Boehm-Hesser Graduate Research Excellence in Astronomy Award

One or more awards will be given to graduate students in the Department of Astronomy for excellence in research. The award includes both an academic award and funds for travel to present their innovative research at a conference of international importance for the dissemination of the research and to foster the student’s career development. Preference will be given to students who have a high quality and significant research results for presentation, ideally a recent publication, and who have not already received a major award. 

Approval of the recipient(s) will be made by the Faculty of Graduate Studies Graduate Awards Committee upon the recommendation of the Department of Astronomy.

Amount

Varies

Application deadline

No application required

Eligibility

Normally, the minimum requirement for consideration is an A- average and any additional criteria that has been established by the donor. Awards are assigned based on nominations from eligible academic units. Unless otherwise noted in the award description, you must be a full-time graduate student. 

Retaining funding

Ongoing UVic graduate funding requires students to maintain a minimum level of academic standing and some ongoing maintenance.