Deadline:
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Eligibility of Citizenship: Canadian, Permanent Residence, and International
Degree Level: PhD
Award Status: Open
Applicant Status: Incoming Students
Description
Quick Facts
The UBC Okanagan Distinguished Doctoral Scholar Award (DDS) program will ensure UBC Okanagan’s best PhD students are provided with financial support of at least $20,000 per year plus tuition by the College of Graduate Studies for up to four years of their doctoral studies, in addition to funding provided by their graduate programs. This merit-based scholarship is intended to be a component of a larger funding package that will be used to recruit top scholars who likely have competitive offers from other universities. Each awardee will receive a combined funding package of at least $35,000 per year. This program allows UBC to continue to attract and support outstanding domestic and international doctoral students, and provide those students with stable, base-level funding for their doctoral studies and research.
Annual Value: $20,000 stipend + tuition
Eligibility
- DDS awards are tenable by incoming, full-time PhD students.
- DDS awards may be held by domestic and international students.
- DDS funding is conditional on the recipient maintaining satisfactory academic progress.
- Students who transfer directly from a Master’s program to a doctoral program without completing the Master’s program are not eligible.
Evaluation Criteria
- Selection based on academic excellence, upon the recommendation of the graduate program.
Application Procedures
- To be considered for DDS funding, students must submit an application for admission to the appropriate graduate program at UBC Okanagan. No additional application is required.
- Students are not able to update or make changes to their admission application for the purpose of this award.
Nomination Procedures
- Each Faculty/School is allocated a number of DDS each year. Faculties/Schools review their incoming doctoral students and offer DDS to their very best students.
- Faculties/Schools notify the College of Graduate Studies which students have been chosen to receive a DDS by submitted the DDS Recommendation Form.
SUBMITTING RECOMMENDATIONS TO COGS
Faculties are to email the name(s) of the recommended student(s) to graduateawards.ok@ubc.ca.
DDS Recipients and Faculty Administrators: Please refer to the DDS Terms for policies regarding holding DDS funding.
Further Information
Questions? Please contact: graduateawards.ok@ubc.ca