Professor Kwan Chi Kao established an endowment fund at the University of Manitoba in memory of his wife, Madame Yiching Zheng Kao with an initial gift of $10,000. This fund was established to reward graduate students in the College of Medicine who are conducting research in the area of breast cancer.
Each year, the available annual income from the fund will be used to offer one scholarship to a graduate student who:
(1) is enrolled full-time in the Faculty of Graduate Studies in a Masters or Doctoral program
delivered by a department in the Max Rady College of Medicine;
(2) has achieved a minimum grade point average of 3.0 (or equivalent) based on the last 60 credit hours (or equivalent) of study; and
(3) has demonstrated excellence in the area of breast cancer research.
In the event that there is no eligible candidate who meets all of the criteria outlined above, the award will be offered to a student who meets criteria (1), (2), and who has demonstrated excellence in the area of cancer research.
Candidates will be required to submit an application which includes;
(i) a current transcript(s),
(ii) a
curriculum vitae,
(iii) two academic letters of reference from professors at a post-secondary level.
