UVic Libraries student scholarship deadlines are fast approaching for undergraduate and graduate students for the David Harris Flaherty Undergraduate Student Library Scholarship, the William Petrie Graduate Student Library Scholarship, and the Gladys Nipp and Stephen Mah Family Award. Scholarships are $1,000 each.

Eligible UVic students must complete a 500-word essay explaining how they have used library resources, including our Chinese-Canadian collection.

Deadline: May 31.

Learn more about library scholarships

We are accepting applications for the Corrina Ewan Memorial Scholarship, for students in Chemistry with superior lab skills who are planning to pursue a career in either secondary or post-secondary education.  The deadline to submit your application is May 31.

If you are unable to open the application from the link above, contact dsecchem@uvic.ca for a copy.

One of UVic’s ICS Exchange Program partner universities, the University of Washington (UW) is giving UVic students the chance to apply for a virtual, extra-curricular (not-for-credit) scholarship program, running from January – April 2022, and with a stipend amount of $2400.00.

Program Application Form

Application deadline: December 20, 2021

Stipend amount: $2400.00

Please note: This program is only open to Canadian citizens or permanent residents.

The program is designed to enhance students’ knowledge of American-Canadian, pacific northwest cross-border relations, and gives students the chance to learn from, and network with experts in various cross-border related fields. Successful applicants will also have the chance to meet and form a virtual cohort with other students from UVic, UW, and UBC.

Student expectations within the program:

1. Participate in monthly workshops and discussions (January-April) facilitated by experts
2. Attend 2-3 virtual cultural events (from a suggested list or of their own choosing and with approval from the program lead)
3. Contribute to a collection of virtual city tours led by students and alumni
4. Write 2 blog posts based on their workshops and/or event attendance
5. Complete a final project (with the aim of building cross-border understanding) of the student’s choosing, along the lines of (but not limited to):
   1. 1000-word policy brief on a current cross-border issue
   2. Multimedia project – 5-minute video or photo essay exploring an aspect of the region
   3. Podcast interview of regional expert/person of note
   4. Students may suggest their own project, subject to program approval

If you are interested in the virtual program, please apply here by December 20, 2021! Please note: This program is only open to Canadian citizens or permanent residents.

Note: The University of Washington (UW) also offers several fully funded full-year exchange opportunities (see more about the $12,000.00 Corbett scholarship here) to UVic students each year. If you are interested in completing a year abroad at UW, apply for the ICS Exchange Program by February 1, 2022 for an exchange in the 2022-23 academic year!

The 3M National Student Fellowship honours up to ten full-time undergraduate students at Canadian institutions who have demonstrated outstanding leadership and innovation through seeing current needs in higher education or society and implementing change in their lives and at their university. These students embrace a vision of quality education that enhances their academic experience and beyond.

Eligibility

To apply for the 3M National Student Fellowship (3MNSF), you must:

• Be enrolled full-time as an undergraduate student in a post-secondary Canadian institution
• Have completed at least one full semester of study at the time of nomination
• Have not previously received a 3M National Student Fellowship

Contribution

Fellowship recipients receive $1000 (to be spent at their discretion) and are invited to join other award winners at the annual conference of the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE). They will also participate in a 3M National Student Fellowship Program summit. Awardees will receive a contribution towards their cost of travel to and accommodation during the conference.

While at the conference, awardees will have the opportunity to develop a cross-Canadian collaborative project with other award winners with the goal of enhancing teaching and learning at the post-secondary level. Up to $25,000 will be provided to the 3M National Student Fellows cohort to fund their collaborative project that supports both their networking with institutions and leaders all across Canada and is an opportunity for them to make a change in higher education for undergraduate students.

Application process

• Attend the information session
• Attend the application workshop

Deadlines for nominations

• UVic internal*: November 29, 2021 | 4:30pm PT
• STLHE: January 31, 2022

Looking for a summer internship in biomedical research?

The 2022 IRIC Next Generation Awards program offers undergraduate students an enriching opportunity to conduct a 12-week or a 16-week summer internship in the field of cancer research at IRIC.

This program is open to students enrolled in the following programs.

Bioinformatics / Biochemistry / Biomedical Engineering / Chemistry / Informatics / Molecular Biology / Microbiology and Immunology / Pathology and Cellular Biology / Pharmaceutical Sciences / Pharmacology / Physics

Value of the awards

$4,800 – 12-week internship

$6,400 – 16-week internship

List of projects offered in Summer 2022

Application deadline – Monday, December 6, 2021, 9:00 (EST)

SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION