間眅埶AV

Support Science Students

Our graduate and undergraduate students appreciate your support!

Many Science students struggle to find a balance between attending classes, completing their lab work and working to pay their bills while also trying to spend time with their families. 

Considering the rising cost of living in the Lower Mainland, on top of tuition fees, your support truly benefits this generation of students by alleviating some of their financial burdens.

Types of support for students

Awards, bursaries and scholarships are excellent ways to give directly to Science students and help them succeed in their studies. 

  • Bursaries provide financial support to students who have demonstrated financial need. Students can apply for bursary funding through 間眅埶AVs Financial Aid and Awards Office.
  • Scholarships recognize outstanding academic achievement.
  • Awards celebrate outstanding academic and community achievements.

How you can help

Whether through a one-time or recurring contribution or the creation of an endowment fund, every gift makes a genuine difference to an 間眅埶AV Science students academic and research journey.

Support one of the general Faculty of Science student awards

We have several student funds that all Science students can access. Each one focuses on supporting a different area of need. If you want to support students today, please give to one of these funds! The links below allow you to quickly and easily directly donate to that fund.

Create a new Science award

We can help you create your own Science student award, with criteria based on your personal preferences regarding its impact. Contact us to learn more about how endowments work or how to start one.

Support a specific graduate or undergraduate Science award

Give to one of our many existing graduate or undergraduate student awards in each department. Please contact us to learn more about a particular award, scholarship or bursary youd like to support, or get help finding the award fund that best fits you.

Graduate awards, scholarships and bursaries

General

  • Dr. Eva Voigt Graduate Award in Science for Mentoring Leadership Endowment: 
    Award for Faculty of Science graduate students who exemplify a commitment to mentoring undergraduate students
  • Dr. Howard Malm Endowment Fund: 
    Award for Faculty of Science graduate students who focus on climate change research and/or climate change mitigation
  • Dr. Michael Lepawsky Memorial Graduate Award in Hyperbaric Medicine:
    Award for Faculty of Science graduate students pursuing research in hyperbaric medicine
  • Hollosi Women in Science Endowment: 
    Award for female Faculty of Science graduate students with a special aptitude for research
  • Quirks and Quarks Endowment: 
    Award for a graduating Faculty of Science doctoral student with a PhD thesis
  • Sidney Hogg Memorial Graduate Scholarship Endowment: 
    Scholarship for Faculty of Science graduate students
  • Tom Buell Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Salmon Conservation Endowment: Post-doctoral fellowship for Faculty of Science graduate students with a research focus on salmon conservation and policy  
  • University College of the Fraser Valley Endowment Fund:
    Entrance scholarship for University College of the Fraser Valley graduate students coming to the Faculty of Science
  • Webster-Chen Graduate Scholarship in the Faculty of Science Endowment: 
    Scholarship for Faculty of Science graduate students

