Graduate Awards

The Roberta Bondar Graduate Student Excellence Award

This award is presented in honour of outstanding research excellence and positive contributions to extracurriculars that enhance life at the University of Toronto Mississauga.

Past Winners

  • Sonia E. Evans (2024)
  • Timothy Fernandes (2023)
  • Ahmed Hasan, Matthew Bergman (2022)
  • James Santangelo (2021)
  • Arjan Banerjee, Ruth Rivkin (2020)
  • Celina Baines, Lauren Barth (2019)
  • Connor Fitzpatrick (2018)

 

The Josef Svoboda Graduate Fellowship Award

This award is presented to exceptional PhD candidates in Ecology, as recommended by the UTM Department of Biology.

Past Winners

  • Ilia Ferzoco (2024)

 

The Alvin Singh Graduate Teaching Assistance Excellence Award

This award is presented to an outstanding MSc or PhD candidate in the Department of Biology at UTM, with a passion for teaching, learning, and mentoring others.

Past Winners

  • Nicholas Boehler, Tolulope Babalola (2024)
  • Osama Abdalla (2023)
  • Ferne Kotlyar (2022)
  • Jessica Browne, Roxanne Ziman (2021)

 

The Excellence in Service Award

This award is presented in honour of going above and beyond academic research responsibilities to improve the student experience, inspire others, and promote collaborative and supportive work and learning environment.

Past Winners

  • Ferne Kotlyar (2024)
  • Nasha Sethna (2023)

 

The Hottest Paper Award

This award is presented in recognition of the best paper published by a graduate student or post-doctoral fellow.

Past Winners

  • James Santangelo, Sara Hegazi (2022)
  • Christopher Lowden (2021)
  • Matthew E. Bergman (2020)
  • Arthur H. Cheng (2019)
  • Connor Fitzpatrick (2018)
  • Shirin Mollayeva (2017)
  • Christine Chang (2016)
  • Arthur Cheng, Lucia Mendoza-Viveros, Neel Mehta (2015)
  • Charlotte de Araujo (2014)
  • Joshua Krupp, Thomas Braukmann (2013)
  • Jonathan Schneider (2012)
  • Lucas Parreiras (2011)

The Arabinda Guha Graduate Research Scholarship in Cellular and Molecular Biology

This award was originally established by Friends, Family & Colleagues of Professor A. Guha and is presented to outstanding scholars in the UTM Biology Department.

Past Winners

  • Yasir Al-Zubaidy, Amber Akbar (2024)
  • Jimmy Issa (2023)
  • Osama Abdalla, Imaan Jeewa (2022)
  • Priscilla Valentino (2018)