UBC GRADUATE SUPPORT INITIATIVE (GSI) AWARDS

Students in all fields of graduate study at the UBC-Vancouver campus are eligible to receive GSI funding, except for those enrolled in the programs listed below:

1. Master of Business Administration
2. Master of Business Analytics
3. Master of Data Science
4. Master of Digital Media
5. Master of Engineering
6. Master of Engineering Leadership
7. Master of Health Leadership and Policy in Clinical Education
8. Master of Health Leadership and Policy in Seniors Care
9. Master of Management
10. Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs
11. Doctor of Pharmacy GSI funding is available to both international and domestic students.

No Separate Application Fee is required GSI allocations are made to disciplinary Faculties, who in turn allocate those funds amongst their graduate programs. Faculties and graduate programs are to establish and publish criteria by which the GSI funding will be distributed amongst their graduate students. Students should refer questions regarding funding criteria and amounts to their graduate program or Faculty. No external application is required to be submitted by the applicants. However, recommendation forms of the students must be submitted by graduate programs to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for consideration. To recommend a student for an award, programs, departments, or Faculties must:

1. Provide award information to students and/or to faculty members to request applications or nominations.
2. Collect data of eligible award students.
3. Review and select candidates for recommendations.
4. Also, make sure that the recommended student is registered.
5. Must complete the University Award Recommendation Form for award recommendation.

1. Once the recommendation form is submitted, the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies review and ensure that students meet the terms and conditions of the awards.
2. Recipients are then awarded on the Student Information system or forward recommendation forms to enrolment services for the awards.
3. They also send an official notification to the students which provides information about the awards and mode of payment.​​​​​​​ Other Info Allocation Formula GSI funding is allocated to disciplinary Faculties based on each Faculty’s share of weighted registration over the last three years. More specifically: Taking the November registration data for each of the last three years, each registered student "earns" the following weighting for their disciplinary Faculty: PhD (in years 1 to 4): 4 Master's with thesis (in years 1-2): 2 Course-based Master's (in years 1-2): 1 High cost-recovery Master's: 0 Each Faculty's share of the total student registration determines the Faculty's share of the total GSI $ allocation. Example: Total registration at UBC 3,000 PhD X 4 = 12,000 2,000 Master's with thesis X 2 = 4,000 2,500 course-based Master's X 1 = 2,500 Total = 18,500 Total registration in Faculty A 250 PhD X 4 = 1,000 200 Master's with thesis X 2 = 400 150 course-based Master's X 1 = 150 Total = 1,650 Faculty A’s share of GSI = 8.9% (1,650 / 18,500) Result: If the total GSI allocation is $6.5M, then Faculty A’s share would be $579,729.73 ($6.5M X 8.9%) Disciplinary Faculties are responsible for allocating their GSI funding amongst their graduate programs. Faculties may choose to use the formula described above or allocate the funds according to other priorities. Faculties and graduate programs are to establish and publish criteria by which the GSI funding will be distributed amongst their graduate students. Recommending Award Recipients The allocated GSI funding is retained by G+PS. Graduate programs submit University Award Recommendation forms (https://www.grad.ubc.ca/forms/university-award-recommendation-form) to G+PS, who creates award assignments in the Student Information System (SISC). Unless the graduate program specifies otherwise in the recommendation form, GSI awards will be paid out using the following payment schedules: Summer session: Any amount - paid out entirely in one term Winter session: Under $1,000 - paid out entirely in one term $1,000 - $5,999 - paid out in two terms (equal instalments) $6,000 or greater - paid out over the three terms of the year (33.3% in September, 33.3% January, and 33.4% in May)