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BME Student Fellowship
The BME Student Fellowship is aimed to fund top students in our graduate programs, where 100% of the proceed will directly go to students. Your contribution will have a positive and long-lasting impact in our student’s lives. Our goal is to raise $1 million in total fund. The Institute of Biomedical Engineering will provide a 1:1 match to your donation.
Biomedical Engineering Director's Fund
Contributions to Biomedical Engineering Director’s Fund give directors the flexibility to meet their students’ needs and the agility to seize opportunities as they arise in the rapidly evolving scientific and higher education sectors.
Mohammad & Zeynab Asadi-Lari Award
The Mohammad and Zeynab Asadi-Lari Award recognizes a MD/PhD student who has demonstrated excellence in innovation and brought about positive change.
Dedicated to improving student life
Our graduate student population will benefit from your generous support in scholarships, bursaries, and other financial means.
Meet the incoming class of 2024
In September, BME welcomed 100+ students into our graduate programs. We asked some of these students what they are looking forward to in graduate school, and why they chose our programs. Here’s what they have to say.
Six BME graduate students receives 2024 NSERC Graduate Scholarships
Six graduate students from the Institute of Biomedical Engineering (BME) at the University of Toronto have been awarded a combined funding of over $462,000 over three years through the Natural Science and Engineering Research Councils of Canada (NSERC).
BME welcomes the 2024 MasterCard Scholar cohort
Jennifer Akaade and Theophilus Ofori are two MasterCard Scholars who joined the Master of Engineering program at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering in September 2024. As a part of the MasterCard Foundation initiative, this Scholarship aims to further education, leadership, and skill development for young people from Africa, while working to address systemic barriers in higher education.
Meet the 2024 Leadership of Biomedical Engineering Students’ Association
Introducing the Movers and Shakers of the Biomedical Engineering Students’ Association (BESA)! Meet the leadership team that will spearhead graduate student related extracurricular activities this year.
Faces of BME – Lucy Ma
Lucy Ma, a biomedical engineering graduate student, is developing iPSC-derived skeletal muscle tissues to create a sustainable cure for chronic genetic diseases like hemophilia, under the supervision of Dr. Michael Garton and Dr. Penney Gilbert. As captain of the Gold boat for the SKULE Iron Dragons, she draws on the teamwork and discipline of dragon boat racing to fuel her research and stay connected to her Asian heritage.
2024 Dorrington Award recognizes graduate students innovating myopathy research, mapping the liver and advancing personalized medicine
Heta Lad, a PhD candidate conducting research under the supervision of Professor Penney Gilbert, is one of the recipients of the award.
Support cutting-edge research
Our graduate student, researchers, and faculty will continue to drive cutting edge research in biomedical engineering with your support.
Warren Chan, global leader in nanotechnology
E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship recipient February 27, 2013 | Erin Vollick Warren Chan is a professor at the Institute of Biomaterials […]
Paul Santerre: making medical devices safer and better
Synergy Award for Innovation February 27, 2013 | Erin Vollick Professor Paul Santerre began his career at the University in […]
Can a Smart Phone Save Lives?
Self-care apps to ease the burden for those with chronic illnesses 7 February, 2013 Researchers at the Centre for Global […]