Women's Brain Health Virtual Conference Trainee Award

We know the pandemic has made it difficult for students to afford additional professional development opportunities like our conference. That's why we're launching the Women's Brain Health Virtual Conference Trainee Award, which provides up to 20 students with free registration to our entire conference series. 

Eligibility:

  • You must be a member of the Women’s Health Research Cluster. To become a member, click here.
  • You must be a full-time student or postdoctoral fellow at a recognized university anywhere in the world.
  • Students that have already registered for our entire conference series are able to apply. 
  • Students that are experiencing any type of financial hardship (including, but not limited to, those caused by COVID-19)

Application Instructions:

To apply, you must be a member of the cluster. If you are not, please click here to join before starting an application. After answering a few questions, you will be asked to submit a single PDF document containing a CV and an optional financial need statement. Please use the pre-doctoral or fellowship NIH-style Biosketch format when submitting your CV (max 4 pages). If you choose to submit a financial need statment, it should briefly describe any financial hardship you may be experiencing due to the COVID-19 pandemic or any other cause (max 250 words). Please also indicate your current income including supervisor stipend, bursaries and student loans. 

Submit an Application

First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that the UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people.


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