Financial Support
 All graduate students pay tuition fees upon registration each semester, according to the fee schedule set by the University. The most current fee information is available from the Registrars Office. This fee decreases in later semesters.
It is the policy of the Department of Biological Sciences that all graduate students should have some financial support either from scholarships, teaching appointments, faculty research grants, or some combination thereof. Most students who are not scholarship holders can be supported by a combination of teaching assistantships and research grants. For example, a student may hold a teaching assistantship for one semester, a Graduate Research Fellowship for the second semester, and be financed from the senior supervisor's research grant for the third semester.
In particular, new and prospective M.P.M. students should consider applying for the Thelma Finlayson entrance scholarships (see below).
- Teaching Assistantships
- Scholarships
- Further Information
Teaching Assistantships
 Teaching Assistants are selected graduate students who spend part of their time assisting the Department in running laboratory and tutorial classes. TAships are made available each semester based on the teaching requirements of the Department. A full TAship consists of 210 hours per semester for class time, course preparation and grading laboratory notebooks or tutorial papers. TAships enable students to gain important experience in teaching as well as extend their knowledge of biology. M.P.M. students are eligible to apply for appointment as a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA). Because the number of applicants usually exceeds the number of positions available in any semester, the Department is unable to guarantee an appointment. Foreign students should note that they require a work permit to hold employment in Canada.
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Scholarships
There are several scholarships that graduate students may apply for, prior to or after entry into the Department.
Scholarships awarded by the University:
- Bert Henry Memorial Graduate Scholarship
- C.D. Nelson Memorial Graduate Scholarship
- Graduate Fellowship
- William and Ada Isabelle Steel Memorial Graduate Scholarship
- President's PhD Research Stipends
Scholarships, bursaries, and awards administered by the University:
- B.C. Council of Garden Clubs Scholarship
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Provides financial support for a student pursuing an M.P.M. degree, specializing in horticultural pest control. The award is currently valued at $750.
- B.P. Beirne Prize in Pest Management
- The purpose of this annual award is to recognize the most outstanding graduate from the M.P.M. program. The award is made during May of each year and is currently valued at $1,000.
- Dr. John Yorston Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Pest Management
- Provides financial support for a student in the M.P.M. program, and recognizes excellence and career potential among graduate students specializing in crop protection, plant pathology and nematology. A one-semester award tenable in the Fall semester, valued at $500.
- Master of Pest Management Entrance Scholarship
- The purpose of this award is to provide financial support for a student entering a graduate degree program leading to a Master of Pest Management. The award is made during March of each year and is currently valued at $625.
- H.R. MacCarthy Graduate Bursary
- This Graduate Bursary is valued at the interest accrued from the Endowment Fund, which currently yields approximately $4,500. One or more bursaries of variable amounts may be available and are tenable in the Fall semester.
- Professor Thelma Finlayson Fellowship
- This annual award is to provide financial support for a student pursuing an M.P.M. degree (preference is given to a student studying entomology). It is a one-semester award valued at $4,000 and is tenable in the Spring semester.
- Professor Thelma Finlayson Entrance Scholarship
- This award provides financial support for a student entering the M.P.M. program. There are three awards, each valued at $6,000.
- Sidney Hogg Memorial Graduate Scholarship
- This award is for students with demonstrated financial need.
- Vancouver Horticultural Society Bursary
- This award is for students studying pest problems relating to horticulture and who are also in financial need.
Scholarships administered by other Institutions and Associations:
- Brigadier W.N. Bostock Memorial Research Grant (B.C. Cattlemen's Association)
- This award is for a graduate student whose research will be of practical value to the cattle industry of British Columbia.
- Entomological Society of Canada Postgraduate Award
- For beginning graduate study in entomology.
- NSERC: Postgraduate Scholarships (PGS)
- PGS A - For Canadian citizens or permanent residents who hold, or expect to receive in the next year, a Bachelor's degree in the natural sciences or engineering and who are either planning master's or doctoral studies in these fields or considering such studies but remain undecided.
PGS B - If you are enrolled, or planning to enrol in a doctoral program and you are in your second year of graduate studies and have completed between 13 and 24 months of graduate studies in a field or fields of research supported by NSERC.
- NSERC: 1967 Science and Engineering Scholarship
- Students who have been invited by the chair of the university's NSERC scholarship committee may submit an application for an award.
- Monsanto Canada Scholarship in Weed Science (Monsanto Canada Inc.)
- This award is for a graduate student who has completed one or more years of graduate studies in weed science.
- Orville Erickson Memorial Scholarship Fund (Canadian Wildlife Foundation)
- This award is for a full-time student pursuing a career in the field of conservation.
- Pestcon Graduate Scholarship (The Chemical Institute of Canada)
- This award is for a student studying in any area of pesticide science.
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Further Information
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