Award Terms and Conditions

Designating a Discipline or Area of Study

Donors may designate an award to a:

• faculty
• school
• degree program
• year of study
• major or specialization

The donor may also stipulate other criteria, such as whether the award is for graduate or undergraduate study, or open to both levels.

Award criteria must, however, be consistent with UBC’s academic structure and be sufficiently open that an annual population of potential candidates can be identified who qualify for the award. Awards that are too narrowly defined will have difficulty attracting applicants and therefore may seldom be awarded. A development officer will help you define the parameters of the award.

Administrative Concerns

Award terms must be practical for the University to administer and should not include elements which entail substantial extra costs for award adjudication and disbursement.

Awards should include a financial benefit for students. New non-monetary awards (plaques, certificates, medals, etc.) are no longer accepted by the University unless they include a cash component of $1,000 or greater for disbursement to the award winner.

The University only accepts new awards designated for students registered at The University of British Columbia.

Awards Policy

It is the policy of the University to attract, at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, the best academically qualified students, whatever their origin.

With that objective in mind, it is the primary policy of the University to encourage donations, whether to individual Faculties or the University’s general scholarship and bursary funds, that can be used to reward excellence or support needy students.

The goal is to maximize fairness, flexibility and efficiency in the administration of available funds. The University does not approve award terms inconsistent with human rights legislation.