University of Northern British Columbia
ER-18: Sustainability Research Incentives

The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions Graduate Fellowships are available on an annual basis to outstanding Masters and PhD students at UNBC and three other collaborating universities (University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University, and the University of Victoria) conducting research in an area related to climate change impacts and adaptation. Fellowships are valued at $12,000 per year for Masters and $18,000 per year for PhD students.

The Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) seeks to support transformative change in response to the many challenges raised by climate change. Research grants are awarded to faculty in five interdisciplinary themes: The Low Carbon Emissions Economy Social Mobilization Sustainable Communities Resilient Ecosystems Carbon Management in BC Forests Leaders have been identified for each theme and initial workshops to define research priorities. In keeping with the Institute’s mandate, PICS-supported research addresses both adaptation to and mitigation of climate change, and should be BC-relevant but not necessarily BC-centric. PICS encourages interdisciplinarity in its research programs, recognizing that climate-change issues are invariably multidimensional. The solutions-oriented policies to which PICS will contribute will be most robust when the full interdisciplinary scope of specific research issues is taken into account.