Scholarships and Awards

2021 Winners

OGS - Ontario Graduate Scholarship
Krstina Banyameen
Thomas Nguyen
Farnaz Mansouri-Noori
Alexandra Pislaru

NSERC - CGS - MASTERS
Aisha Adil
Kyra Dougherty
Megan Schwegel
Vicky Shah

NSERC - CGS Doctoral
Domenic Au
Hadil Elsayed
Nargol Ghaziantafrishi
Jesse Huisken
Jennifer Im
Britney Picinic
Jennifer Porat

The Vernon Oliver Stong Graduate Scholarships in Science
Nina Garret

C.D. Fowle Scholarship in Ecology
Megan Schwegel
Kiersten King

2020 Winners

OGS - Ontario Graduate Scholarship
Gurnoor Brar
Tamari Chkuaseli
Preeti Dave
Jennifer Im
Parisa Karimi Tari
Divya-Shree Patel
Harpreet Saini
Karin Saltoun
Tayyebeh Saberbaghi

QEII
Jesse Huisken

NSERC - CGS - MASTERS
Krstina Banyameen
Kathryn Galang
Amanda Jass
John Nguyen
Thomas Nguyen
Pankaj Paur

NSERC - PGS Doctoral
Shelby Gibson

NSERC - CGS Doctoral 
Jennifer Porat
Farwa Sajadi

The Vernon Oliver Stong Graduate Scholarships in Science
Megan Schwegel
Sehaj Raina

Nestmann Scholarship
Georg Zoidl

Carswell Scholarship in the Faculty of Science
Jenna Braun
Jennifer Porat

C.D. Fowle Scholarship in Ecology
Milly Hong

Ecole Polytechnique Montreal Women’s Memorial Scholarship
Krstina Banyameen

Elia Scholars Program
Deniz Sadighbayan

Susan Mann Dissertation Scholarship
Amanda Liczner

2019 Winners

OGS - Ontario Graduate Scholarship
Amy Cocksedge
Kathryn Galang
Simon L'Allier
Jennier Porat
Sarah Mackell
Brendan Boyd
Stephanie Haas
Parisa Karimi Tari
Tanushree Tiwari

QEII
Alyssa Murdoch
Melissa Galicia

NSERC - PGS  D2- Doctoral
Eleni Fegaras

NSERC - CGS D3 - Doctoral 
Jacob O'Brien

NSERC - CGS - MASTERS
Elia Grieco Guardian

The Vernon Oliver Stong Graduate Scholarships in Science
Jennifer Porat
Eleni Fergaras

Nestmann Scholarship
Baig Mohammad

Carswell Scholarship in the Faculty of Science
Katherine Odanaka
Farwa Sajadi

C.D. Fowle Scholarship in Ecology
Jenna LeBlanc

photo of Eleni Fegaras receiving her award

Eleni Fegaras - Richard Jarrell Award of Excellence for Teaching Assistants & Vernon Oliver Stong Grad Scholarship in Science

photo of Amanda Liczner & Eleni Fegaras with FGS Dean Tom Loebel

Amanda Liczner & Eleni Fegaras - NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Postgraduate Scholarship Award - Doctoral

photo of Jennifer Porat with FGS Dean Tom Loebel

Jennifer Porat - Nestmann Scholarship, NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Graduate Scholarship Award – Masters, Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Vernon Oliver Stong Grad Scholarship in Science, and York Graduate Scholarship

2018 Winners

OGS - Ontario Graduate Scholarship
Dova Brenman
Kathleen Dogantzis
Andrea Durant
Chaminda Gunawardene
Ahmed Hussin
Amira Moustafa
Jacob O'Brien
Paige Whyte-Fagundes
Sarah Mackell
Marjan Moallem
David Rocco
Eleni Fergaras

QEII
Bianca Ruxandra Baltaretu
Melissa Galicia
Laura Newburn

NSERC - PGS  D2- Doctoral
Amanda Liczner

NSERC - CGS D3 - Doctoral 
Alexander Klenov

NSERC - CGS - MASTERS
Aryan Lajevardi
Fargol Nowghani
Jennifer Porat
Farwa Sajadi

The Vernon Oliver Stong Graduate Scholarships in Science
Farwa Sajadi
Eleni Fergaras

Nestmann Scholarship
Jennifer Porat

Carswell Scholarship in the Faculty of Science
Tanushree Tiwari
Brendan Boyd

C.D. Fowle Scholarship in Ecology
Alexandra Israel

Peter Moens/AGSBS Graduate Award in Biology
Eleni Fergaras
Yara Zayed

2017 Winners

International Gap Junction Conference Presentation Award
Supervisor:  Dr. G. Zoidl
Cherie Brown
Ryan Siu
Paige Whyte-Fagundes

photo of Dr. G. Zoidl, Cherie Brown, Ryan Siu and Paige Whyte-Fagundes

CIHR - Doctoral Research Award 
Won Suk (James) Jahng

OGS - Ontario Graduate Scholarship
Alessandro Filazzola
Heyam Hayder
Bailey Hewitt
Lianna Lopez
Fargol Nowghani
Nadia Tsvetkov

QEII
Melissa Galicia
Alexander Klenov

NSERC - PGS  D2- Doctoral
Kira  Neller

CGS - D3 - Doctoral 
Tamari  Chkuaseli

NSERC - CGS - MASTERS
Caitlin  Carew-Piercey
Camille Diaz
Gil Yerushalmi

Enbridge 
Alyssa Murdoch

YORK UNIVERSITY THREE (3) MINUTE THESIS COMPETITION AWARD
Tehmeena Chaudhry

2016 Winners

Thesis/Dissertation Prize recipient
Dennis Kolosov

photo of Scott Kelly, Dennis Kolosov and Fahim Quadir

Scott Kelly, left, Dennis Kolosov, and Fahim Quadir, Interim Dean, Graduate Studies at the recent Dissertation Prize ceremony Biology PhD receives Dissertation Award

 

VERNON STONG SCHOLARSHIP 
Lidiya Misyura

NSERC - PGS - Doctoral 

Alyssa Murdoch
Benjamin Voloh

NSERC - CGS - MASTERS
Jessica D'Angelo
Julia Gauberg

QEII- Queen Elizabeth Scholarship
Marzyeh Azimi
Chun Chih Chen
David Rocco

OGS - Ontario Graduate Scholarship
Caitlin Carew-Piercey
Dayana D'Amora
Alessandro Filazzola
Chaminda Gunawardene
Sima Jonusaite
Alexander Klenov
Amanda Liczner
Kira Neller
Mariann Oemisch

Enbridge
Hewitt Bailey

2015 Winners

Best Student Presentation, American Fisheries Society – Ontario
Chen, M.

Susan Mann Dissertation Scholarship
Jelena Brkic

Provost Dissertation Scholarship
Dennis Kolosov
Amirsaman Sajad

NSERC - PGS - Doctoral
Laura Newburn
Marlee Ng

QEII - Queen Elizabeth Scholarship 
Alessandro Filazzola

OGS - Ontario Graduate Scholarship  
Tim Gabor
Chaminda Gunawardene
Sima Jonusaite
Dayana  D'Amora
Ryan Scott
Nadejda Tsvetkov
Kira Neller
Luana Sciullo

Enbridge
Katrina Gaibisels