Gerhild Unny Memorial Graduate Award

Award type:
Scholarship

Award description:
An award, valued at $1,500, will be awarded annually to a full-time graduate student enrolled in any research-based master’s or doctoral program in the School of Critical and Creative Humanities in the Faculty of Arts. Selection will be based on academic achievement and demonstration that their research or creative studio-based practice is informed by diverse cultural perspectives and/or explores the relationship between nature, art, and aesthetic inquiry. Interested students should apply by February 1 using the application form found on the School of Critical and Creative Humanities website. This fund is made possible by a donation from the Estate of Unny Gerhild whose life and work were shaped by a deep and enduring passion for the arts, literature, nature and cultural exchange.

Value:
$1,500

Level:
Masters, Doctoral

Program:
Arts→School of Critical and Creative Humanities

Citizenship: 
Canadian/Permanent resident, International/study permit student

Eligibility & selection criteria

  • Full-time graduate students registered in any research-based master’s or doctoral program in the School of Creative and Critical Humanities in the Faculty of Arts.
  • Students must demonstrate that their research or studio-based practice is informed by diverse cultural perspectives and/or explores the relationship between nature, art, and aesthetic inquiry.
  • Interested students must apply using the application found online.
  • Recipients are selected based on demonstrated academic achievement (minimum cumulative average of 75% or equivalent) and evidence of the award’s core themes in their research or studio-based practice.
  • The recipient will be selected by the Graduate Studies Committee of the School of Critical and Creative Humanities, each winter term.
  • Students may receive this award only once during their graduate program; students who receive the award for a master’s program may reapply if they continue into a doctoral program.

Term:
Winter

Selection process:
Application required

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