Peter Winterburn Memorial Award

Graduate students at UBC Vancouver affiliated with the Mineral Deposit Research Unit (MDRU) whose research focuses on mineral exploration geochemistry are eligible for these awards. Awards totalling $2,300 are distributed among recipients selected for academic excellence; individual award amounts vary. There is no student application; awards are made on the recommendation of the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, in consultation with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies. The awards are funded through an endowment established by Vale Canada Limited in memory of Dr. Peter Winterburn (1962-2019), who served as an industrial research chair in exploration geochemistry in the MDRU at UBC from 2013 to 2018.