Graduate funding and awards database: English
One award for the best submission of either prose or poetry. It is a voluntary entry award. Students submit their work to the department for consideration.
Up to five awards, normally valued at $1,000 each, are provided to undergraduate and graduate students registered full-time in any year in the Faculty of Arts, excluding the School of Accounting and Finance, at the University of Waterloo.
Two Awards, valued at a minimum of $150 each, will be awarded annually.
A scholarship will be provided annually to full-time graduate students registered in the Master’s or Doctoral program in the Department of English language and Literature in the Faculty of Arts on the basis of academic excellence (minimum 80%). Students will be chosen by the Associate Chair for Gradate Studies in English Language and Literature, in consultation with the Department Graduate Committee.
A scholarship valued at $2,500, will be awarded annually to a graduate student registered full time in the Faculty of Mathematics or the Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo with a demonstrated area of interest in computational rhetoric, computational analysis and/or generation of rhetoric and persuasive text.
Mentoring or supervising professors will nominate outstanding student teachers.
Two awards, each valued at $400, will be given annually to graduate students who are or who have been registered full time in the Department of English Language and Literature within the past calendar year.
Mentoring or supervising professors will nominate outstanding student teachers in the English department.
Awards are available to full-time Faculty of Arts graduate students enrolled in a research-based masters or PhD program. Students should have a cumulative average of 80% or higher in their program.
The Faculty of Arts Departmental Graduate Scholarships have been established to administer graduate student funding contributions received as part of the graduate funding package in Arts.
The Faculty of Arts Graduate Award has been established to provide financial support to eligible students as part of their graduate funding package in the Faculty of Arts.
Recipients will receive an award valued at $100 for virtual conferences or $200 for in-person conferences.
This scholarship valued at $5,000 will be awarded every other year to a full-time University of Waterloo graduate student in the Department of English Language and Literature with a focus on Literary, Rhetorical, or Digital-Media Studies in the Faculty of Arts. The scholarship will be awarded to a graduate student on the basis of scholastic excellence and a demonstrated interest in English Language and Literature, Rhetoric and/or Digital Media. Preference will be given to a student who holds an Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) or another major external scholarship that requires a matching or enhancement component. If the match or enhancement becomes unavailable or a suitable recipient cannot be found, the funds will be paid out as a regular graduate scholarship. This scholarship has been established by The Srivastava Family in honour and with fond memories of Gladys Srivastava.
This award is administered by English department. Selection is based on performance in Master's and Doctoral English programs in the Faculty of Arts.
This award is intended to provide financial support for full-time graduate students who acquire experience as a Teaching Assistant during the course of their graduate degree program in one of the specified departments/faculties.
One award, valued at $400, will be given annually to a graduate student who is or who has been registered full time in the Department of English Language and literature within the past calendar year.
Awarded to a young scholar who has written a book that represents an outstanding contribution to scholarship in the humanities.
Jack Gray is a deceased former faculty member in English who donated substantially to the Graduate Scholarship in English fund and is honoured with a yearly award from that fund.
This award is given out once a year to a student with the highest average which is not receiving any external awards. It is paid out in the Fall term but presented at an awards ceremony that usually takes place in March each year.
Up to five awards, normally valued at $1,000 each, are provided to undergraduate and graduate students registered full-time in any year in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo.
In 2002, Mary Bales, MA English 1972, MA Philosophy 1973 and 2002 recipient of the Arts Alumni Achievement Award, established a scholarship for graduate students in the Faculty of Arts. The student will hold an Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS). The Graduate Studies Committees in Arts, in consultation with the Associate Dean, Graduate Studies and Research, will make the selection
One scholarship with a value of at least $1,800, will be awarded annually to a graduate student registered full time in the Department of English Language and Literature in the Faculty of Arts. Selection will be made by the Department based on academic excellence (minimum 80% cumulative average) without the need for a specific scholarship application.
The Warren Ober Awards for Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student may be granted to graduate students who have made significant contributions to teaching within the Faculty of Arts.
The Wayne C. Fox scholarship was established to attract the very best students to the Faculty of Arts and to recognize the achievements of outstanding young scholars.
The Wayne C. Fox scholarship was established to attract the very best students to the Faculty of Arts and to recognize the achievements of outstanding young scholars.