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Supporting Our Students

Awards and Financial Support

Explore the Michael Smith Laboratories efforts to support our graduate students below, including a minimum stipend policy and upcoming award opportunities. For further award opportunities available to UBC graduate students, visit the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies website.

Supporting Our Students

Minimum Stipend Policy

The MSL is committed to supporting our graduate students and building an equitable interdisciplinary community. Towards this goal MSL MSc and PhD graduate research assistants receive a minimum take-home pay of $30,000. Take-home pay is defined as the amount the GRA receives after tuition and student fees have been deducted and can be in the form of a stipend alone or in combination with a scholarship and/or salary from a teaching assistant position. 

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Supporting Our Students

William and Dorothy Gilbert Graduate Scholarship in Biomedical Sciences

This scholarship was established in 1995 in honor of William and Dorothy Gilbert of Santa Fe, New Mexico, to recognize exceptional accomplishments of doctoral students working in the Michael Smith Laboratories. Each spring, up to three awards may be offered, and each scholarship carries a value of at least $2,500 (CAD). Each Michael Smith Laboratories faculty member supervising graduate students in a UBC doctoral program is invited to nominate one outstanding PhD student from their laboratory as a candidate for this award.

Past Award Recipients

Year

Awardee(s)

Supervisor(s)

2023

Katherine Donald

Laura Stankiewicz

Brett Finlay

Peter Zandstra

2021

Anne-Sophie Sack

Jacob Wardman

Terry Snutch

Stephen Withers

2020

Cristen Molzahn

John Chen

Mona Siu

Thibault Mayor

Nobuhiko Tokuriki

Peter Zandstra

2019

Amy Strilchuk

Gloria Yang

Christian Kastrup

Nobuhiko Tokuriki

2018

Linda Horianopoulos

Mang Zhu

Jim Kronstad

Thibault Mayor

2017

Michael Skinnider

Chaahat Singh

Leonard Foster

Wilfred Jefferies

2016

James Baylis

Florian Baier

Christian Kastrup

Nobuhiko Tokuriki

2015

Craig Kerr

Florian Heinkel

Leonard Foster

Jörg Gsponer

2014

Chris Roach

Natalie Marshall

Jörg Bohlmann

Brett Finlay

2013

Eric Brown

Brett Finlay

2012

Roza Bidshahri

Rodgoun Attarian

Charles Haynes

Jim Kronstad

2011

Shannon Russell

Yujia Alina Chan

Brett Finlay

Phil Hieter

2010

Jennifer Geddes

Eric Ouellet

Jim Kronstad

Eric Lagally / Charles Haynes

2008

Paul Adams

Chris Addison

Terry Snutch

Robin Turner

2007

Marco Gallo

Yanet Valdez

D.L. Riddle

Brett Finlay

2006

Marcia Yu

Kristoffer Palma

Robin Turner

Xin Li

2005

Francesca Setiadi

Wilfred Jefferies

2004

Michael Hildebrand

Terry Snutch

2003

Austin So

Charles Haynes

2002

Isabelle Pot

Phil Hieter

2001

Carrie Rosenberger

Brett Finlay

2000

Nancy Lee

Jim Kronstad

1999

Danika Goosney

Brett Finlay

1998

Jennifer Wu

N.L. Glass

1996

Shane Greek

Robin Turner

1995

Eric Jervis

Doug Kilburn