Affiliated Fellowships Doctoral Program

Applicants must meet all eligibility requirements.

Applicants who plan to be registered in a Master's program in September 2017, should refer to Affiliated Fellowships Master's Program.

Academic Standing

Students with a minimum first class standing in each of the last two years of full-time study are eligible to apply. GPA is calculated using all courses taken in a given year. For UBC courses, first class standing is 80% and higher. At other universities, first class standing is determined from marking keys that accompany transcripts. For transcripts that are not accompanied by marking keys, applicants should consult with their UBC graduate program staff.

Citizenship

All students regardless of citizenship are eligible to apply. Canadian citizens and permanent residents are required to apply for graduate scholarship funding from CIHR, NSERC, or SSHRC, if they are eligible to do so. See the websites of these funding agencies for details regarding eligibility.

Fields of Study

With the exception of those program listed below, students in all fields of graduate study are eligible to apply. Exceptions:

•   Master of Business Administration
•   Master of Management
•   Master of Engineering (in Faculty of Applied Science)
•   Doctor of Pharmacy

Student Status

Applicants who plan to be registered full-time graduate students at UBC's Vancouver campus as of September 2017 are eligible to apply.

Months of Graduate Funding

Doctoral-level Funding

To be eligible, applicants must have completed, as of December 31, 2016:

• between zero and 36 months of full-time (or full-time equivalent) doctoral studies, if they have undertaken Master’s-level studies (whether completed or not). In cases where a student has transferred directly from a Master’s program into a doctoral program without receiving a Master’s degree, eligibility for doctoral funding will be counted from the effective date of transfer to the doctoral program.
• between zero and 48 months of full-time (or full-time equivalent) doctoral studies, if they have proceeded directly from a Bachelor’s or equivalent program to their doctoral program and have not held four years of combined doctoral funding from Tri-Agency scholarships, Affiliated Fellowships, Four Year Fellowship, Aboriginal Graduate Fellowship, and Graduate Global Leadership Fellowship

Please note that:

• all previous studies at the graduate level, regardless of institution and discipline, will be included in determining eligibility
• successful applicants for doctoral-level funding who have undertaken Master’s-level studies (first point immediately above) will not receive funding past the end of their 48th month of doctoral-level study
• successful applicants for doctoral-level funding who have proceeded directly from a Bachelor’s or equivalent program (second point immediately above) will not receive funding past the end of their 60th month of doctoral-level study
• Students registered in a fast-track program (accelerated from a Master’s program into a doctoral program without obtaining the Master’s degree) or a direct-entry doctoral program (no Master’s-level studies) who have completed between zero and 12  months of graduate-level studies by December 31, 2016 may choose to submit their application to the Master’s-level funding competition. This will result in their application being ranked against applications from other students at a similar point in their graduate career. Should they submit their application to the Master’s-level funding competition, any funding offer will be restricted to a maximum of 12 months and they will not be considered for doctoral-level funding such as a Killam Doctoral Scholarship. They can subsequently apply to future doctoral-level competitions for further funding.