In order to support the food, resources, agricultural and environmental sectors in Canada, the MFRE program is offering two unique scholarships for the academic year starting fall 2019. These scholarships are intended for outstanding students with strong interest and/or professional experience in these sectors, and who will contribute that experience to the MFRE program. Applications will be open until March 31st 2019.   The two scholarships are offered as follows:

One Food and/or Agricultural Sector Scholarship – $7000 For an outstanding student with strong interest and/or first-hand experience in the food and/or agricultural sectors in Canada.

One Environment and/or Resource Sectors – $7000 For an outstanding student with strong interest and/or first-hand experience in the environment or resource sectors in Canada.

Interested in applying for these scholarships?

• Ensure you meet the MFRE program specific-entry requirements (review here) and have all required documents ready so, you can apply until March 31st.
• Send an email to mfre.lfs@ubc.ca stating your interest in applying for the Sept 2019 program, that you are eligible and the reason why you are a good fit for the scholarship.

About the MFRE MFRE is a unique one-year professional masters program combining economics, policy and business as understood from an agriculture, food, natural resources and environmental perspective. This degree blends the economic and analytical rigour of an MSc with the business and management elements of an MBA, and equips you to analyze real-world issues through applied economics and quantitative skills. You’ll develop and refine the necessary critical thinking and analytical abilities to make informed, evidence-based decisions, and to apply them to the very real issues our world is grappling with. Learn more here.