BPOC Graduate Excellence Award

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Deadline

Likely in January 2027

Value

Various, minimum $1,500

Citizenship

Canadian
Permanent Resident
International

Degree Level

Masters
Doctoral

Awards have been made available by the University of British Columbia for outstanding graduate students who identify as Black or as a Person of Colour, with preference for domestic students and for incoming research Master’s students. The award is intended to recognize excellence in research and scholarly performance by BPOC (Black and People of Colour) graduate students and to address systemic barriers they experience in their training.

The minimum value of each award is $1,500. Funds are allocated to disciplinary Faculties and graduate programs, who recommend their awardees and award amounts to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.

Departments: Please refer to the GSI Guidelines for policies regarding the carry-forward of funding (BPOC follows the GSI guidelines regarding carry-forward).

Eligibility

Awards are available to students who self-identify as Black or a Person of Colour.
- Effective fall 2022, the eVision graduate admission application includes a question allowing applicants to self-identify and to indicate their desire to be considered for related award funding (please see "Further Information" below for details).
Students in course-based professional Master’s programs and programs not administered by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies are not eligible.
- Any exceptions to program eligibility criteria would be made on case-by-case basis
Awards may be offered with a start date of May, September or January of the following year.
Preference is to be given to students in priority order as outlined in the following table:

Priority	Incoming/ Continuing	Master's / Doctoral	Domestic / International
1	Incoming	Master's	Domestic
2	Incoming	Master's	International
3	Incoming	Doctoral	Domestic
4	Incoming	Doctoral	International
5	Continuing	Master's	Domestic
6	Continuing	Master's	International
7	Continuing	Doctoral	Domestic
8	Continuing	Doctoral	International