The Cecilia and the Late George Piller Graduate Research Award

Status: Active

Scholarship type: Masters, Doctoral

Citizenship status: Canadian, Permanent Resident, International/Visa Student, Aboriginal

Category: Institutional

Term deadline: Winter

Program discipline: German/Russian, Arts

Award description: Two awards valued at $4,000 each are presented annually to excellent full-time graduate students in the Faculty of Arts, who conduct research on German language, culture, history, and/or society.

Value: $4,000

Value description: Two awards valued at $4,000 each are presented annually.

Application/Nomination process type: Students nominated by department/faculty

Application/Nomination process description: Faculty members of the Waterloo Centre for German Studies will nominate students annually in January and inform them of the nomination. Students are required to submit a one-page research project proposal and CV to the Centre for adjudication. The submissions will be adjudicated based on the merit of the proposal and its contribution to the mandate of the Centre as well as the student’s record of graduate study and research. Students who have received the award in previous years may be nominated again.

Contact: Please email wcgs@uwaterloo.ca for more information.