The Faculty of Graduate Studies is pleased to announce the 2011-2012 competition for the highly prestigious Trudeau Scholars Programme. These awards are for outstanding doctoral students whose work addresses one of the following four themes:

– Human Rights and Dignity
– Responsible Citizenship
– Canada in the World
– People and their Natural Environment

Each scholarship consists of an annual stipend of $40,000 and an annual travel allowance of $20,000, for up to four years.  The Foundation will award up to 15 new scholarships per year across Canada.

Students submit their application packages to their UBC graduate program. Students are advised to verify their graduate program’s deadline well in advance. Of the applications received, each UBC graduate program may submit up to two nominations to the Faculty of Graduate Studies. Application packages (original and three copies) must be received from graduate programs by the Faculty of Graduate Studies by 4:00pm on Friday, October 29, 2010.

For further details, please see our website:
http://www.grad.ubc.ca/awards/trudeau-foundation-doctoral-scholarship