UBC researchers supported through federal investments in Tri-Agency funding competitions
More than 165 doctoral students and 3 postdoctoral fellows were recognized for their achievements in research at UBC, as well as 232 master's students.
On July 9, the Government of Canada announced the award recipients of the three federal research granting agencies, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council NSERC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), were awarding $1.3 billion in the latest cohort of scholarship and fellowship recipients.
These awards recognize and support the next generation of research at UBC and across Canada, doing research for the 2025/26 academic year. More than 4,761 scholarships and fellowships have been awarded for research training, including 232 master's students, and 165 doctoral students and 3 postdoctoral fellows from UBC. The programs include:
- Vanier Fellowships
- SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
- Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships
- NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships – Doctoral
- Canada Graduate Scholarships – Doctoral (CGS-D) and Master's (CGS-M)
“These researchers aren’t just imagining the future—they’re building it. Their work covers topics such as pandemic readiness and cutting-edge technology, and it reflects the Government of Canada’s commitment to driving innovation, strengthening the economy and tackling the challenges that matter most to Canadians. With this support, we’re empowering the talent that will shape a more resilient, inclusive and globally competitive Canada.”
– The Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions
Doctoral student recipients are listed below, along with their program.
Congratulations to all of the recipients!
Vanier recipients
| Name | Faculty | Research area |
|---|---|---|
| Nikolay Alabi | Faculty of Medicine | Cancer |
| Anam Bashir | Faculty of Applied Science | School Of Community And Regional Planning |
| Sarah Craven | Okanagan Campus | Exercise And Health Science |
| Kelsey Doyle | Okanagan Campus | Interdisciplinary Studies |
| Connor Durfy | Faculty of Science | Chemistry |
| Graeme Francolini | Faculty of Applied Science | Materials Engineering |
| Gabrielle Ibasco | Faculty of Arts | Psychology |
| Zeba Khan | Faculty of Medicine | Obstetrics And Gynecology |
| Gopal Khanal | Faculty of Science | Institute of Resources, Environment and Sustainability |
| Warren Meyers | Faculty of Medicine | Cellular And Physiological Sciences |
| Daniela Miranda | Faculty of Arts | Anthropology |
| Yuveshen Mooroogen | Faculty of Science | Mathematics |
| Sean O'Rourke | Faculty of Forestry | Forestry |
| Tyler Paetkau | Faculty of Medicine | School Of Population And Public Health |
| Amardeep Sekhon | Faculty of Medicine | MD/Phd Program - Nervous system focus |
| Kyle Shaughnessy | Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies | Interdisciplinary Studies |
| Joachim Stassart | Faculty of Forestry | Forest Resources Management |
| Adam Sunavsky | Faculty of Medicine | MD/Phd Program - Mental Health focus |
SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship recipients
| Name | Program | Faculty |
|---|---|---|
| Kerry Marshall | Nursing | Applied Science |
| Anuki Amarakoon | Psychology | Arts |
| Isabelle Avakumovic-Pointon | History | Arts |
| Julia DaSilva | English | Arts |
| Daniel Hackborn | Library, Archival and Information Studies | Arts |
| Ruoning Li | Psychology | Arts |
| Katherine Lund | English | Arts |
| Sarah Elizabeth Revilla Sanchez | French, Hispanic and Italian Studies | Arts |
| Zandria Sarrazin | English | Arts |
| Jenna Yuzwa | Philosophy | Arts |
| Shabana Ali | Kinesology | Education |
| Kay Anderson | Kinesology | Education |
| Kathryn Anderson | Kinesology | Education |
| Adrienne Leslie Argent | Curriculum & Pedagogy | Education |
| Emily Booker | Educational Studies | Education |
| Tayler Colton | Educational and Counselling Psychology & Special Education | Education |
| Stephen Evans | Educational Studies | Education |
