News

PDFO receives recognition in Canada's Top Employers for Young People 2023

Tuesday, 31 January 2023

The Postdoctoral Fellows Office has received special acknowledgement for the support, advocacy, and professional development opportunities they provide to UBC’s postdoctoral community.

Three postdoctoral fellows receive prestigious Banting award

Monday, 28 November 2022

Dan Peach and Karin Van der Burg from UBC Vancouver and Alexandra Kent from UBC Okanagan have received Banting Fellowships for 2022.

National Postdoc Appreciation Week kicks off

Tuesday, 20 September 2022

Postdoctoral fellows receive Killam Research Prize

Friday, 25 March 2022

The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies is pleased to announce the winners of the 2021 Killam Postdoctoral Fellow Research Prize. Both recipients come from the Faculty of Medicine. 

Provide input on a Postdoctoral & Doctoral Completion Fellowship Program

Tuesday, 15 February 2022

Current UBC-V Black doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars are invited to join an upcoming engagement session.

UBC named one of Canada's Top Employers for Young People for tenth consecutive year

Wednesday, 26 January 2022

The Postdoctoral Fellows Office (PDFO) is proud to have received special acknowledgement for its work.

UBC post-doc entrepreneur’s invention wins nearly $2M prize from Royals, Elon Musk

Monday, 29 November 2021

Waste-burning machine reduces carbon emissions, improves air quality.

Upcoming changes to NSERC and SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship payments

Tuesday, 30 November 2021

Effective April 1, 2022, all NSERC and SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships will be paid through Canadian host institutions, including UBC.

Eight researchers receive SSHRC 2020 Postdoctoral Fellowships

Thursday, 29 July 2021

SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowships support the most promising Canadian new scholars in the social sciences and humanities.

Six researchers awarded 2020/2021 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships

Friday, 16 July 2021

Six postdoctoral fellows from UBC have received 2020-2021 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships, out of seventy fellowships awarded nationally

Message on Anti-Asian Racism

Wednesday, 24 March 2021

All of us at the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies dean’s office strongly uphold President Ono’s recent message of solidarity with members of our Asian communities, and re-affirm our commitment to combatting all forms of racism, discrimination, and hate, here and in the broader societies in which we live, study, and work.

Meet the 2020 Killam Postdoctoral Fellow Research Prize recipients

Wednesday, 17 March 2021

The Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies congratulates the winners of the 2020 Killam Postdoctoral Fellow Research Prize. This year’s recipients come from the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Medicine.