Funding Opportunities for Students

Thanks to the generous donations of families from the local community, there are a number of award opportunities for students studying German Studies:

WCGS Awards

  1. Stork Awards in German Studies for students traveling to a German-speaking country on a Canadian-organized program,
  2. The Cecilia and the Late George Piller Graduate Research Award for excellent full-time graduate students in the Faculty of Arts, who conduct research on German language, culture, history, and/or society, and
  3. Marga I. Weigel German Study Abroad Awards for University of Waterloo students who are participating in the Waterloo Summer Language School in Germany.

Other Awards

  1. Evelyn Guderian Graduate Scholarship in Germanic Slavic Studies for full-time current or incoming graduate students enrolled in a Masters or Doctoral program in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies in the Faculty of Arts,
  2. The Brichta Award for graduate students in German Studies who are either registered in or applying for a graduate program in German Studies at University of Waterloo, and
  3. Marga I. Weigel Engineering International Exchange Award for undergraduate students in the Faculty of Engineering.