Biological Sciences 

  • BC Council of Garden Clubs - Mildred Wells Graduate Scholarship:
    Scholarship for Pest Management program graduate students
  • B.P. Beirne Prize in Pest Management Endowment:
    Award for Pest Management program graduate students
  • Dr. John Yorston Memorial Endowment: 
    Award for Pest Management program graduate students, recognizing excellence and career potential among graduate students specializing in crop protection with emphasis on plant pathology and nematology
  • Glen Geen Memorial Endowment:
    Scholarship for Biological Sciences graduate students with a concentration in marine biology
  • H.R. MacCarthy Graduate Bursary Endowment: 
    Bursary for Biological Sciences graduate students
  • Indigenous and Black Graduate Scholarship in Biology: 
    Scholarship for Biological Sciences Black or Indigenous graduate students 
  • John and Lyn Webster Graduate Scholarship in Biological Science: 
    Scholarship for Biological Sciences gradudate students
  • Master of Pest Management Graduate Entrance Scholarship: 
    Entrance award for Pest Management program graduate students 
  • Mutual Fire Insurance Company of B.C. Endowment Fund:
    Scholarship for Biological Sciences graduate students with a focus on research applicable to B.C.'s poultry, dairy, ranch and/or crop agricultural industries
  • Philip and Marian McClelland Memorial Endowment Fund:
    Scholarship for Biological Sciences graduate students
  • Phyllis Carter Burr Endowment: 
    Scholarship to Faculty of Science graduate students focusing on research in developmental biology and/or cell biology
  • Professor Thelma Finlayson Graduate Fellowship:
    Fellowship for Pest Management program graduate students studying entomology
  • Sharon Clements Biological Sciences Endowment:
    Award for Biological Sciences graduate students
  • Thelma Finlayson Graduate Entrance Scholarship:
    Entrance scholarship for Pest Management program graduate students
  • Vancouver Horticultural Society Bursary Endowment:
    Bursary for Pest Management program graduate students studying horticulture-related pest problems 
  • J Abbott and M Fretwell Memorial Endowment Fund:
    Award for Biological Sciences graduate students studying fisheries
  • Shaughn Clements Biological Sciences Graduate Award Endowment:
    Award for Biological Sciences graduate students
  • Weston Family Scholarship Endowment:
    Scholarship for Biology, Molecular Biology or Biochemistry graduate students whose research focuses on enhancing the aquaculture and/or commercial fishery industry in Canada or the human microbiome

BIOMEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY & KINESIOLOGY

  • Glen Tibbits Graduate Student Research Award:
    Award for Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology graduate students focussing their studies on stem cell research
  • Dr. Gordon L. Diewert Memorial Kinesiology Endowment:
    Scholarship for Kinesiology graduate students focusing on motor learning
  • Dr. Tom Richardson Memorial Entrance Bursary:
    Entrance bursary for Kinesiology graduate students, or those in another department with a focus on Biomedical Engineering
  • Mahatma Gandhi Endowment:
    Award for Kinesiology graduate students with research interests in nutrition and/or aging
  • Phyllis Carter Burr Endowment:
    Scholarship for Faculty of Science graduate students focusing on research in developmental biology and/or cell biology
  • Samuel and Leatrice Cohen Endowment Fund:
    Scholarship for Kinesiology graduate students with the best student paper from graduate research in the field of environmental physiology

Chemistry

  • Advanced Syntech Corporation Post-Doctoral Fellowship:
    Fellowship for international post-doctoral Chemistry students working with the research group led by Dr. Charles Walsby
  • Barbara and James Bennet Scholars Endowment Fund: 
    Award for Chemistry graduate students undertaking a full-time research semester
  • Barbara and James Bennet Scholars Endowment Fund:
    Travel award for Chemistry post-doctoral students to attend international academic conferences
  • Barbara Ferrier Graduate Chemistry Research Award Endowment:
    Travel award for Chemistry graduate students to attend academic conferences
  • Brigitta Sun Memorial Graduate Award in Chemistry:
    Award for international Chemistry graduate students
  • Chemistry Alumni Endowment:
    Scholarship for Chemistry graduate students
  • Chemistry Graduate Research Award Endowment: 
    Research award for Chemistry graduate students
  • DuPont Endowment Fund:
    Entrance award for Chemistry graduate students
  • Ellen Loosley Memorial Graduate Bursary in Chemistry and Physics Endowment:
    Bursary for Chemistry or Physics graduate students
  • John D'Auria Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Chemistry and Physics Endowment:
    Scholarship for Chemistry or Physics graduate students pursuing research in collaboration with TRIUMF
  • 間眅埶AV Bruker Prize in Chemical Spectroscopy:
    Award for Chemistry graduate students whose research focuses on applying advanced spectroscopic methods to solving chemical problems

 

