Eighteen doctoral students at UBC have received Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships (Vanier CGS), and nine postdoctoral fellows have received Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships.
The Vanier CGS program awards up to $50,000 per year for three years, for students working in social sciences and humanities, natural sciences, engineering and health. The Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships are worth $70,000 per year for two years. Across Canada, 166 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships and 70 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships were announced. UBC's researchers were revealed as part of the Government of Canada's announcement on May 28, 2024.
“Congratulations to the 2024 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships and Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships recipients! Their dedication to advancing knowledge for the benefit of all is truly impressive and their hard work will help find solutions that have the potential to make the world a better place and drive Canadian prosperity.”
– The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
Scholarships are distributed equally between the three federal granting agencies: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).
| Name | Faculty | Department | Funding Agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Audrey Irvine-Broque | Arts | Geography | SSHRC |
| Bhavyathmika Reddy | Medicine | School of Population and Public Health | CIHR |
| Emily Lawson | Arts | Philosophy | SSHRC |
| Hebah Hussaina | Medicine | Women and Children's Health Sciences | SSHRC |
| Ijeoma Okedo-Alex | Medicine | School of Population and Public Health | CIHR |
| Jalisa Karim | Medicine | Women and Children's Health Sciences | CIHR |
| Elizabeth Gregory | Medicine | MD/PhD | CIHR |
| Jorden Hendry | MedicinE | School of Population and Public Health | CIHR |
| Kai Jacobsen | Graduate Studies | Interdisciplinary Studies | CIHR |
| Kiarah O'Kane | Arts | Psychology | SSHRC |
| Morgan Towriss | Medicine | Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | CIHR |
| Pardis Semnani | Science | Math | NSERC |
| Pawanjit Sandhu | UBC Okanagan campus | Okanagan | NSERC |
| Zakir Tahiry | Medicine | Oncology | CIHR |
| Raziehsadat Banijamali | Medicine | Pathology | CIHR |
| Sherryl Sewepagaham | Arts | Music | SSHRC |
| Tetiana Poliakova | Medicine | Neuroscience | CIHR |
| Torin Halvorson | Medicine | MD/PhD | CIHR |
| Victoria Wu | Applied Science | Electrical & Computer Engineering | NSERC |
| Xue Wang | Medicine | MD/PhD | CIHR |
The list of UBC's new Banting Fellows is available on postdocs.ubc.ca.
The full lists of Vanier Scholars and Banting Fellows across Canada are available from the Government of Canada.