Graduate Global Leadership Fellowship
Quick Facts
The Graduate Global Leadership Fellowships 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. Graduate Global Leadership Fellowships thus open the way to a world-class graduate education for emerging scholars from countries with developing educational systems.
Fellows would be supported to pursue research and study that would enhance and support contributions already made and which would be of particular use when they return home to apply their new gained skills and/or knowledge. Recipients would be individuals with an appropriate academic background and who have an established records of contribution to the development of a civil and sustainable society in their home country through professional, academic, or volunteer work.
Two new fellowships will be offered each year.
Check with graduate program (likely early-March 2012)
Eligibility
Applicants must:
- Hold a student visa at the beginning of the fellowship funding period
- Be a citizen of a developing country (see list of eligible countries)
- Have shown outstanding leadership in humanitarian and development work in their home country
- Be starting a PhD or DMA program at the UBC Vancouver campus in May 2012, Sep 2012, or Jan 2013
- Be starting their first doctoral degree
- 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
Procedures
Students complete application form and request supporting documents (transcripts, letters of reference - see application form for details). Students submit their application package to their UBC graduate program - applications submitted directly to the Faculty of Graduate Studies will not be accepted. Students are advised to verify their graduate program’s deadline well in advance.
Of the applications received from its students, each UBC graduate program may submit a maximum of one nomination to the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Together with their student’s application materials, graduate programs must submit a letter of support (maximum two pages each) which outlines the program’s nomination process and highlights any other relevant information in support of the nomination.
Application packages must be received by the Faculty of Graduate Studies by 4:00pm on Friday, March 23, 2012. Incomplete nominations will not be considered.
Applications will be reviewed and ranked by a sub-committee of faculty members from the Graduate Scholarships Committee.
