Dr. Frank Forward and Dr. Gordon Forward Commercialization Fellowship

Award descriptionFellowships totalling $73,850 have been made available through an endowment established by Dr. Gerald Heffernan in memory of Dr. Frank Forward (Hon. D.Sc. 1965) and Dr. Gordon Forward (B.A.Sc. 1960, M.A.Sc. 1962, Hon. D.Sc. 1996) for Masters and Ph.D. students in the areas of physical sciences, life sciences, engineering or business who are pursuing the commercialization of new technology. Individual fellowships should not exceed $20,000 a year per student. Recipients will submit a plan for commercialization, seek mentorship from academic engineers and/or research faculty members, and set milestones for their progress. Conditional on recipients' continued satisfactory academic progress and achievement of their milestones for commercialization, the fellowship may be renewed for an additional year of study. The fellowships are made on the recommendation of the Faculty of Applied Science in conjunction with representatives from entrepreneurship@UBC and HATCH, in consultation with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.