AFFILIATED FELLOWSHIPS MASTER’S PROGRAM 2023-24, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

by Samrach · November 6, 2022

Deadline for applications: December 1, 2022

The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies offers approximately 50 Affiliated Fellowships each year to meritorious students for full-time study and/or research leading to a graduate degree. Awards are made on the basis of academic excellence, with applications open to current and prospective full-time UBC graduate students. Fellowship values range from $175 to $16,000.

ELIGIBILITY

Applicants must meet all eligibility requirements.

ACADEMIC STANDING

Students with a minimum first class standing in each of the last two years of full-time study are eligible to apply. GPA is calculated using all courses taken in a given year. For UBC courses, first class standing is 80% and higher. At other universities, first class standing is determined from marking keys that accompany transcripts. For transcripts that are not accompanied by marking keys, applicants should consult with their UBC graduate program staff.

CITIZENSHIP

All students regardless of citizenship are eligible to apply. However, Canadian citizens and permanent residents are required to apply for Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s (CGS M) (or doctoral funding from CIHR, NSERC, or SSHRC), if they are eligible to do so, to additionally be considered for Affiliated funding.

FIELDS OF STUDY / PROGRAM OF STUDY

Students must be enrolled in, have applied for, or will apply for full-time admission to an eligible graduate program. Eligible graduate program must have a significant research component. A significant research component is considered to be original, autonomous research that leads to the completion of a thesis, major research project, dissertation, scholarly publication, performance, recital and/or exhibit that is merit/expert-reviewed at the institutional level as a requirement for completion of the program.

With the exception of those program listed below, students in all fields of graduate study are eligible to apply. Exceptions:

Programs that are not administered by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (such as MBA, MM, MDS)
Programs that do not include a significant research component (ie. coursework-based programs such as MPPGA, MOT, MPH, MPT, and MKIN)
Doctor of Pharmacy

STUDENT STATUS

Applicants who will be registered full-time graduate students at UBC’s Vancouver campus as of September 2023 are eligible to apply (current and prospective UBC students are both eligible to apply).

MONTHS OF GRADUATE FUNDING

MASTER’S-LEVEL FUNDING

To be eligible, applicants must have completed, as of December 31, 2022, between 0 and 12 months of full-time (or full-time equivalent) graduate-level studies.

Please note that:

All previous studies at the graduate level, regardless of institution and discipline, will be included in determining eligibility*. For example, a previous period of Master’s or PhD study (either completed or incomplete) at another institution would be counted as part of the total graduate-level months of study.
Successful applicants for Master’s-level funding who plan to hold that funding as a Master’s student will not receive funding past the end of their 24th month of Master’s-level study.
Successful applicants for Master’s-level funding who plan to hold that funding as a doctoral student will receive a funding offer restricted to a maximum of 12 months, and they will not be considered for doctoral-level Affiliated Fellowships funding such as a Killam Doctoral Scholarship.
- Students in this category would be fast-track program (accelerated from a Master’s program into a doctoral program without obtaining the Master’s degree) or a direct-entry doctoral program (no Masters-level studies) who have completed between 0 and 12 months of graduate-level studies by December 31, 2022.
Students who will have completed more than 12 months of Master’s-level studies by December 31, 2022 should apply to the doctoral-level funding competition instead, if they are eligible to do so (ex. If they are planning to transfer to a PhD).

OTHER FUNDING

While award recipients will be selected based on the evaluation criteria, priority will be given to eligible candidates who do not hold significant scholarship funding (i.e., $16,000 or higher) for the 2023/24 academic year (September 2023 to August 2024). If a student is offered Affiliated funding and later receives other scholarship funding for the same period, the Affiliated funding offer will normally be rescinded.
Exceptions:
- Students are normally permitted to hold GSI, department-recommended donor-funded awards (i.e., not 4YF), and RA/TA positions at the same time that they hold Affiliated funding.
- Some of the Affiliated awards have very niche award descriptions (eligibility requirements). If an Affiliated award receives a very low number of eligible applications, it may be awarded to a student who already has significant scholarship funding. This exception only typically only applies to 1 to 2 awards in the competition.

*All previous months of master’s will be counted in assessing eligibility, except in cases where the previous master’s study was required by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies as a basis of admission to the applicant’s UBC graduate program. This exception may affect a small number of students from India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and the Philippines. This exception does not apply in cases where the previous master’s study was required by the applicant’s graduate program, but not by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.

EVALUATION CRITERIA

The evaluation of Affiliated Fellowship applications for Master’s funding – for all disciplines – is based on the following criteria:

Academic excellence – 50%

As demonstrated by past academic results, transcripts, awards and distinctions. Indicators of academic excellence:

Academic record
Scholarships and awards held
Duration of previous studies
Type of program and courses pursued
Course load
Relative standing (if available)

Research potential – 30%

As demonstrated by the applicant’s research history, their interest in discovery, the proposed research, its potential contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the field, and any anticipated outcomes. Indicators of research potential:

Quality and originality of contributions to research and development
Relevance of work experience and academic training to field of proposed research
Significance, feasibility and merit of proposed research
Judgment and ability to think critically
Ability to apply skills and knowledge
Initiative and autonomy
Research experience and achievements relative to expectations of someone with the candidate’s academic experience

Personal characteristics and interpersonal skills – 20%

As demonstrated by the applicant’s past professional and relevant extracurricular interactions and collaborations. Indicators of personal characteristics and interpersonal skills:

Work experience
Leadership experience
Project management including organizing conferences and meetings
The ability or potential to communicate theoretical, technical and/or scientific concepts clearly and logically in written and oral formats
Involvement in academic life
Volunteerism/community outreach

APPLICATION PROCEDURES

Affiliated Fellowship applicants (such as international students) must submit their application materials to their UBC graduate program. The deadline by which applications for Master’s-level funding must be submitted to the applicant’s UBC graduate program is 1 December 2022 before 5:00 pm PT.

Many of the Affiliated Fellowships have no specific criteria (open/unrestricted), while many others have some affiliation or special research focus as part of their criteria (restricted/criteria-based). All graduate students in the Affiliated Fellowships competition are automatically considered for unrestricted awards. In order to additionally be considered for any criteria-based awards, students are asked to:

review the list of criteria-based affiliated awards at the end of the application to determine if they meet any of these awards’ criteria
check in their Affiliated Fellowships application the award numbers of any and all criteria-based affiliated awards for which they are eligible

APPLICATION MATERIALS

Note: Students who are eligible for the Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master’s (CGS M) (such as Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada) are required to apply for CGS M in order to additionally be considered for the Affiliated Fellowships-Master’s awards. Students who submit a CGS M application to UBC are also automatically considered for ‘unrestricted/open’ Affiliated Fellowship funding, and do not need to submit a separate Affiliated Fellowship application. However, to be considered for ‘restricted/criteria-based’ Affiliated funding, CGSM applicants must submit the list of criteria-based affiliated fellowships to their graduate program by the application deadline.

NOMINATION PROCEDURES

APPLICATIONS FOR MASTER’S-LEVEL FUNDING

Graduate programs review and rank the applications they receive, and forward their top applicants to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies by 25 January 2023 at 4:00 pm PT. Gradauet program resources will be posted on the Awards Administration webpage.

Source / More information: Official Website HERE.