Valued at $17,500 for one year, the Graduate Entrance Research Scholarships (GERS) are available to full-time* students who are entering a Master's or Doctoral program at UNBC for the first time who have not previously held an Entrance Award**. To be eligible, students must have the intention to enroll in a thesis or a research-intensive project. Students must have a graduate admission GPA of 3.67 (or equivalent) or greater. The GERS is awarded to incoming graduate students by each Faculty.
* Applicants/students in the MBA Program are not eligible for this scholarship as the MBA Program is offered on a weekend delivery basis.
** A Graduate Entrance Scholarship (GES), Graduate Entrance Research Award (GERA), Graduate Entrance Research Scholarship (GERS). GES & GERA competitions no longer active past January 2020 Entry.
PhD SUPPORT SUPPLEMENT
The PhD Support Supplement Program has been re-envisioned, and beginning May 2025, this award will be awarded on admission by the Faculty. The award is valued at $10,000 for one year and provides a second year of funding to select students who received the BCGS or GERS in year 1 of their program.
New Eligibility Criteria:
These awards will be available to full-time PhD students with an overall GPA of 4.00 (or equivalent) or higher. Students must have received the BCGS or GERS in year 1 of their program.
UNBC wishes to congratulate all of the 2025 Graduate Entrance Research Scholarship recipients!
| Award Recipient | Faculty | Program of Study |
| Farzana Begum | Faculty of Human and Health Sciences | Health Sciences (MSc) |
| Madison Brown | Faculty of Human and Health Sciences | Nursing (MScN) |
| Natasha Cowie | Faculty of Environment | Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (PhD) |
| Sequoia Elson | Faculty of Environment | Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (MSc) |
| Eva Griffiths | Faculty of Environment | Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (MSc) |
| Mohammadamin Havaei | Faculty of Environment | Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (PhD) |
| Anika Hendriksen | Faculty of Human and Health Sciences | Psychology (MSc) |
| Evan Hoskins | Faculty of Human and Health Sciences | Health Sciences (PhD) |
| Caleb Ireland | Faculty of Environment | Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (MSc) |
| MD Islam | Faculty of Science and Engineering | Computer Science (MSc) |
| Erica Kreitz | Faculty of Environment | Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (MSc) |
| Heather Law | Faculty of Indigenous Studies, Social Sciences, and Humanities | English (MA) |
| Miao Li | Faculty of Human and Health Sciences | Health Sciences (PhD) |
| Yaseen Mohammad | Faculty of Business and Economics | Business Administration (MSc) |
| Joseph Molina | Faculty of Environment | Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (PhD) |
| Margaret Mollick | Faculty of Environment | Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (MSc) |
| Nonoka Ogihara | Faculty of Indigenous Studies, Social Sciences, and Humanities | English (MA) |
| Emma Ronayne | Faculty of Human and Health Sciences | Health Sciences (PhD) |
| Seyed Amirali Sahraei | Faculty of Environment | Natural Resources and Environmental Studies (PhD) |
| Noah Schoonen | Faculty of Indigenous Studies, Social Sciences, and Humanities | Political Science (MA) |
| Sahib Singh | Faculty of Science and Engineering | Physics (MSc) |
| Sabarinath Sivakumar | Faculty of Science and Engineering | Engineering (MASc) |
| Asuka Tabata | Faculty of Indigenous Studies, Social Sciences, and Humanities | Interdisciplinary Studies (MA) |
| Stephanie Tandy | Faculty of Human and Health Sciences | Psychology (MSc) |
| Victoria Wattam | Faculty of Human and Health Sciences | Health Sciences (PhD) |