Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) Graduate Fellowships are available on an annual basis to outstanding Masters and PhD students at the four collaborating universities (UVic, UBC, UNBC and SFU). Fellowship holders will conduct research in an area related to the main functions of the Institute, which are primarily directed toward issues of key importance to British Columbia. The amounts are $12,000/yr. for Masters and $18,000/yr. for PhD students.
The main objectives of PICS are:
- Understanding the magnitude and patterns of climate change and its impacts;
- Evaluating their physical, economic and social implications;
- Assessing mitigation and adaptation options and developing solutions;
- Evaluating and strengthening educational and capacity-building strategies to help address climate change;
- Communicating climate change issues and solutions to government, industry and the general public.
The guidelines and application form for Graduate Fellowships are attached but are also available on the PICS website: http://www.pics.uvic.ca/fellowships.php
Our university deadline is Wednesday March 24, 2010 at 4:30 pm in the Office of Research and Graduate Programs. In the attached “Call for Applications” document and elsewhere on-line at the PICS website, the deadline indicated is April 15, 2010 – that is the deadline for UNBC to send in nominations.
This year the application form is in electronic format as a Word document; UNBC is required to forward only electronic forms to PICS as well. Please submit your application to our Office electronically (including all supporting documentation) by the March 24 deadline (grad-scholarships@unbc.ca). Please save the files with the following file naming format: your name and file type (application, reference letter, transcripts) (e.g. students name PICS application.pdf).
The Office of Research and Graduate Programs is also requesting that you submit official paper transcripts to our Office before the March 24 deadline.
If you have any questions, please feel free to email me about this announcement.
Nicole.
Nicole Balliet
Graduate Awards and Project Officer
University of Northern British Columbia
3333 University Way
Prince George, BC
V2N 4Z9
Phone: 250-960-5723
Fax: 250-960-5362
Email: balliet@unbc.ca
