Value: $50,000
Eligibility: Open to SSHRC doctoral and postdoctoral award holders as of 30 April, 2015 (including, but not limited to, a Canada Graduate Scholarship, Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship or Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship)
Deadline for departmental nominations to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies: 4:00pm Friday, 27 February, 2015.
The Talent Award recognizes outstanding achievement by a current SSHRC doctoral or postdoctoral fellowship or scholarship award holder. The Talent Award is given to an individual who maintains academic excellence, has a talent for research and knowledge mobilization and has demonstrated clear potential to be a future leader within and/or outside the academic sector.
Please consult the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (G+PS) website for detailed nomination instructions: https://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/sshrc-talent-award
The contact at the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for this competition is Angela Rizzo: angela.rizzo@ubc.ca