Public Scholars Award at University of British Columbia in Canada

This award is part
of the UBC Public
Scholars Initiative, which intends to build connections, community,
and capacity for doctoral students who are interested in explicitly linking
their doctoral work to an arena of public benefit and integrating broader and
more career-relevant forms of scholarship into their doctoral education
process.

Up to $10,000 per
student is available to s
upport innovative/collaborative scholarship which
the student would otherwise be unable to pursue. Funding can be used for:

• Student
  stipend, if the student’s current funding source would not allow the
  alternative project(s)
• A
  research allowance (including allowance for professional development or
  travel relevant to the scholarly work)

Funding is available
for up to 30 new students in 2016-17. Students may be eligible for renewal
for a second year (pending new PSI funding).

• Eligibility
  
• Doctoral
  students (PhD, EdD, and DMA) in years 1-5
• Applicants
  must have completed no more than 48 months of doctoral study as of 31
  August 2016
• Applicants
  must be registered in a UBC doctoral program as of 1 September 2016

• Submission
  of a report at the end of their first (and if applicable, second) year of
  funding
• Presentation
  of their work at a Network event

Application
Procedures