UBC’s Okanagan campus has received three grants totaling $275,000 from the Southern Interior Development Initiative Trust (SIDIT).
The awards include $150,000 for a three-year research project led by Susan Murch, Canada Research Chair in Natural Products Chemistry, to develop water efficiencies in Okanagan vineyards; $80,000 in bursaries for undergraduate medical students in the Southern Medical Program; and $45,000 towards bursaries in Engineering, Nursing and Computer Science.
The $80,000 award to the Southern Medical Program will be matched by an anonymous donor. This most recent SIDIT grant represents the second major investment the organization has made to UBC’s Okanagan campus.
For more information, visit https://news.ok.ubc.ca/2012/01/05/grants-to-fund-vineyard-research-bursaries-at-four-ubc-schools/
