On November 17, the Government of Canada announced that 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 investing $275 million in the latest cohort of scholarship and fellowship recipients.
These awards recognize and support the next generation of research at UBC and across Canada. Nearly 6,000 scholarships and fellowships have been awarded for research training, including 240 master's students, and 125 doctoral students from UBC. The programs include:
- Canada Graduate Scholarships – Doctoral (CGS-D) and Master's (CGS-M)
- Canada Graduate Scholarships – Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements
- NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships – Doctoral
- SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
Doctoral students are listed below, along with their program. For more information about their research, visit their profiles.
Congratulations to all of the recipients!
Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral (CGS-D)
| Name | Program/Department | Award type |
|---|---|---|
| Atul Aravindakshan | School of Population and Public Health | CIHR CGSD |
| Katherine Baillie | MD/PHD Program | CIHR CGSD |
| Andreea Bratu | School of Population and Public Health | CIHR CGSD |
| Matthew Budd | Experimental Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| Ariene Cabantog | Medical Oncology | CIHR CGSD |
| Ace Chan | School of Population and Public Health | CIHR CGSD |
| Lianne Cho | MD/PHD Program | CIHR CGSD |
| Brett Collinge | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| Liying Dai | Experimental Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| Mia Frier | Department of Medical Genetics | CIHR CGSD |
| Mark Hamer | School of Biomedical Engineering | CIHR CGSD |
| Kate Huang | Experimental Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| Isra Ibrahim | School of Dentistry | CIHR CGSD |
| Kevin Jeffers | Department of Medical Genetics | CIHR CGSD |
| Faeze Keshavarz | Bioinformatics | CIHR CGSD |
| Cindy Lam | Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology | CIHR CGSD |
| Alexandra Lukey | School of Population and Public Health | CIHR CGSD |
| Naomi Maldonado-Rodriguez | School of Kinesiology | CIHR CGSD |
| Avril Metcalfe-Roach | Department of Microbiology & Immunology | CIHR CGSD |
| Rabia Mir | Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program | CIHR CGSD |
| Naomi Potter | Experimental Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| Caralyn Reisle | Bioinformatics | CIHR CGSD |
| Karen Sauve | School of Population and Public Health | CIHR CGSD |
| Sepideh Soukhtehzari | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| Kelsey Speed | Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program | CIHR CGSD |
| Sabina Staempfli | School of Nursing | CIHR CGSD |
| Li Qing Wang | MD/PHD Program | CIHR CGSD |
| Christine Wardell | Experimental Medicine | CIHR CGSD |
| Jennifer Baron | Department of Forestry | NSERC CGSD |
| Katrina Bergmann | Department of Chemistry | NSERC CGSD |
| Gregg Eschelmuller | School of Kinesiology | NSERC CGSD |
| Amy Forsythe | Department of Zoology | NSERC CGSD |
| Brandon Forys | Department of Psychology | NSERC CGSD |
| Alexander Garner | Cell & Developmental Biology Program | NSERC CGSD |
| Danielle Hanke | Pharmaceutical Sciences | NSERC CGSD |
| Ardalan Hendi | Department of Zoology | NSERC CGSD |
| Paul Herringer | Department of Physics | NSERC CGSD |
| Ryoga Hojo | Department of Chemistry | NSERC CGSD |
| Christopher Lee | Department of Microbiology & Immunology | NSERC CGSD |
| Lu Fei Liu | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | NSERC CGSD |
| Carolyn Morris | Department of Zoology | NSERC CGSD |
| Luke Polson | Department of Physics | NSERC CGSD |
| Calla Raymond | Department of Zoology | NSERC CGSD |
| Sabrina Scott | Department of Chemistry | NSERC CGSD |
| Kaitlin Sullivan | Neuroscience Program | NSERC CGSD |
| Carla Urquhart | Department of Geography | NSERC CGSD |
| Maram Alkawaja Livermore | School of Population and Public Health | SSHRC CGSD |
| Peter de Montmollin | Department of Geography | SSHRC CGSD |
| Alim Fakirani | Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy | SSHRC CGSD |
| Alicia Haniford | Department of English | SSHRC CGSD |
| Sonia Jafari Milani | Department of Psychology | SSHRC CGSD |
| Nancy Lin | School of Social Work | SSHRC CGSD |
| Nathan Lucky | Department of History | SSHRC CGSD |
| Melanie McPhail | Peter A. Allard School of Law | SSHRC CGSD |
| Olaitan Ogunnote | Vancouver School of Economics | SSHRC CGSD |
| Jeanette Steinmann | School of Kinesiology | SSHRC CGSD |
NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships - Doctoral SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship
| Name | Program/Department | Award type |
|---|---|---|
| Lucas Andrew | Department of Chemistry | NSERC PGSD |
| Alexandre Babin | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering | NSERC PGSD |
| Isaiah Betinol | Department of Chemistry | NSERC PGSD |
| Emma Betz | Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences | NSERC PGSD |
| Jarrett Blair | Department of Zoology | NSERC PGSD |
| Anna Borch | Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences | NSERC PGSD |
| Alana Breitkreutz | Department of Botany | NSERC PGSD |
