Simon Fraser University Paul Tai Yip Ng Memorial Award 2025

Mr. Peter Eng, family members, friends and colleagues established this fund within the David Lam Centre at Simon Fraser University in 1997 in memory of Mr. Peter Eng’s father, the late Mr. Paul Tai Yip Ng. Presently the fund provides for the annual awarding of a prize to a student who has composed an outstanding paper on intercultural issues, particularly as they relate to people in or from Canada and the Asia Pacific region.

• Table of Content
• About Simon Fraser University
• Simon Fraser University Paul Tai Yip Ng Memorial Award
• Aim and Benefits of Simon Fraser University Paul Tai Yip Ng Memorial Award
• Requirements for Simon Fraser University Paul Tai Yip Ng Memorial Award Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university in British Columbia, Canada, with three campuses, all in Greater Vancouver: Burnaby (main campus), Surrey, and Vancouver. The 170-hectare (420-acre) main Burnaby campus on Burnaby Mountain, located 20 kilometres (12 mi) from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and comprises more than 30,000 students and 160,000 alumni. The university was created in an effort to expand higher education across Canada. SFU is a member of multiple national and international higher education associations, including the Association of Commonwea... continue reading

Simon Fraser University Paul Tai Yip Ng Memorial Award

• Category Postgraduate
• SponsorSimon Fraser University
• City to study Vancouver
• School to study Simon Fraser University
• Course to study Not specified
• Application Deadline January 25, 2025

Aim and Benefits of Simon Fraser University Paul Tai Yip Ng Memorial Award

The winner may be required to attend the award ceremony in Spring 2025 to receive the award.

Requirements for Simon Fraser University Paul Tai Yip Ng Memorial Award Qualification

The award will be given to the best graduate student research paper that advances our understanding of intercultural issues, particularly as they relate to people in or from Canada and the Asia Pacific region.

• The paper must have been completed as part of the applicant’s graduate studies at Simon Fraser University in the academic year before or the year of the application deadline. The maximum number of words is 11,000.
• The award is intended for papers only written by students.

Application Deadline

January 25, 2025

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to Simon Fraser University on www.sfu.ca to apply

Submissions consisting of the following should be sent to [email protected] with Paul Tai Yip Ng Memorial Award - Applicant's Name in the Subject line by February 1, 2025.

• a one-page cover letter from the graduate student expressing his/her intention to submit the paper for this competition; and how the paper advances our understanding of intercultural relations, particularly as they relate to people in or from Canada and the Asia Pacific.
• a copy of the graduate student's paper (in PDF); and
• a short nomination letter by the supervising professor or professor who taught the course for which the paper was written. The nomination letter should include the supervising professor’s evaluation of the student’s work.

For more details, visit Simon Fraser University Paul Tai Yip Ng Memorial Award webpage