Two (2) awards will be granted annually to a UPEIFA member, staff member, and/or a volunteer who has made an outstanding contribution to the research enterprise at UPEI. 

Dr. Katherine Schultz was appointed the first Vice-President, Research & Development, at UPEI in 2001. She received her PhD in 1983 from the University of Manitoba in Psychology, specializing in Behavioural Neuroscience. Before assuming her responsibilities at UPEI, she served as Associate Vice-President, Research & Graduate Studies at the University of Winnipeg from 1994 to 2001. Under Dr. Schultz's leadership, UPEI has realized remarkable growth - over 600% in research funding. In her leadership role dedicated to the research strength at UPEI, she recognized the incredible contributions made in support of research by faculty, staff and volunteers. Dr. Schultz established these awards to honor UPEI faculty, staff and volunteers who play a critical role supporting UPEI research endeavours.

Dr. Schultz established these annual recognition awards to recognize the excellence and ongoing outstanding contributions of these "behind the scenes" drivers of the research enterprise, open to nominations from across campus.

To complete your nomination, please visit following site: https://files.upei.ca/scholarships/dr_katherine_schultz_research_awards.pdf

For any further questions, please contact scholarships@upei.ca.

All nominations must be submitted electronically to scholarships@upei.ca on or before the deadline date of Friday, April 24, 2020.