Charles A. McDowell Award

Sponsor

UBC VP Research & Innovation

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Award Details

Established in 1985, the Charles A. McDowell Award for Excellence in Research, one of UBC's most prestigious research prizes, is named in honour of Professor Emeritus Charles A. McDowell.

Professor Emeritus Charles McDowell was head of the Chemistry Department from 1955 until 1981 and one of the giants of UBC’s history. His vision, and his greatest achievement, was to create a vital, modern department, first class in both teaching and research. He realized in particular that the greatness of a university is set by its research achievements.

The award, consisting of a medal and a certificate, will be made to an outstanding early career member of the faculty of UBC who has demonstrated excellence in pure or applied scientific research.

Questions?

Please review the FAQs, and contact research.prizes@ubc.ca.


Previous Award Winners

2024

  • Mohammad Arjmand (School of Engineering, UBCO)

2023

  • Marie Auger-Méthé (Statistics and the Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries)

2022

  • Zachary Hudson (Chemistry)

2021

  • Stephanie Waterman (Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences)

2020

  • Russ Algar (Chemistry)


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