Deadline:
Consistent with the admission period for which a student is applying
Eligibility of Citizenship: Canadian, Permanent Residence, and International
Degree Level: Masters and PhD
Award Status: Open
Applicant Status: Incoming Students and Continuing Students
Description
Quick Facts
The Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies (FCCS) Graduate Fellowship is a merit-based award open to incoming and continuing full-time students supervised by FCCS faculty. It is available to both Masters and Doctoral students, domestic or international. Merit will be assessed in a broad sense that includes, but is not limited to, academic success as measured by GPA. Additional criteria include awards, creative outputs and relevant work experience
Value: Varies
Duration: One-Time Award
Eligibility
- Incoming and continuing students supervised by FCCS faculty members
- For incoming students, complete applications submitted by the application deadline receive priority consideration
- Submissions after the deadline will be considered if funding is available
- Master’s students must have completed, as of December 31 of the academic year, no more than 24 months of study in the program for which they are requesting funding
- PhD students must have completed, as of December 31 of the academic year, no more than 48 months of study in the program for which they are requesting funding
Evaluation Criteria
- Academic excellence, e.g. GPA, creative outputs, portfolio
- Research performance or potential, e.g. quality of letter of intent, originality and significance of research proposal
- Personal characteristics and interpersonal skills, e.g. relevant work or volunteer experience
Application Procedure
- New applicants to FCCS programs who have submitted a complete admission application, and who are supervised by FCCS faculty members, will automatically be considered for this fellowship
- Continuing students who are supervised by FCCS faculty members will automatically be considered for this fellowship
- Students are not able to update or make changes to their admission application for the purpose of this scholarship
Nomination Procedures
- The FCCS Faculty Graduate Fellowship is administered by the College of Graduate Studies
- New admits and continuing students’ files will be adjudicated by the FCCS Graduate Scholarships Committee or the relevant IGS Theme committee as appropriate
- Successful applicants will be notified no later than six (6) weeks after the application deadline
- To be considered for this award, new admits must submit completed applications by January 31
- FCCS will inform the College of Graduate Studies which students they have nominated to receive the FCCS Graduate Fellowship
- Only successful applicants are notified
SUBMITTING RECOMMENDATIONS TO COGS
Faculties are to email the name(s) of the recommended student(s) to graduateawards.ok@ubc.ca.
Further information
Conditions for Award Holders
Academic Standing
- Each year, students’ progress is evaluated as either satisfactory, requiring improvement, or unsatisfactory through an Annual Progress Report. Students with unsatisfactory progress become ineligible for award funding until a satisfactory status is reported in the required six month interim progress report or a subsequent annual progress report
Registration
- In order to remain eligible for this fellowship, students must remain registered as a full-time student for each term of the fellowship payment. Students must register in their thesis course in each term of their studies to ensure that they maintain full-time status
Deferrals
- Students receiving an award cannot defer the fellowship to a subsequent fiscal
Leave of Absence
- Students granted a leave of absence retain the full value of any university graduate fellowship or other award whose terms and conditions are established by the College of Graduate Studies. An award will be suspended at the onset of the leave, and reinstated at the termination of the leave period, provided the student returns to full-time study within the same academic
Withdrawals
- If a fellowship holder withdraws from their program of study, the funding received during the term for which the withdrawal is processed will be recovered by the College of Graduate Studies
Questions about this award? Email graduateawards.ok@ubc.ca