CFUW Memorial Fellowship
2014-2015 Value: $8,000

Honours those for whom the CFUW Charitable Trust receives memorial donations.  At the time of application, the candidate must be enrolled in masters studies in science, mathematics or engineering.  This fellowship is tenable in Canada or abroad.

2013-2014 Winner: KIRA HOFFMAN

 

B.Sc. Honours Geography, 2012, University of Victoria
M.Sc. Environmental Studies, 2012-2014, University of Victoria


Kira’s research examines trophic interactions between soil microbes and vascular plants in blanket bog ecosystems on the central coast of British Columbia. Her main objective is to assess how changing precipitation regimes affect ecosystem processes. Her research focuses on how increased instances of drought, coupled with more extreme rainfall events may change the composition, structure, and function of soils and their ability to store dissolved organic carbon.