UBC: Killam Doctoral Scholarship

UBC: Killam Doctoral Scholarship

The primary purpose of Killam Doctoral Scholarship 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. Killam Doctoral Scholarships are the most prestigious awards available to graduate students at UBC. About 15-20 awards are made each year to the top doctoral candidates in the Affiliated Fellowships competition.

Fellowship Award: The stipend for the 2020-2021 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.

Award Status:  Active

Eligibility:

Applicants who have completed no more than 24 months of doctoral study as of the start date of the scholarship are eligible for the scholarship. Therefore, applicants to the fall 2016 competition must have completed no more than 24 months of doctoral study as of September 1, 2019.

Citizenship: Applicants can be

1. Canadian
2. Permanent Resident
3. International

Degree Level: Doctoral

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.

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