| Jonathan Feitosa Ferreira | Language & Literacy Education | Education |
| Alayna Finley | Educational and Counselling Psychology & Special Education | Education |
| Yue Guo | Educational and Counselling Psychology & Special Education | Education |
| Firth McEachern | Language & Literacy Education | Education |
| Anisa Nasseri | Educational and Counselling Psychology & Special Education | Education |
| Patrick Robertson | Curriculum & Pedagogy | Education |
| Regan Thompson | Kinesology | Education |
| Jiin Yoo | Educational Studies | Education |
| Dane Pederson | Forestry | Forestry |
| Ashleigh Janis | Interdisciplinary Studies | Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies |
| Rob Velzeboer | Interdisciplinary Studies | Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies |
| Jessie Gomberg | Law | Law |
NSERC Postgraduate Doctoral scholarship recipients
| name | program | faculty |
|---|---|---|
| Daniel Barker-Rothschild | Chemical & Biological Engineering | Applied Science |
| Samuel Nelson Brown | Chemical & Biological Engineering | Applied Science |
| Sheri Chowdhury | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Applied Science |
| Graeme Francolini | Materials Engineering | Applied Science |
| Phillip Kirwin | Electrical & Computer Engineering | Applied Science |
| Thusitha Wijewardhana Rathnayake | Civil Engineering | Applied Science |
| Sol Leader-Cole | Geography | Arts |
| Aidan Comeau | Kinesology | Education |
| Vanessa Jones | Forestry | Forestry |
| Samadee Kaluarachchi | Forestry | Forestry |
| Lukas Olson | Forestry | Forestry |
| Tristin Bouwman | ISLF | Land and Food Systems |
| Jonathan Jay Martiniuk | FOOD | Land and Food Systems |
| Alyssa Jeanne Robinson | SOIL | Land and Food Systems |
| Margarita Kapustina | Neuroscience | Medicine |
| Jerome Plumier | Neuroscience | Medicine |
| Dan Everton | Pharmaceutical Sciences | Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| Caleigh Charlebois | Zoology | Science |
| Leah Fulton | Microbiology & Immunology | Science |
| Alireza Ghaseminejad Tafreshi | Zoology | Science |
| Asad Hasan | Zoology | Science |
| Katherine Herperger | PHAS | Science |
| Jacqueline Higgins | Chemistry | Science |
| Nicole Jung | IOF | Science |
| Christina Eunjin Kong | Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences | Science |
| Joshua Nathan Kraan | PHAS | Science |
| Anne Lalande | Microbiology & Immunology | Science |
| Bailan Lu | Botany | Science |
| Duncan Macnaughton | Zoology | Science |
| Sydney Mikulin | Chemistry | Science |
| Peter Moen | PHAS | Science |
| Yi Nian Niu | Computer Science | Science |
| Danny Ofek | Math | Science |
| Parham Pishrobat | Statistics | Science |
| Kasey Stirling | IOF | Science |
| Edward Sun | Botany | Science |
| Taylor Swift-Lapointe | Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences | Science |
| Gucharan Uppal | Chemistry | Science |
| Bryn Wiley | Zoology | Science |
Canada Graduate Scholarship - Doctoral (CGS-D) recipients
| Name | Program | Faculty | Funding agency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Ferencz | POLI | Arts | SSHRC CGSD |
| Simone Goldberg | PSYC | Arts | SSHRC CGSD |
| Seonwoo Hong | PSYC | Arts | SSHRC CGSD |
| Lydia Laflamme | POLI | Arts | SSHRC CGSD |
| Georgia Landgraf | AMNE | Arts | SSHRC CGSD |
| Jamie Leung | ENGL | Arts | SSHRC CGSD |
| Emily Liang | MUSC | Arts | SSHRC CGSD |
| Nicole Nohr Dawydiuk | SOCI | Arts | SSHRC CGSD |
| Charlotte Stewardson-Gregory | PSYC | Arts | SSHRC CGSD |
| Avontay Williams | PHIL | Arts | SSHRC CGSD |
| Makayla Freeman | ECPS | Education | SSHRC CGSD |
| Astou Thiam | RHSC | Medicine | SSHRC CGSD |
| Aleah Wong | IOF | Science | SSHRC CGSD |
| Mengyi Zhang | RES | Science | SSHRC CGSD |
| Vala Vakilian | EECE | Applied Science | NSERC CGSD |
| Omran Safi | PSYC | Arts | NSERC CGSD |
| Annika Szarka | KIN | Education | NSERC CGSD |
| Kathleen Donaleshen | FRST | Forestry | NSERC CGSD |
| Gabe Schepens | FRST | Forestry | NSERC CGSD |
| Jordan Seider | FRST | Forestry | NSERC CGSD |
| Daniel Stewart | FRST | Forestry | NSERC CGSD |
