Fred & Ruth Stork Awards in German Studies

WCGS Study Travel Award - IcGS Program

• Full-time graduate students enrolled in the Joint lntercultural German Studies graduate degree program in the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies in the Faculty of Arts.
• Selection to be based on enrolment in the Joint lntercultural German Studies Graduate degree program.
• Recipients are required to submit a one-page report one month after their return from Germany.
• The WCGS Director in conjunction with the Graduate Studies Officer will identify candidates and select recipients each fall.
• Eligible students can apply for this award from year to year.

WCGS Study Travel Award - University of Waterloo

• Full-time undergraduate or graduate students registered at the University of Waterloo.
• Selection to be based on participation in a recognized institutional Canadian-organized German language or cultural studies program abroad (e.g. Waterloo in Germany, OBW, Canadian Summer School in Germany (Kassel), CAUTG Work Study Program, FUBiS).
• Students must submit a one-page statement describing their intended program of study.
• Students apply for this award by February 28 of each year for travel taking place between May 1 of that year and April 30 of the following year. The awards will be adjudicated by the WCGS executive committee based on this statement of intent.
• The WCGS Director will notify the award winners. Students must confirm their registration and/or acceptance in the program before funds will be processed.
• Students must declare if they are receiving other travel awards to subsidize their travel expenses.

WCGS Study Travel Award - Canadian Universities

• Full-time undergraduate or graduate students registered within the first four years of their program at a Canadian University (normally not a uWaterloo student) who will be participating in a recognized. institutional Canadian-organized German language or cultural studies program abroad (e.g. Canadian Summer School in Germany (Kassel), Canadian Year in Freiburg, CAUTG Work Study Program).
• The award is to help defray expenses during the participation in their program.
• Students must submit a one-page statement describing their intended program of study, a transcript (can be an unofficial transcript), and a reference from an instructor in their program. The submission will be adjudicated by the WCGS executive committee.
• Students apply for this award by February 28 of each year for travel taking place between May 1 of that year and April 30 of the following year.
• The WCGS Director will notify the award winners. Students must confirm their registration and/or acceptance in the program before funds will be processed.