Funding
Opportunity for
U of M Graduate Students!
CD Howe Memorial Foundation
Fellowships
in
Creative Writing & Oral Culture
The CD Howe Foundation, with contributions from
the Manitoba Scholarship and Bursary Initiative, has established a fund at the
University of Manitoba in support of the Centre for Creative Writing & Oral
Culture.
Two Fellowships, valued at approximately $10,000.00* each, will be offered to graduate
students who:
1) are enrolled full-time in
the Faculty of Graduate Studies, in a Masters or Doctoral degree program;
2) have achieved a minimum
degree grade point average of 3.5 (or equivalent) based on the last 60 credit
hours of study; and
3) are conducting thesis
research in Creative Writing (producing an original work of literature) or on
the critical study of oral cultures.
Students with lived experience of Indigenous and
other oral cultures are particularly encouraged to apply.
Candidates are required to submit an application
consisting of a description of their proposed or ongoing research (maximum 500
words), a current academic transcript(s), and two academic letters of reference
from professors at a post-secondary institution. Candidates will be assessed as follows:
record of academic achievement (30%), plan of research (40%), and letters of
reference (30%).
The award is not automatically renewable but
previous recipients may apply. Recipients may hold the C. D. Howe Memorial
Foundation Fellowships in Creative Writing and Oral Culture concurrently with
other awards, consistent with the policies of the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
APPLICATIONS ARE DUE FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 2017.
Application should
be made to the Centre for Creative Writing & Oral Culture, 391 University
College, marked Attention: Dr. Warren Cariou.
*Amount
is based on the average of the last five years and is subject to change.