Dear College of Medicine graduate students:

This email is to draw your attention to the Madame Yiching Zheng Kao Memorial Scholarship.

Professor Kwan Chi Kao established an endowment fund at the University of Manitoba in memory of his wife, Madame Yiching Zheng Kao with an initial gift of $10,000. This fund was established to reward graduate students in the College of Medicine who are conducting research in the area of breast cancer. Each year, the available annual income from the fund will be used to offer one scholarship to a graduate student who: (1) is enrolled full-time in the Faculty of Graduate Studies in a Masters or Doctoral program delivered by a department in the Max Rady College of Medicine; (2) has achieved a minimum grade point average of 3.0 (or equivalent) based on the last 60 credit hours (or equivalent) of study; and (3) has demonstrated excellence in the area of breast cancer research. In the event that there is no eligible candidate who meets all of the criteria outlined above, the award will be offered to a student who meets criteria (1), (2), and who has demonstrated excellence in the area of cancer research.

Please see the Terms of Reference (TORs; attached) for further details.

Deadline: June 1, 2023 – 12:00 pm: Submit eligible applications to RFHSgraduateawards@umanitoba.camailto:RFHSgraduateawards@umanitoba.ca. To apply, please ensure the submission of the following:

(I) APPLICATION PACKAGE: An application package, in a single PDF file with file name department - applicant surname (for example, Immunology – Smith]. Applications must include the following (in order):

1. Internal application form (attached to this email);

2. a current transcript(s) (online transcripts need to be validated by the student's department);

3. a curriculum vitae;

4. two academic letters of reference from professors at a post-secondary institution;

5. a description of proposed or ongoing research (maximum 500 words).

Please feel free to contact our office should you have any questions.

Best, Bianca Felisbino she/her/hers Administrative Assistant Graduate and Post-Doctoral Studies Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

[University of Manitoba logo.]

753 McDermot Avenue, Chown Building, Room A202 Winnipeg, MB R3E 0T6

Tel: 204-789-3402 Email: bianca.felisbino@umanitoba.camailto:bianca.felisbino@umanitoba.ca