| Lisa Cheng | Pharmaceutical Sciences | NSERC PGSD |
| Seja Elgadi | Department of Chemistry | NSERC PGSD |
| Josef Garen | Department of Botany | NSERC PGSD |
| Ameena Hashimi | Department of Microbiology & Immunology | NSERC PGSD |
| Christina Howard | Forestry | NSERC PGSD |
| Joseph Janssen | Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences | NSERC PGSD |
| Darius Kamal | Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences | NSERC PGSD |
| Adrienne Kinman | Neuroscience Program | NSERC PGSD |
| Jonathan Lew | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | NSERC PGSD |
| Xiaoting Li | Department of Statistics | NSERC PGSD |
| Josuha MacEachern | Department of Physics | NSERC PGSD |
| Jessica McDougall | Rehabilitation Sciences | NSERC PGSD |
| Brandon McNabb | Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences | NSERC PGSD |
| Yi Xue (Ina) Na | Department of Botany | NSERC PGSD |
| Jourdain Piette | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering | NSERC PGSD |
| Esther Roorda | Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering | NSERC PGSD |
| Farhan Samir | Department of Linguistics | NSERC PGSD |
| Jens Ulrich | Land and Food Systems | NSERC PGSD |
| Megan Wolf | Genome Science and Technology Program | NSERC PGSD |
| Warren Wong | Land and Food Systems | NSERC PGSD |
| Beverly Yang | Mining Engineering | NSERC PGSD |
| Cameron Zheng | Department of Chemistry | NSERC PGSD |
| Kaitlyn Zinn | Forestry | NSERC PGSD |
SSHRC Doctoral Fellowships
| Name | Program/Department | AWard type |
|---|---|---|
| Asma Afreen | Department of Language & Literacy Education | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Holly Bergeron-Dumaine | School of Music | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Manvi Bhalla | Resources, Environment and Sustainability | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Luz Alejandra Botia | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Laura Brass | Department of Language & Literacy Education | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Titania Dixon-Luinenburg | Department of Psychology | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Juliane Dmyterko | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Gabrielle Edwards | Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Aisha Ghani | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Sebastian Gomez Cardona | Vancouver School of Economics | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Rowenna Gryba | Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Yu Guo | Department of Educational Studies | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Maysa Haque | Department of Gender, Race and Social Justice | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Syler Hayes | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Cassandra Hesse | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Haley Hrymak | Peter A. Allard School of Law | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Miranda Huron | Department of Educational Studies | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Rebekah Kartal | Department of Geography | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Uyseok Lee | Vancouver School of Economics | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Zhen Lin | Department of Language & Literacy Education | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Amir Michalovich | Department of Language & Literacy Education | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Siddhanth Mookerjee | Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Gerrit Neels | Department of Philosophy | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Gideon Odionu | Peter A. Allard School of Law | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Bruce Oliver | Department of Linguistics | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Allen Peters | Vancouver School of Economics | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Marny Point | Department of Language & Literacy Education | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Lara Sarlak | Department of Anthropology | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Shoshana Schwebel | Department of Central, Eastern & Northern European Studies | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Arezoo Shahnaz | Department of Psychology | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Michael Stringer | Department of Theatre & Film | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Cheuk Him Ryan Sun | Department of History | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Benavides Winy Vasquez | Forestry | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Kaili Vesik | Department of Linguistics | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Lauren White | Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Jane Willsie | Department of English | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Sarah Woolga | Department of Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Francis Yuen | Department of Psychology | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
| Martina Zago | Department of Political Science | SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship |
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. Learn more
Friday, 18 November 2022