Budding Scholars Program
Our program offers mentorship and research opportunities for promising students who aspire to become professionals in the field of psychology and neuroscience. The goals of the program are to enable students to explore the various facets of psychology and neuroscience, to build their professional network with scholars in the field (including faculty, graduate and senior students), and ultimately, to spark a career as a young scientist. As a Budding Scholar, you will have the opportunity to engage in the scientific community here at UTSC by being invited to participate in activities such as guest lectures on topics of interest geared to junior students (ex. career talks and research talks), and mentored research opportunities in various labs on campus.
Current students interested in applying to the program should vist the for information.
Award Recipients
*Research Extension Award Winners
2022-23 Budding Scholars:
| Sitra Abdullahi | Daniel Elias | Rashmia Raihan |
| Kaynaat Abrar* | Syeda Gaillani | Mehakpreet Saggu* |
| Alyssa Aguilar | Wedad Hachmi | Arub Shabbir |
| Fynn Anantram | Alyssa Hing | Arav Shah |
| Adeena Atif | Amman Khurana | Ina Sugay |
| Aicha Belghiti | Matthew Kuo | Tara Tam |
| Khyati Chhabra | Hiba Mohammed | Sophia Tsagopoulos |
| Kini Choppella | Rachel Nimmakayala | Max Zhao |
| Radhika Comar | Yue Pan | Belle Zhu |
| Sahra Durran | Thirija Pushpanathan | |
2021-22 Budding Scholars:
| Magdalene Abebe | Dana Gawlak | Diluk Ramachandra |
| Evelina Aghayan | Julianne Hu* | Lina Rguig |
| Tajreen Ahmed | Kelly Ma | Valery Sit |
| Nabeeha Ali | Thejavi Madurapperuma | Shukkiththa Sivapatham |
| Zaynab Azeem | Doa Mobin | Yee Lam Tang* |
| Farah Darawish | Sara Mohammed | Nirvana Tiwari |
| Rheina Firdiawati* | Jerlene Pandian | |
2020-21 Budding Scholars:
| Sarah-Mei Chen* | Joyce Ho | Sapolnach Prompiengchai* |
| Ria (Jui Ya) Cheng | Ana Jankovic* | Safa Rahman |
| Daniel Cherkas | Aliza Kazmi | Mrittica Rahman |
| Priyanka Choudhari* | Emily Jie Yi Kuik* | Dev Raval* |
| Sophie Faessen* | Tiffany Luke* | Aryaki Sethi |
| Farhan Bin Faisal* | Priya Rakesh Pandey | Yomni Makonnen Tesfaye |
| Natalie Garabedian | | |
2019-20 Budding Scholars:
| Tanwir Ahmed | Shenwei Hu* | Ayush Patel |
| Ryan Brudner | Anisa Khalfan | Tasneem Patel |
| Anusha Dath | Kalista Kyle* | Bai Yu Ruan |
| Safiya Desai | Carrie Kar Yee Lau | Warda Shabbir* |
| Fathima Rehaab | Tianxing Liu | Adib Syed |
| Ayoub Hajji | Julia Naus | Idila Yogeswaran* |
| Jonathan Hay | Kareena Padamshi | |
2018-19 Budding Scholars:
| Aghilan Aiyadurai* | Anisa Khalfan* | Srishtie Phartiyal |
| Regan Campbell* | Sophie Kudryk | Shobika Sathiaseelan |
| Yu-Chun Chien | Sankeeth Kunatheesan | Anjana Sathies |
| Hira Fatima | Lakshania Mathisudan | Liana Spada |
| Elaine Hoan* | Noor Mirza | Nabeela Syeda* |
| Longfeng (Sherry) Huang | Aathmika Nandan | Adrienna Tan |
| Sankeetha Kathirkamathamby* | Sumaiya Nathani | Arya Zarrinbakhsh |
2017-18 Budding Scholars:
| Ahmed Aamir Aboosally* | Paras Kapoor* | Hadia Rafiqzad |
| Mazen Essam Aljghami | Liliana Wu | Andrew Rogalsky |
| Jose Emiliano Arriola Villafuerte | Seliya Mawani | Kayla Victoria Rose Smith |
| Anjali Jyotindra Chauhan* | Naazneen Mohsin | Yu Bin Tan* |
| Imayan Elangovan | Nishi Chirag Patel* | Ka Yan Tsang |
| Janeeta Janeeta | Shamsa Mussarrat Qaadri | Taylor Alexandra Wright |
| Aravinth Jebanesan | | |
2016-17 Budding Scholars:
| Charles Badlis | Thaneya Kuganesan | Sunny Raval* |
| Gina D'Souza | Matthew McShane | Umed Saleem |
| Shadini Dematagoda | Vithushaan Mohandas | Namita Sharma* |
| Maria Jennifer Estrella | Regina Nicoll | Maryam Sorkhou* |
| Samuel Haile | Imama Noor | Tselot Tessema |
| Sanjayen Jeyakumaran | Christina Pereira* | Shanthos Thirunavukkarasu* |
| Saira Khan | Nayaab Punjani | Madeleine Weichel |
| | Gul-e Rana | |
2015-16 Budding Scholars:
| Sauliha Alli | Oleksandra Kaskun | Rajan Shah |
| Denada Alushaj | Ming Ma | Arunan Srikanthanathan* |
| Gajathree Ananthathurai | Thusha Mathikcantan | Meeraa Srikaran |
| Thaneson Balachandran | Siddiq Mirza* | Sujitha Srinathan |
| Laura Colucci | Radhika Patel | Raza Syed |
| Muhammad Farooq | Shameelah Patel* | Susannah Megan Tran |
| Preet Gujral | Maria Raveendran | Maliha Zaman |
| Abhay Issar | Olivia Rennie* | Hanna Zhang |
| | Janannii Selvanathan | |
2014-15 Budding Scholars:
| Sarah Ahmed* | Letebrhan Ferrow | Amina Shabeen |
| Maliha Asad | Andrew Iskander | Sujeevini Sujanthan |
| Insiya Bhalloo | Abiraa Karalasingam | Sahir Tirmizi |
| Cynthia Boksh | Nardin Kirolos | Emmanuel Tse* |
| Harsimar Brar | Newman Leung | Sohanthen Udayashankar |
| Emily Hong-Wing Chan | Shailja Modi | Shruti Vellanki |
| Rishawn Dhir* | Shayna Pascal-Webb | Yimin Xie* |
| Deepika Elango* | Olivia Rennie | Mounizha Zainullah |
| | Myriam Robert | |
2013-14 Budding Scholars:
| Pratyasha Agrawal | Zohal Kerami | Dominic Samaroo |
| Anum Ahmed | Bishoy Lawendy | Garima Shah* |
| Delaram Farzanfar | Yejin Lee | Swara Shah |
| Christina Gizzo | Meera Mahendiran | Abdulwahab Sidiqi |
| Hilda Ho | Maria Mariadasan | Serena Soleimani |
| Dharini Ilangomaran | Laura Ortiz | Abanti Tagore |
| | Candice Richardson | |