MBB Graduate Scholarships and Awards

• Graduate Fellowships (GF)
• President's PhD Scholarship (PS)
• SFU Donor Awards
• Major External Awards
• Travel and Research Awards

Graduate Awards (Student application required)

These award amounts are incorporated into regular MBB graduate stipends, and do not increase base stipend rates. The Graduate Program Assistant announces a competition for these awards, typically, in May.

SFU Donor Awards - MBB only (Student Application Required)

Most of these award amounts are incorporated into regular MBB graduate stipends, and do not increase base stipend rates.

• DAVID L. BAILLIE GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS IN MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOLOGY
• WEYERHAEUSER MOLECULAR BIOLOGY GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP
• HEMINGWAY NELSON ARCHITECTS GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP

SFU Donor Awards - other (Student Application Required)

Most of these award amounts are incorporated into regular MBB graduate stipends, and do not increase base stipend rates.

For a list of other SFU Donor Awards, mostly applicable to MBB graduate students, see: https://www.sfu.ca/gradstudies/awards-funding/internal-donor-funded/mbb.html

Graduate Awards (Student Application Required)

These award amounts are offered in addition to regular stipend funding.

Graduate Travel and Research Award (TARA)

The Graduate Travel and Research Award (TARA) is designed to encourage student participation in conferences or research opportunities outside of SFU. The goal of this program is to provide travel opportunities for MBB students, facilitating involvement in scientific events that would normally be prohibitively expensive for their supervisor.

Value: $2,000

Application Deadline: August 31, 2022

Applicant Requirements:

• Domestic and international students are eligible

• While holding this award, the student must be registered full time and in good academic standing

• MSc students must hold the award within 9 terms of the beginning of their program; PhD students must hold the award within 15 terms of beginning their program. These times may be extended for students who have taken an approved leave. Students who did not complete a MSc program before transferring into a PhD are eligible to hold the travel award within the first 15 terms of their PhD, from the PhD start date.

• Evidence of outstanding research achievement

• Formal participation in the event (e.g. presentation of a poster or talk at a scientific conference)

How to apply:

Students will submit an application package electronically (as one pdf file) to the MBB Grad Assistant at mbb@sfu.ca. This must include (in the order below):
• 1-page statement of interest from the student, which includes the following information:
   o A description of the proposed travel (research opportunity or conference)
   o A description of how participation in this research opportunity or conference will enhance the student’s ability to study, network, job seek, or market published/unpublished work.
   o A brief outline of the student’s research (NOT a full research proposal), highlighting recent results or pending publications that could be presented at a conference
• A reference letter from the supervising faculty, which includes the following information:
   o A brief description of the work the student will be presenting at the conference or performing at the remote location
   o A commitment to pay any expenses incurred at this event that exceed the value of the TARA
• Graduate program transcripts

Application packages will be adjudicated by the Scholarship Committee. Priority will be given to participation in national/international events, and to students nearing the end of their graduate program. This award can only be held by a student once during their graduate program.

Awardees and supervising faculty will be notified of the results of the TARA competition in mid-September.