Information and Policy on ECPS Graduate Student Award
The ECPS Graduate Student Award is open to all registered and active graduate students in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education, who attended an academic conference or conducted research in the current UBC Academic Year (between September 1st of the current year and August 31st of the following year). This reimbursement based award is to fund students on eligible conference and research activities up to a maximum of $2000 per student, per academic year.
Eligibility:
– Eligible conference expenses include conference registration, travel, accommodation, per diem;
– Eligible research expenses include travel to and from research sites, parking at research sites, photocopying, supplies, and service payments;
– Eligible expenses must align with the award cycle, for a combined total of $2000. Any amounts over and beyond will not be awarded and cannot be carried forward to the next cycle.
Ineligibility:
– The award cannot be used to pay yourself a salary or wage for doing work on your own research;
– Computer equipment, software expenses, and other costs of disseminating research results are not eligible.
How to Apply:
To apply for ECPS Graduate Student Award, please prepare the following documents:
- a completed application form;
- a brief explanation (one paragraph with approximately 200 words) as to how the conference and/or research is advancing your graduate training;
- all receipts of your conference expenses or research expenses;
- a spreadsheet summarizes your expenses and amounts;
- submit all required award application documents via email to: Jesse Liang, Administrative Manager of ECPS, within 30 days after your conference or research activities
NOTE: These awards depend upon the availability of funds.