UBC Future Forests Fellowships for International Students in Canada

The University of British Columbia is offering Future Forests Fellowships for
both domestic and international students. Fellowships are awarded to pursue
full-time doctoral studies at UBC Forestry for the course beginning in
September 2018.

The UBC Faculty of
Forestry’s Future Forests Fellowship aims to attract and retain world-class
doctoral students by supporting students who demonstrate both leadership skills
and a high standard of scholarly achievement in graduate studies.

The University of
British Columbia is a global centre for resear
ch and teaching, consistently
ranked among the 40 best universities in the world. Since 1915, UBC’s West
Coast spirit has embraced innovation and challenged the status quo.

Course
Level:
Fellowships are available for pursuing PhD programme.

Study
Subject:
Fellowships are awarded in one of the following areas: Forest Products
Biotechnology – Bioenergy – Forest Genomics – Climate Change – Urban
Forestry – Forest Management – Conservation – Forested Landscapes – Salmon
Ecology – Forest Health – Forests and Indigenous Peoples – Forests and Human
Health.

Scholarship
Award:
$70,000 CAD annually for up to four years. The fellowship is intended to cover
all expenses incurred in the preparation and conduct of research.

Scholarship
can be taken in Canada

Eligibility:
Applicants
must meet the following criteria:

Applicants
must be seeking financial support for their first doctoral degree.
Applicants
must meet the eligibility requirements for admission to full time doctoral
studies at UBC Forestry and intend to register beginning September 2018 (a
completed application to the Forestry PhD program September 2018 intake is
part of the documentation required for applying to the Future Forests
Fellowship).
To
receive funding, the successful recipient of the Future Forests Fellowship
must:

-Remain enrolled as
a full-time student in the UBC Forestry doctoral program and demonstrate
continued satisfactory progress documented through annual progress reports;
-Not hold any other awards from the Canadian government or the University of
British Columbia at the same time as the Future Forests Fellowship.

Nationality: Both domestic and
international students are eligible to apply.

College
Admission Requirement

Entrance
Requirement: Applicants must have previous degree.

Test Requirement:
University does not require a GRE score.

English Language
Requirement:

The
minimum TOEFL internet-based score required for a Forestry graduate
program application is 100, with a minimum score in each component:
Reading – 23; Writing – 24; Listening – 23; Speaking – 22.
For
IELTS, a minimum overall band score of 7.0 is required, with a minimum
score of 6.5 in each component of the academic (NOT general) test.

How to
Apply:
A complete PhD, MSc or MASc application file includes the following
items. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that their online
application and all supporting documents (including official language test
scores if applicable) are received by deadline.

Secure
the interest of a prospective supervisor
Complete
the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies online application
package
Scanned
copies of official transcripts
Three
(3) References
English
Language Proficiency
Letter
of Intent
Curriculum
Vitae (CV)