University of British Columbia International Scholarships

Killam
Doctoral Scholarship

Quick
Facts:

The Killam
Scholarship and Prize Programmes were established in memory of Izaak Walton
Killam through the Will of his wife, Dorothy J

ohnston Killam, and through gifts
made during her lifetime. Their primary purpose is to support advanced
education and research at five Canadian universities and the Canada Council for
the Arts. The UBC Killam Doctoral Scholarships are provided annually from the
Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Fund for Advanced Studies. It was Mrs. Killam’s
desire that those selected to receive scholarships: “Be likely to
contribute to the advancement of learning or to win distinction in a
profession. A Killam scholar should not be a one-sided person…Special
distinction of intellect should be founded upon sound character.”

Killam Doctoral
Scholarships are the most prestigious awards available to graduate students at
UBC. Approximately 15-20 awards are made each year to the top doctoral
candidates in the Affiliated Fellowships competition. The stipend for the
2016-2017 awards is $30,000 per annum for two years and a $2,000 allowance for
research-related travel during the 24 months of the scholarship.

The Killam Doctoral
Scholarship is the only Affiliated Fellowship competition for which Okanagan
students are eligible. Any Canadian or Permanent Resident who applies to a
Tri-Council competition (NSERC or SSHRC) and is successfully forwarded to UBC
Vancouver will be automatically considered for Killam Doctoral Scholarship
funding. In the case of international students and any Canadian or permanent
resident that is ineligible for Tri-council funding but would like to apply for
Killam Doctoral Scholarship funding, an Affiliated Fellowship application can
be submitted to the College of Graduate Studies.

Annual
Value:
 
$30,000 per annum for two years and a $2,000 allowance for research-related
travel during the 24 months of the scholarship.
Award Status: 
Active
Deadline:
September 15, 2016

Eligibility:

To be eligible to
apply for Killam Doctoral Scholarship funding, applicants must have completed
no more than 24 months of doctoral study as of the start date of the
scholarship. Therefore, applicants to the fall 2016 competition must have
completed no more than 24 months of doctoral study as of September 1, 2017.

Citizenship: 

  • Canadian
  • Permanent
    Resident
  • International

Degree
Level:

  • Doctoral

Applicant
Status:

  • Incoming
    Students
  • Continuing
    Students 

Evaluation
Criteria:

Evaluated as per
Affiliated Fellowships. Top students in the competition are awarded Killam
Doctoral Scholarships.

Application
Procedures:

Applicants submit
their application materials to the College of Graduate Studies. Please note
that students who submit a NSERC doctoral or a SSHRC doctoral award application
to the College of Graduate Studies and are successfully forwarded to the
Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (G+PS), are automatically
considered for Killam Doctoral Scholarship funding. These students do not need
to submit a separate Affiliated Fellowship application.

Applicants may
submit complete application forms directly to graduateawards.ok@ubc.ca or submit a hard (paper) copy to
the College of Graduate Studies. 

Application
Materials:  

Health
Sciences
Natural
Sciences and Engineering
Social
Sciences and Humanities

Questions? Please
contact: graduateawards.ok@ubc.ca

AWARD NOTIFICATION :   ONLY SUCCESSFUL
APPLICANTS WILL BE NOTIFIED.

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