Scholarships totaling $3,500 have been made available through an endowment established by Carolyn and Dr. Alan Lewis (B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.) for graduate students whose supervisor is a member of the Biodiversity Research Centre and who is studying the role copepods play in marine biodiversity. Research areas may include biology, taxonomy, and/or ecology. Conditional on the recipients’ continued satisfactory academic progress, the scholarships may be renewed for an additional year of study. Dr. Lewis is a Professor Emeritus of Earth and Ocean Sciences, whose research focuses on the interactions between oceans and plankton. He joined UBC in 1964 as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Zoology in what was then known as the Institute of Oceanography. Dr. Lewis served as the Acting Head of the Department of Oceanography from 1995 to 1996, after which the Department became part of the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences, and as the Chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Biology Graduate Program. The awards are made on the recommendation of the Faculty of Science, in consultation with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.
Eligibility:
Open to any graduate student in good standing at UBC whose primary supervisor is a member of the Biodiversity Research Centre.
Deadline:
Due Feb 18th to biodiversity.director@ubc.ca
Application:
Submit a brief (1/2 page) statement that includes your thesis title and general topic. Explain how your research advances the understanding of the ecology, evolution or systematics of marine biodiversity, with particular preference for candidates working on the ecology, evolution or systematics of marine copepods. Relevant research may be part of the thesis or in addition to the thesis. Be clear about what the research goals are and when the projects are expected to be completed.