Value: $1,500
Eligibility: applicants whose dissertations were completed and accepted by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014
Deadline for nominations to be received by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies: 4:00pm Friday, 20 February, 2015
The CAGS/UMI Distinguished Dissertation Awards recognize Canadian doctoral dissertations that make unusually significant and original contributions to their academic field. Awards are offered through this spring’s competition for dissertations completed and accepted by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies between January 1, 2014 and December 31, 2014. The awards include a $1,500 prize, a Citation Certificate and travel expenses of up to $1,500 to attend the 2015 CAGS Annual Conference in Calgary, Alberta. Each graduate program may nominate one dissertation for this award.
Graduate Program Deadline: check with your graduate program
Please consult the Graduate Awards website for further details and nomination procedures: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/cagsumi-dissertation-award
For further detail about the competition, please see the CAGS/UMI website: http://www.cags.ca/cagsumi.php
The contact at the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for this competition is Allan Lee: (allan.lee@ubc.ca).