EARTH SCIENCES

  • Alan Peter Kohut P. Eng. Graduate Scholarship in Hydrogeology:
    Scholarship for Earth Sciences graduate students whose research is in hydrogeology
  • BC Ground Water Association Annual Graduate Award in Hydrogeology:
    Award for Earth Sciences graduate students studying in the field of hydrogeology who have demonstrated promise in making a contribution to the evaluation, protection, and sustainable use of ground water resources in B.C.
  • Harington Endowment:
    Award for Earth Science graduate students with an interest in Canadian cave studies
  • James A. MacEachern Graduate Scholarship in Earth Sciences Endowment:
    Scholarship for Earth Sciences graduate students who demonstrate aptitude for innovative research
  • Petro-Canada Graduate Scholarship Endowment Fund: 
    Scholarship for Earth Sciences graduate students in Earth Sciences
  • University Women's Club of Vancouver Trust Fund Earth Sciences Endowment:
    Scholarship for female Earth Sciences graduate students

 

MATHEMATICS

  • Dr. Alan Mekler Memorial Endowment: Fellowship for Mathematics post-doctoral student
  • Mathematics Graduate Endowment: Scholarship for Mathematics graduate students 
  • Peter Borwein Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Mathematics Endowment: Scholarship for Mathematics graduate students

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

  • David L. Baillie Graduate Endowment:
    Award for Molecular Biology and Biochemistry doctoral students
  • Dr. Bruce Brandhorst Graduate Prizes in MBB Endowment:
    Award for Molecular Biology and Biochemistry graduate students who excelled in one of the following areas: (1) best oral presentation at the MBB Graduate Symposium (2) best poster presentation at the MBB Graduate Symposium (3) best publication by an MBB graduate student (4) Best MBB PhD
  • Hemingway Nelson Architects Graduate Endowment:
    Award for Molecular Biology and Biochemistry graduate students 
  • Jenifer Thewalt Graduate Scholarship in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry: 
    Award for Molecular Biology and Biochemistry graduate students 
  • Phyllis Carter Burr Endowment: 
    Scholarship for Faculty of Science graduate students focusing on research in developmental biology and/or cell biology
  • Weston Family Scholarship Endowment: 
    Scholarship for Biology, Molecular Biology or Biochemistry graduate students whose research focuses on enhancing the aquaculture and/or commercial fishery industry in Canada or the human microbiome
  • Weyerhaeuser Graduate Endowment Fund: 
    Scholarship for Molecular Biology and Biochemistry graduate students

PHYSICS

  • Billy Jones Endowment: 
    Award for Physics graduate students pursuing their PhD
  • Canron - Sidney Hogg Memorial Graduate Scholarship Endowment:
    Scholarship for Physics post-graduate students
  • Dr. Howard Malm Endowment Fund: 
    Award for Physics graduate students
  • Ellen Loosley Memorial Graduate Bursary in Chemistry and Physics Endowment: 
    Bursary for Chemistry or Physics graduate students
  • Grant Sheffer Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Physics Endowment: 
    Scholarship for Physics graduate students
  • John D'Auria Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Chemistry and Physics Endowment: 
    Scholarship for Chemistry or Physics graduate students pursuing research in collaboration with TRIUMF
  • Kirk H. Michaelian Graduate Scholarship Physics Endowment:
    Scholarship for Physics graduate students
  • Mike and Jenifer Thewalt Graduate Award in Physics Endowment:
    Award for Physics graduate students who demonstrate promise as an emerging physics researcher
  • Mona and Albert Curzon Bursary Endowment:
    Bursary for graduate Physics students, or majors or honours students in joint programs with Physics
  • Physics Graduate Scholarship Endowment Fund: 
    Fellowship for Physics graduate students pursuing a PhD in Physics

STATISTICS & ACTUARIAL SCIENCE

  • Dr. David Eaves Endowment: 
    Scholarship for Statistics and Actuarial Sciences graduate students
  • Randy Sitter Graduate Scholarship in Statistics and Actuarial Sciences Endowment:
    Scholarship for Statistics and Actuarial Sciences graduate students

