A bright Nigerian woman receives a $150,000 grant to study for a PhD at Canada University.
Abisola Zainab Kehinde, a talented Nigerian woman, has been granted a scholarship worth $150,000 to pursue a doctorate at the University of British Columbia in Canada.
A year after earning a master’s degree from the University of British Columbia, Canada, Abisola Kehinde was awarded the coveted Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship to pursue a PhD there.
On her LinkedIn profile, Abisola expressed her accomplishment of receiving the scholarship, characterizing it as a sense of great anticipation. “I won the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship,” she said.
For the length of her studies, she stated that she was given a scholarship of $50,000 annually to study pancreatic cancer at the University of British Columbia in Canada.
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With an exceptional 4.91 out of 5.00 first-class honors, Abisola earned her bachelor’s degree in biochemistry from the University of Lagos, Nigeria. After that, she continued her graduate studies at the University of British Columbia.
She pursued her master’s degree at the University of British Columbia, where she graduated with a 91.8% distinction in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology.
According to Abisola, she is thrilled to have been awarded the scholarship since her professional goal is to work in a research or academic setting where she can use her leadership and teaching abilities to advance science and health.
In addition to being a Vanier Scholar, Abisola referred to herself as a serial scholar, having received fourteen other noteworthy scholarship awards, including the Faculty of Medicine Graduate Award, the President’s Academic Excellence Award, the Four Year Fellowship for Students, the International Tuition Award, and the Technology Bursary.
She thanked her friends and family for their unwavering encouragement and support. Abisola expressed gratitude to the institution for re-accepting her and said she made new friends in her community and faith.
Abisola stated that she intends to conduct innovative research that will give her a wide range of experiences and abilities during her research program, as well as delve deeper into the intriguing fields of biochemistry and molecular biology.
