Application Guidelines
To download an application form, please click here.
The Applicant Selection Committee is looking for specific attributes when they review applications. Academic transcripts are of secondary importance. Pleae address the following criteria in your CV/resume, essay, and reference letters (ie. give the following list to both your referees when you ask them to write your letter):
1) "Good fit" with one of our clusters (ie. your interests seem compatible, yet flexible enough, for you to make a strong contribution to the group project which the cluster will select in September).
2) Transdisciplinary interest and experience.
3) Teamwork interest and experience.
4) Interpersonal/communication/people skills.
5) Innovative personal qualities (eg. a pioneer, a problem solver, creative, flexible).
6) General research knowledge (including course work).
7) Community health research knowledge (including course work).
8) Evidence of interest in an applied research career.
9) Volunteer work in healthcare or in the community.
10) Academic performance.
Applicants will be contacted between March 15th and May 31st. Cluster representatives will be interviewing those who are under consideration for their cluster. Some applicants will be placed on a wait list during the summer, as sometimes other applicants require several weeks to confirm their acceptance.
Due to the high number of applications, and the process of teams reviewing each application, these deadlines are firm and the responsibility of each applicant to meet them. Extensions are unfair to the other applicants and, therefore, extensions will not be possible. Potential applicants will not be reminded of upcoming deadlines.
What to Submit
Completed application form
Photocopied transcripts (optional for Community Learners)
Resume/CV
Two letters of recommendation, including one from your supervisor/advisor, unless you have yet to work with your supervisor (e.g., new Graduate Students)
Please only submit what is requested, as the Recruitment and Selection Committee has asked that additional documentation not be forward to them (e.g., do not submit cover letters, more than 2 references, essays longer than 500 words, or publications).
Please note that references often take several weeks to arrive (e.g., professors are often very busy in the Spring). Therefore, please request your references early and follow-up on whether they have been sent. Late references will not be forwarded to the Recruitment and Selection Committee. You are welcome to contact Faye Pedersen to determine whether your references have arrived.
Where to Submit:
Faye Pedersen, Program Manager
Centre for Population Health Promotion Research, UBC College for Interdisciplinary Studies
The University of British Columbia
#426 - 2206 West Mall
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3
Telephone: (604) 822-6515
Fax: (604) 822-9210
