations. For example, this could include:
  • mentoring
  • teaching
  • supervisory experience
  • project management
  • chairing committees
  • organizing conferences and meetings
  • elected positions held

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Mechanism of dengue virus-induced thrombocytopenia

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