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cfis student awards

College for Interdisciplinary Studies

SUPPORT STUDENTS Student aid recipients are more likely to finish their degrees and to finish faster SUPPORT EDUCATION Student aid attracts those students who otherwise may not be able to afford their education SUPPORT THE FUTURE Todays graduate students are the policy-makers, the researchers and the leaders of tomorrow

SUPPORTING THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST

CFIS Graduate Programs Asia Pacific Policy Studies (MAPPS) Bioinformatics Cell and Developmental Biology (NEW) European Studies Genetics Genome Science and Technology (September, 2010) Neuroscience Occupational and Environmental Hygiene Interdisciplinary Oncology Planning Resource Management and Environmental Studies Women's and Gender Studies THE IMPACT OF STUDENT AWARDS
Thomas Harrison, PhD (2013) Neuroscience CFIS GRADUATE AWARD My research looks at brain plasticity during the period of spontaneous recovery after stroke. This award came as a pleasant surprise. It fully covered my tuition and fees, which are a substantial expense even for students holding external funding. Jennifer Bedore, MA (2011) Planning Annie Aftab, PhD (2012) Cell and Developmental Biology NSERC POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP Receiving this award was a real confidence booster; it affirmed that I was asking important scientific questions on how cancer invades the brain. As a graduate student I go through many highs and lows, and receiving an award like this served as the accelerant I had been looking for.

More than 600 students in 12 graduate programs CFIS provides students with a collaborative research experience they might not otherwise have working within a single discipline. Students and faculty have an extraordinary opportunity to solve complex problems drawing on diverse disciplines. Your gifts provide CFIS students with the opportunity to pursue their passions, and take their achievements out into the world.

BRAHM WEISMAN MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP

This scholarship will enable me to conduct research on best practices for irrigation management in the Philippines. It will pay for accommodation, a research assistant and travel costs. As I will be managing water resources in developing countries when I graduate, this experience is crucial to my future success.

A Sampling of CFIS Graduate Student Awards

CFIS Student Aid Fund (All CFIS students The Hung Hing Ying and Leung Hau Ling Charitable Foundation Graduate Scholarship (Asia Pacific Policy StudiesMAPPS) UBC School of Environmental Health Graduate Entrance Scholarship (Occupational and Environmental Hygiene)

Charlotte Douglas Fee Graduate Award (Women's and Gender Studies) School of Community and Regional Planning Scholarship (Planning) Les Lavkulich Scholarship for Resources and Environment (Resource Management & Environmental Studies)

For More information on these or any CFIS student award, or to set up a new student award, please contact: Nancy Cardozo, Major Gifts Officer Ryan Smith, Development Officer 604-822-1313, nancy.cardozo@ubc.ca 604-822-4376, ryan.smith@ubc.ca

May 2010