Undergraduate awards, scholarships and bursaries

General

  • Charles Allard Undergraduate Student Research Award Endowment:
    Research award for Faculty of Science undergraduate students
  • Faculty of Science Alumni Endowment Fund:
    Bursaries and scholarships for Faculty of Science undergraduate students
  • Faculty of Science Undergraduate Outreach Award: 
    Award for Faculty of Science undergraduate students who have demonstrated a sustained commitment to science outreach programs
  • Faculty of Science Undergraduate Student Research Award Endowment: 
    Research award for Faculty of Science undergraduate students
  • Faculty of Science Undergraduate Student Research Award Endowment+D60: 
    Bursary for Faculty of Science undergraduate students
  • Isao Asano Undergraduate Bursary in Science: 
    Bursary for Faculty of Science undergraduate students
  • Janice Peace Community Engagement Award Endowment: 
    Award for Faculty of Science undergraduate students who have demonstrated positive community engagement contributions
  • Kamal Basra Undergraduate Bursary for Indigenous Students in Science: 
    Bursary for Indigenous Faculty of Science undergraduate students
  • Manyee Lui Undergraduate Bursary in Science Endowment:
    Bursary for Faculty of Science undergraduate students 
  • Nihal Singh Ras Endowment Fund:
    Bursary for Faculty of Science undergraduates students who are single parents
  • Oakley Family Endowment Fund: Bursary for Faculty of Science undergraduate students 
  • Richard and Grace Fraser Bursary Endowment Fund:
    Bursary for Faculty of Science undergraduate students 
  • Robert G. Welty Endowment:
    Scholarship for Faculty of Science undergraduate students 
  • Scotiabank Faculty of Science Scholarship Endowment:
    Award for Faculty of Science undergraduate students who exemplify the aspects of a well-rounded scholar including academic excellence and community involvement
  • Standell-Audette Bursary in Science:
    Bursary for Faculty of Science undergraduate students 
  • William and Amelia McMahan Scholarship Endowment Fund:
    Scholarship for Faculty of Science undergraduate students who are children of current or former employees of Canadian Forest Products Ltd. or undergraduate students who are children of current or former employees in B.C.'s logging and pulp industries

Biological Sciences 

  • Beverley Raymond Memorial Scholarship Endowment:
    Award for Biological Sciences or Environmental Sciences undergraduate students
  • Biological Sciences Endowment:
    Research award for Biological Sciences undergraduate students
  • Biological Sciences Merit Scholarship Endowment:
    Scholarship for Biological Sciences undergraduate students 
  • Ken Turner Memorial Endowment:
    Bursary for Biological Sciences undergraduate students specializing in marine biology
  • Peter and Elizabeth Belton Endowment Fund: 
    Bursary for Biological Sciences undergraduate students
  • Ross Gordon Wilson Endowment:
    Bursary for Biological Sciences undergraduate students
  • Shaughn and Sharon Clements Biological Sciences Field Trip Endowment:
    Award for Biological Sciences students to participate in field trips or field schools
  • Shaughn and Sharon Clements Biological Sciences Independent Study Award Endowment: 
    Award for Biological Science undergraduate students who have completed the independent study semester in the department of Biological Sciences
  • Undergraduate Biology Student Union Bursary: 
    Bursary for Biological Sciences undergraduate students 

BIOMEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY & KINESIOLOGY

  • Alumni Endowment Fund for Students in Kinesiology: 
    Scholarships and bursaries for Kinesiology undergraduate students
  • Clare Protheroe Bursary in the Faculty of Science: 
    Bursary for Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology undergraduate students
  • Craig Asmundson Endowment: 
    Award for Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology undergraduate students who demonstrate positive contributions to the 間眅埶AV community including university engagement, leadership, volunteerism, team work and/or BPK ambassadorship with the general public
  • Dr. Gordon L. Diewert Memorial Kinesiology Endowment: 
    Scholarship for Kinesiology undergraduate students focusing on motor learning
  • Dr. Josephine Anthony Endowment:
    Award for Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology undergraduate students who have overcome adversity, in recognition of their achievements and motivating others by example
  • Dr. Reza Nouri BPK Community Leadership Award Endowment:
    Award for Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology undergraduate students who have demonstrated excellent leadership outside of their academic work, through participation in community engagement, volunteerism, research and/or work experience with a focus on enhancing the quality of life for the elderly and/or children
  • Dr. Reza Nouri BPK Undergraduate Award Endowment: Award for Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology undergraduate students who have demonstrated a commitment to the wellbeing of B.C.'s rural or suburban communities through community engagement, leadership, volunteerism, research or work experience related to BPK and affecting those communities
  • Forge Health Bursary in Kinesiology: 
    Bursary for Kinesiology undergraduate students
  • Harold Hancheroff Memorial Endowment: 
    Scholarship for Kinesiology undergraduate students focusing on sports education
  • National Bank Financial Endowment: 
    Award for Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology undergraduate students interested in developing a career in a health-related field

Chemistry

  • Chemistry Undergraduate Scholarship Endowment Fund: 
    Scholarship for Chemistry undergraduate students 
  • Dr. Ivor Fleming Undergraduate Student Research Award Endowment: 
    Research award for Chemistry undergraduate students 
  • Evelyn and Leigh Palmer Scholarship in Physical Sciences Endowment: 
    Scholarship for undergraduate students in Physics, Applied Physics, Mathematical Physics, Chemical Physics, Chemistry, Biological Physics, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
  • Melanie O'Neill Memorial Endowment Fund: 
    Research award for Chemistry undergraduate students
  • TC Energy Endowment: 
    Scholarship for Chemistry undergraduate students
  • Tony Parsad Memorial Undergraduate Award in Chemistry Endowment: 
    Award for Chemistry undergraduate students who have demonstrated positive contributions for the 間眅埶AV community including leadership, volunteerism, and/or ambassadorship to the external community
  • Quadra Chemicals Ltd Scholarship Endowment: 
    Scholarship for Chemistry or Biochemistry undergraduate students

Earth Sciences

  • Earth Sciences Undergraduate Scholarship Endowment: 
    Scholarship for Earth Sciences undergraduate students in their final year of studies
  • Edelmayer Endowment Fund: 
    Award for Earth Sciences undergraduate students who have demonstrated leadership and/or community service at 間眅埶AV or outreach and promotion of geoscience to the community
  • Eldorado Gold Award in Earth Sciences:
    Award for Geology undergraduate students interested in pursuing a career in geological exploration
  • Eldorado Gold Bursary in Earth Sciences:
    Bursary for Geology undergraduate students interested in pursuing a career in geological exploration
  • Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia Scholarship in Earth Sciences:
    Scholarship for Earth Sciences undergraduate majors students who wish to pursue their Professional Geoscientist designation
  • John and Alexis Clague Undergraduate Award in Earth Sciences Endowment: 
    Award for Earth Sciences undergraduate students who have demonstrated excellence in community/volunteer service
  • Shaughn and Sharon Clements Earth Sciences Field Trip Endowment: 
    Award for Earth Sciences undergraduate students to participate in field trips or field schools

MATHEMATICS

  • Barb Hart Harris Bursary Endowment: 
    Bursary for Mathematics or Physics undergraduate students 
  • Dr. John Abreu Memorial Award in Mathematics:
    Award for Mathematics undergraduate students  who are active community members through volunteerism and/or community service
  • Department of Mathematics Award Endowment: Award for Mathematics undergraduate students
  • Margaret Lawson McTaggart - Cowan Alumni Bursary Endowment: Bursary for female Mathematics undergraduate students
  • William Lowell Putnam Annual Prize in Mathematical Competition: 
    Award for Mathematics undergraduate students listed as top participants in the William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

  • Evelyn and Leigh Palmer Scholarship in Physical Sciences Endowment: 
    Scholarship for undergraduate students in Physics, Applied Physics, Mathematical Physics, Chemical Physics, Chemistry, Biological Physics, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
  • Janice Carscadden Scholarship in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Endowment: 
    Scholarship for Molecular Biology and Biochemistry undergraduate students
  • Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Undergraduate Scholarship Endowment Fund: 
    Scholarship for Molecular Biology and Biochemistry undergraduate students
  • Quadra Chemicals Ltd Scholarship Endowment: 
    Scholarship for Chemistry or Biochemistry undergraduate students

