Published: 01 May 2024 181 views
The Rick Hansen Fellowships are awarded to UBC students with a physical disability. The Rick Hansen “Man in Motion” Fellowships are made available by the University of British Columbia to honour the incredible determination and many personal achievements of Rick Hansen, Bachelor
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Two fellowships, each valued at $16,000 per year, are awarded each year.
The competition is open to students with a physical disability. The definition of disability is outlined in UBC Policy LR7, Academic Accommodation of Students with Disabilities, as well as by UBC Centre for Accessibility. Applicants may or may not be UBC graduate students at the time of application – the competition is open to both incoming and continuing graduate students. However, awardees must be enrolled as full-time graduate students at UBC for the academic year during which the award is active and registered with UBC Centre for Accessibility in order to receive a Rick Hansen Fellowship through this competition.
Applicants must check with their graduate program regarding their program’s internal application deadline. Internal application deadlines are normally several weeks before the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies graduate program nomination deadline, as graduate programs must review students' applications well in advance of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies deadline.
Applicants must submit the following materials to their graduate program at UBC:
Important: Please refer to the application instructions for essential details on each application item noted above.