| Michael Bilek | PLNT | Land and Food Systems | NSERC CGSD |
| Dai Shi | FOOD | Land and Food Systems | NSERC CGSD |
| Regan Campbell | NRSC | Medicine | NSERC CGSD |
| Al Rohet Hossain | BIMB | Medicine | NSERC CGSD |
| Nisha Johal | BIMB | Medicine | NSERC CGSD |
| Dane Sands | BIMB | Medicine | NSERC CGSD |
| Noah Brittain | PHAR | Pharmaceutical Sciences | NSERC CGSD |
| Yu Qi Cai | CHEM | Science | NSERC CGSD |
| Jenna Chisholm | PHAS | Science | NSERC CGSD |
| Vincent Fetterley | BOTA | Science | NSERC CGSD |
| Finola Fogarty | ZOOL | Science | NSERC CGSD |
| Zoe Golay | CHEM | Science | NSERC CGSD |
| Lucas Kuhn | PHAS | Science | NSERC CGSD |
| Maude Larivière | PHAS | Science | NSERC CGSD |
| Alan Milligan | CPSC | Science | NSERC CGSD |
| Matthew Niedoba | CPSC | Science | NSERC CGSD |
| Emily Trudeau | BOTA | Science | NSERC CGSD |
| Ailsa Sirois | NURS | Applied Science | CIHR CGSD |
| Ilena Yim | DENT | Dentistry | CIHR CGSD |
| Hannah Crepeault | INDS | Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies | CIHR CGSD |
| Saranee Fernando | INDS | Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies | CIHR CGSD |
| Kat Gallant | INDS | Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies | CIHR CGSD |
| Erica McAdam | INDS | Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies | CIHR CGSD |
| Yu-Chi (Serena) Chuang | ONCO | Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| Avneet Dhillon | RHSC | Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| Maria Elishaev | PATH | Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| Simran Gill | WACH | Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| Janna Griffioen | RHSC | Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| Katherine Hunker | WACH | Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| Marie Johns | MEDG | Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| Sunu Kim | MEDG | Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| Michael Lane | PATH | Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| Dongkyu Lee | BIMB | Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| Laurie Lee-Glover | CELL | Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| Monica Luo | MDPHD | Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| Victor Matias Barrios | MEDX | Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| Ryan McCallum | NRSC | Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| Warren Meyers | CELL | Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| Anjana Rajendran | NRSC | Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| Gillian Savage | ONCO | Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| William Stewart | BIMB | Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| Harjeev Sudan | NRSC | Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| Adam Sunavsky | MDPHD | Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| Peiyuan Zhu | MEDX | Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| Vanessa Chan | PHAR | Pharmaceutical Sciences | CIHR CGSD |
| Vicki Cheng | PHAR | Pharmaceutical Sciences | CIHR CGSD |
| Blair MacDonald | PHAR | Pharmaceutical Sciences | CIHR CGSD |
| Tiffany Price | PHAR | Pharmaceutical Sciences | CIHR CGSD |
| Jake Felker | MICB | Science | CIHR CGSD |
| Austin Guild | MICB | Science | CIHR CGSD |
| Behnam Maneshgar | BIOF | Science | CIHR CGSD |
| Maria Stephenson | GSAT | Science | CIHR CGSD |
About Awards at G+PS
The Graduate Awards department at the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (G+PS) is responsible for administering merit-based (also known as competition-based) graduate awards at the Vancouver campus of the University of British Columbia, as well as a limited number of non-merit-based awards such as the International Tuition Award, President's Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award, and Graduate Student Travel and Research Dissemination Fund. Graduate Awards manages a number of award competitions each year and administers payment of both internally- and externally-funded awards.
For more information on applying for specific awards, visit our awards page.