FINANCIAL AID
Several kinds of financial assistance are available to students enrolled in the Anatomy & Cell Biology Graduate Program. All students admitted into the Program will receive financial support to a minimum of $15,000 per year from one or more of the following sources:
a) Students are encouraged to apply for Studentships offered by local, provincial and national sources. These include CIHR, NSERC, the National Cancer Institute, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of BC and Yukon, the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Canada, the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research and the National Institutes of Health (US). These awards are generally applied for in the early fall in the year preceding entry into the Graduate program.
b) The Faculty of Graduate Studies and the Faculty of Medicine offer Fellowships and bursaries to qualified students. These are highly competitive and are awarded on the basis of merit. Outstanding students enrolled in the Program are nominated for these awards, which include University Graduate Fellowships (UGFs), by the Anatomy & Cell Biology Graduate Studies Committee. The UBC Faculty of Graduate Studies deadline for the receipt of applications for UGFs is mid-October, and it should be noted that students are first required to apply for funding from one of the national research councils (CIHR, NSERC, SSHRC), if they are eligible.
c) Research Assistantships. Members of Faculty in the Division of Anatomy & Cell Biology hold research grants from government sources and/or charitable foundations. Stipends may be available from the research supervisor's grant to support the student's research.
d) Finally, financial support in the form of teaching assistantships may be available from Departmental funds after completion of at least one of the departmental 'core' anatomy courses or its equivalent. Details of the 'core' courses (ANAT 511, ANAT 516, ANAT 517 and ANAT 590) can be found in the University of British Columbia calendar or at this web site (see Courses).
International students admitted to research programs charging tuition fees of $7,200 per year are eligible for an International Partial Tuition Scholarship of $3,600 per year which is applied to assist with their tuition fees. Students are eligible as long as they are not a recipient of any external scholarships or funding that pays their tuition. Details are available on the Grad Studies website.
Effective September 2003, all PhD students (Canadian citizens, permanent residents and international students) in the first four years of their doctoral program are eligible for a PhD Tuition Fee Award. The PhD Tuition Fee Award is equivalent to the tuition fee assessment, which for academic year 2003-2004 is $3,200 per year for domestic students and $7,200 for international students. Further details can be found on the Grad Studies website. |
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