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Aerial view of UBC campus looking west over Orchard Commons, summer 2016. Photo credit: Hover Collective

2017/18 Killam Doctoral Scholarship Recipients Announced

Friday, 14 July 2017

Fifteen doctoral students from the UBC Vancouver campus have received a Killam Doctoral Scholarship for the 2017-2018 academic year.

PhD student Kaylee Byers is named a 2017 Friedman Scholar in Health.

Friedman Foundation supports graduate students through UBC's largest endowed scholarship

Wednesday, 12 July 2017

PhD student Kaylee Byers named one of 2017 Friedman Scholars in Health--UBC's largest endowed scholarship, thanks to the generousity of the Constance Livingstone Friedman and Sydney Friedman Foundation.

Stephanie Lake, left, and Brett Schrewe, recipients of the 2017 Pierre Elliot Trudeau Doctoral Scholarship. Photo credit: Sylvain Légaré/PETF

Two UBC Doctoral Students Awarded 2017 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Doctoral Scholarships

Wednesday, 5 July 2017

Two UBC doctoral students, Stephanie Lake (Faculty of Medicine) and Brett Schrewe (Faculty of Education), have received the prestegious 2017 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Doctoral Scholarship.

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Upcoming Events

Building Effective Supervisory Relationships

Thursday, 12 October 2017
Assertiveness - Speaking Up for Yourself in Difficult Conversation

Tuesday, 24 October 2017
Statistics I: Data exploration through descriptive statistics and graphics

Thursday, 26 October 2017
Overcoming Perfectionism

Thursday, 02 November 2017
Statistics II: Statistical considerations when planning your research project

Friday, 17 November 2017

Next Deadlines

Last Day for Submission of Exam Copies of Doctoral Dissertations (Fall 2017 Graduation)

Friday, 28 July 2017
Last Day for Final Doctoral Oral Examinations (September 2017 Degree Conferral)

Friday, 28 July 2017
Last Day for Final Doctoral Oral Examinations (August 31, 2017 Program End Date)

Friday, 11 August 2017
Last day for application for September degree granting and November Congregation

Friday, 18 August 2017
Last day for G+PS approval of final master’s theses and doctoral dissertations for September degree granting

Friday, 18 August 2017

Upcoming Awards

Vanier Scholarship

Applicant deadline - 11:59pm (PDT - Vancouver time) on Thursday, 7 September 2017; Graduate Program deadline: 4:00pm on Tuesday, 26 September 2017
Canada Graduate Scholarship Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement

NSERC and SSHRC: Friday, 15 September 2017; CIHR: first come, first served
Killam Awards for Excellence in Mentoring

4:00pm on Friday, 22 September 2017
Future Forests Fellowship

Friday, 24 November 2017

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