Awards, Fellowships, and Exchanges
Recognizing excellence
TRIUMF offers a suite of awards that offer early-career student researchers and scientists an opportunity to conduct their work at TRIUMF’s world class facilities and partner institutions across the world
For graduating high school and undergraduate students, these awards offer the research-career curious an opportunity to experience a real-life research environment. For graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, these awards offer a chance to further their growing research careers alongside scientists and students from around the world.
high-school students
Young Engineers and Scientists Fellowship
The YES Fellowship program offers six-week summer research experiences at to graduating secondary students in British Columbia entering their first year at a recognized post-secondary institution.
Undergraduate students
Erich Vogt First Year Summer Research Experience
The Erich Vogt First Year Summer Research Experience (FYSRE) recognizes academic excellence in students who have completed their first year Physics courses at UBC.
Richard E. Azuma Undergraduate Summer Fellowship
The Richard E. Azuma Fellowship recognizes undergrad students in Canada from equity-deserving groups who are considering a career in any field associated with TRIUMF’s research program.
Vijay Verma Scholar Award for TRIUMF Undergraduates
The Verma Scholar Award recognizes outstanding undergraduate students working in engineering, project management, computer science, or life sciences.
Graduate students
Michael Craddock Graduate Student Endowment Award
The Mike Craddock Endowment Award enables graduate students who work primarily at TRIUMF to travel to conferences, schools, or workshops related to accelerator science.
Shelley Page Fellowship
The Shelley Page Fellowship supports women and women-identifying people building their careers as doctoral students in any field associated with TRIUMF’s research program.
Carl H Westscott Graduate Student Fellowship
The Carl H. Westcott Fellowship is awarded each year to a graduate student whose research work is being carried in any field associated with TRIUMF’s research program.
TRIUMF-KEK Exchange Program for Early Career Researchers
The EPECR student exchange program provides burgeoning accelerator science researchers working at TRIUMF with opportunities to perform research on exchange at KEK.
Postdoctoral Fellows
Otto Häusser Postdoctoral Fellowship
The Otto Häusser Postdoctoral Fellowship is a prestigious two-year appointment at TRIUMF for exceptional young researchers seeking to advance their work in any field associated with TRIUMF’s research program.
TRIUMF-KEK Exchange Program for Early Career Researchers
The EPECR student exchange program provides burgeoning accelerator science researchers working at TRIUMF with opportunities to perform research on exchange at KEK.