PHYSICS

  • Barb Hart Harris Bursary Endowment: 
    Bursary for Mathematics or Physics undergraduate students
  • Evelyn and Leigh Palmer Scholarship in Physical Sciences Endowment: 
    Scholarship for undergraduate students in Physics, Applied Physics, Mathematical Physics, Chemical Physics, Chemistry, Biological Physics, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry
  • Faculty of Science Undergraduate Outreach Award in Physics Endowment: 
    Award for Physics undergraduate students who have demonstrated a sustained commitment to science outreach programs
  • Grant Sheffer Undergraduate Student Research Award in Physics Endowment: 
    Research award for Physics undergraduate students
  • Isao Asano Undergraduate Scholarship in Physics:
    Scholarship for Physics undergraduate students
  • John F. Cochran Physics Endowment: 
    Award for Physics undergraduate students
  • Mona and Albert Curzon Bursary Endowment: 
    Bursary for Physics undergraduate students, or majors or honours students in joint programs with Physics
  • Patrick McTaggart-Cowan Endowment: 
    Scholarship for Faculty of Science undergraduate students enrolled in a physical science field, with consideration for a student who plans to study meteorology or the atmospheric sciences
  • Physics Charter Faculty Endowment Fund:
    Award for top graduating students in any Physics major or honours program
  • Ray Kapahi and Denise L. Wesleder Scholarship in Physics Endowment: 
    Scholarship for Physics undergraduate students
  • Robert F. Frindt Undergraduate Scholarship in Physics Endowment: 
    Scholarship for Physics undergraduate students
  • Rudi Haering Endowment Fund: 
    Award for Physics or Chemical Physics undergraduate students
  • Scott Wilson Memorial Endowment Fund: 
    Bursary for Physics undergraduate students

STATISTICS & ACTUARIAL SCIENCE

  • DATA Science Endowment Fund: 
    Award for graduating students in the Data Science program

  • April Allen Memorial Endowment: 
    Award for Actuarial Sciences undergraduate students
  • Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science Award:
    Award for Statistics and Actuarial Sciences undergraduate students who have demonstrated commitment to the department and/or their chosen discipline by volunteering in the department and/or participating in other departmental engagements
  • Sports Analytics Award for Indigenous Students in Science: 
    Award for Faculty of Science Indigenous undergraduate students who have demonstrated a passion for sports, volunteerism, or community service
  • Aon R. Bruce Coles Memorial Scholarship Endowment:
    Award for Actuarial Science undergraduate students 
  • Willis Towers Watson Scholarship in Actuarial Sciences:
    Scholarship for Statistics and Actuarial Sciences undergraduate students

Testimonials

Thanks to your generosity, I am on track to graduate this summer with a Bachelor of Science with honors in Molecular Biology and Biochemistry. A decade ago, the idea of attending a university like 間眅埶AV seemed unimaginable, but now I eagerly anticipate applying to medical schoola possibility realized because of your support. Your impact on my life is immeasurable, and I am forever grateful. I promise to pay it forward in the future when I have the means to do so.

Grupreet, 4th year student, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry

Receiving this award is a tremendous honor and a significant step in helping me achieve my academic and career goals. Your support not only eases the financial burden of pursuing my PhD, but also serves as a source of inspiration and motivation. I want to truly thank you for your commitment to supporting education and believing in me and my future pursuits.

Brooke, 4th year PhD candidate, Chemistry

To learn more about supporting Science students, contact:

Greg Weinrauch

Director, Advancement
778-782-9351
greg_weinrauch@sfu.ca

Jennifer Bergeron

Advancement Officer, Leadership Giving
778-782-8038
jennifer_bergeron@sfu.ca