Graduate funding and awards database: Program: Arts: History
Daniel G. Watt who was a member of the University of Waterloo's Laurel Society, bequeathed funds to the University of Waterloo. The Laurel Society recognizes individuals who make planned gifts to the University. Interest from the endowment will fund the Dan Watt Scholarships. The scholarships will be awarded annually to students with the highest averages entering the University of Waterloo, Department of History graduate program.
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.
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.
Awards are available to full-time Faculty of Arts graduate students enrolled in a research-based masters or PhD 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.
Through a commitment of financial support from the Faculty of Arts, awards are available to encourage full-time and part-time graduate students to present their own research (oral, poster, paper) at an academic conference and engage in academic dialogue within their field of study and research.
The CGS Committee for the Gustave O. Arlt Award in the Humanities requests nominations annually. Gustave O. Arlt (1895-1986) was the first president of the Council of Graduate Schools, former faculty member and Dean of the Graduate School at UCLA, and a scholar of German language and literature. In 1971 he established the award that bears his name to provide recognition, each year, to a young scholar who has written a book that represents an outstanding contribution to scholarship in the humanities.
Two awards will be made annually by the Department of History to incoming graduate students on a one-time basis.
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.
This scholarship will be used to enhance external scholarships like Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS),and Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC).
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.
One award valued at $7,500 will be provided annually to a doctoral candidate registered full-time in the Department of History in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo who has completed their comprehensive field examinations.