2017 Yidan Prize for Education Research and Yidan Prize for Education Development
Sponsor: Yidan Prize Foundation
UBC Deadline: March 1, 2017
Sponsor Deadline: March 31, 2017
Value: Yidan Prize Laureate receives a gold medal and a total of HK$30 million (US$3.9 million) including a cash prize of HK$15 million (US$1.9 million) and a project fund of HK$15 million.
Details: With a vision to make the world a better place, the Yidan Prize reaches out to the world to give recognition to individuals with outstanding accomplishments in education research and development. This annual award aims to empower change makers in education, build a global community of education leaders and, ultimately, create long-lasting, enlightening impacts on humankind as a whole.
Only 2 awards globally. May be awarded to individuals or to teams of up to three people.
Established in 2016 as the world’s biggest education awards, the inaugural prizes will be given in 2017 in two categories:
- Yidan Prize for Education Research, recognizing outstanding research that contributes in significant ways to education
- Yidan Prize for Education Development, recognizing innovative ideas that tackle important challenges in the field of education
2016 Recipient for the Herbert T. Coutts Distinguished Service Award!
Congratulations to Dr. Victor Glickman, Director, Edudata Canada as the recipient of the 2016 Herbert T. Coutts Distinguished Service Award.
2015 Outstanding Contribution Award from the journal Visual Art Research!
Congratulations to Dr. Sam Rocha, EDST as the recipient of the 2015 outstanding contribution award from the journal Visual Art Research for his paper A Tale of Three Cubicles (Vol. 41, 2, issue 81).
2016 Scholar Award from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research!
Congratulations to Dr. Eli Puterman (KIN) for receiving a 2016 Scholar Award from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research!
Ministry of Education Grant!
Congratulations to Dr. Kadriye Ercikan (ECPS) for receiving a grant from the BC Ministry of Education!
Indian Council of Cultural Relationships Senior Research Fellowship Award!
Congratulations to Dr. Rob Bedi (ECPS) for receiving an Indian Council of Cultural Relationships Senior Research Fellowship Award!
2015 Wings for Life Research Grant!
Congratulations to Dr. John Kramer (KIN) for receiving $265,000 over 2 years to support his project “No Pain, No Gain? The Effects of Anticonvulsants on Neurological Recovery Following Acute Spinal Cord Injury.”
2016 TESOL Distinguished Research Award
Congratulations to Bonny Norton and Ron Darvin, PhD candidate (LLED) for receiving a 2016 TESOL Distinguished Research Award!
The UBC Peter Wall Solutions Initiative
Sponsor:Peter Wall Endowment of UBC
Application Deadlines:
- Apr 13: Optional OGPR internal review service of Letter of Intent application. Applicants please email Robert Olaj your LOI for review and feedback. Proposals submitted after this date may be considered for review, if time permits, however, support will be limited.
- Apr 28, 9:00 a.m.: OGPR internal signature deadline for LOIs. Applicants please email Robert Olaj your full LOI for Dr. Beth Haverkamp’s signature on the LOI form. No UBC RPIF required.
- May 1: Deadline to email your signed LOI package to the Solutions Program Manager, Bernadette Mah, at solutions@pwias.ubc.ca
Special notes: For more information on the program please contact Bernadette Mah in the Peter Wall Institute at solutions@pwias.ubc.ca
A list of previously funded projects is available here: http://pwias.ubc.ca/programs-awardees/solutions-initiative/program-guidelines/#projects
Congratulations to Our Successful UBC Research Award Winners!
Congratulations to Dr. Shelley Hymel, Professor in ECPS, for being awarded 2015 UBC Killam Research Prize and to Dr. George Belliveau, Professor in LLED for being awarded UBC’s 2015 Sam Black Award for Education and Development in the Visual and Performing Arts.