Most students in the Faculty of Architecture fund the majority of their education costs through personal savings, family or government loans and part-time work. Some forms of financial assistance are available to help cover some program expenses. The best form of assistance is that provided through scholarships, bursaries, fellowships and teaching assistantships. Scholarships and fellowships are usually provided on a merit basis, involving strong competition, often favouring the academically strongest students. Bursaries are awarded confidentially on the basis of financial need, as well as, in most cases, a minimum academic standing.
Undergraduate funding and awards
Bachelor of Environmental Design students can find funding opportunities through UM's Financial Aid and Awards page or the Faculty of Architecture's awards database.
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Faculty of Architecture awards database
Learn about awards specifically designated for undergraduate students in the Faculty of Architecture.
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UM Financial aid and awards
The University of Manitoba distributes over $17 million in awards each year, including $2.5 in the form of entrance scholarships to new students.
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UM Bursaries
UM offers a wide-range of bursaries to both new and continuing full-time and part-time students who have a demonstrated financial need and a minimum academic standing.
Graduate student funding opportunities
Graduate students can apply for various types of funding, including scholarships, research grants and assistantships.
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Faculty of Architecture awards database
Learn about awards specifically designated for graduate students in the Faculty of Architecture, arranged by department.
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UM Financial aid and awards
The University of Manitoba distributes over $17 million in awards each year. Find the opportunities that work for you.
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Faculty of Graduate Studies awards database
The Faculty of Graduate Studies keeps an up-to-date record of funding opportunities available to students and researchers at UM.
Other funding opportunities
Faculty of Architecture endowment fund
The Faculty of Architecture invites submissions for the annual disbursement from the Faculty of Architecture Endowment Fund.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 28, 2025
Any questions can be address to Tara Vogelsang at arch.endowmentfund@umanitoba.ca
Mandate
The Faculty of Architecture Endowment Fund uses the interest revenue generated from the Fund to be allocated to projects providing academic enrichment, or advancing the academic and research goals of the Faculty of Architecture as represented by: Architecture, City Planning, Environmental Design, Interior Design, and Landscape Architecture. Applications are invited from constituencies related to the Faculty, normally to include staff, students, alumni and “friends of the Faculty”.
In the past grants have gone to support conferences, speakers, and other special events, the acquisition of library material and special equipment, as well as to encourage research and creative work.
Faculty Endowment Funds were established at the University to allow donors to contribute to the pursuit of excellence in areas of greatest interest to them. Each Fund is administered by a committee consisting of students, academics, support staff, alumni and other “friends of the faculty”. The Committee meets each year to determine the most effective way of spending the interest from gifts received.
Endowment fund 2025 / 2026 schedule
Monday, October 28, 2024 First call for 2025/2026 proposals
Monday, January 6, 2025 Second call for 2025/2026 proposals
Friday, February 28, 2025 Proposal Submission Deadline
Monday, March 3, 2025 Deadline for 2024/2025 project activity reports*
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 Endowment Fund Committee adjudication meeting
Friday, March 28, 2025 Adjudication results circulated
Monday, April 7, 2025 Funds awarded for 2025/2026 available
*Required for all projects that received funding from the 2024/2025 campaign.
Application process
Grant Applications should be submitted to:
Faculty of Architecture Endowment Fund Committee
c/o Office of the Dean Faculty of Architecture 201 John A. Russell Building
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2
Digital Grant Applications should be submitted to:
Arch.EndowmentFund@umanitoba.ca
Office of the Dean Faculty of Architecture, 201 John A Russell Building
The 2025/2026 Grant Application package must include:
One digital copy of the Faculty of Architecture Endowment Fund 2025/2026 Grant Application, signed. Applicants should exercise care in writing part 4.0 Detailed Description of Project and part 6.0 Description of Project Costs because these are crucial in the application review process. A clear, concise summary description of the project must be limited to the space provided on the application form. However, 1 (one) additional 8 ½ x 11 page of supporting material will be accepted. (i.e. photograph, letter of support, etc.)
Late, incomplete or unsigned submissions risk not being accepted. It is the applicant’s responsibility to submit a complete proposal that includes a balanced budget and the correct project dates that note both the month and year of project.
Endowment fund committee meeting notes
2022-2023
2021-2022
2020-2021
2019 - 2020
2018 - 2019
2017 - 2018
2016 - 2017
2024/2025 grant recipients
| Grant Recipients | Short Title of Project | Amt Awarded ($) |
| Susan Algie | Architecture + Design Film Festival | 1,500 |
| UMAAS | MAA Meet and Greet | 1,000 |
| LASA/MALA | LASA & MALA Student Events | 1,000 |
| IDAS | IDAS Meet and Greet | 1,000 |
| Carmen Huang | FAUM + CanU | 1,100 |
| WAF | WAF Building Access Archival Collections | 4,000 |
| PIDIM | PIDIM Oral History, Phase 3 | 8,000 |
| Amy McFadden, Andie Margolis & Paige Michalyshen | Warehouse Journal 33 | 30,000 |
| Brandy O'Reilly | Year End Exhibition | 8,000 |
| Marcy Eaton | Wilkinson, Campus Landscape, Methods + Keeping Track | 4,150 |
| UMAPS | City Planning Triva Night & Networking Event | 1,000 |
| Ainsley Johnston | A2Gallery Program Fund | 10,800 |
| Rasna Madhur | Building Equality in Architecture Prairies: Doors Open | 4,000 |
| Jae Sung Chon | Cultural Events/Food for Thought | 20,000 |
| Jae Sung Chon | Atmosphere 17 | 20,000 |
| Jaya Beange | Winnipeg Design Festival 2024 | 20,000 |
| Omar AbdelSalam | International Student Events | 700 |
| Total | 118,250 |
2023/2024 grant recipients
| Grant Recipients | Short Title of Project | Amt Awarded ($) |
| Susan Algie | Architecture & Design Film Festival 2023 | 1,500 |
| Farzan Farnaghi | IDAS Meet & Greet | 1,000 |
| Lila Asher | Indigenous Travel Bursaries | 3,000 |
| Brandy O'Reilly | Year End Exhibition | 7,000 |
| Susan Algie | Archives Project | 5,000 |
| UMAAS | ED2 Mixer | 250 |
| UMAAS | MAA Meet & Greet | 1,000 |
| PIDIM | ID Oral History Project | 4,000 |
| UMAPS | MPPI/UMAPS Trivia Night | 1,000 |
| WAF | Manitoba Women in Design Book | 4,000 |
| Ainsley Johnston | A2Gallery Program Fund | 10,600 |
| Carmen Huang | FAUM + CanU | 1,000 |
| Smile Singh | LASA & MALA Student Organized Events | 1,250 |
| Busola Ayoola | International Student Events | 700 |
| Jae Sung Chon | Cultural Events 2023-2024 | 20,000 |
| Jae Sung Chon | Atmosphere 16: Agency | 20,000 |
| Jaya Beange | Frontlines: Indigenous Led Development | 500 |
| Jaya Beange | Winnipeg Design Festival 2023 | 2,000 |
| Amanda Reis | EFD Publication and Exhibition | 2,000 |
| Johannah Javier, Keila Chelsea Salcedo & Andrea Tabing | Warehouse Journal 32 | 30,000 |
| Total | $115,800 |
2022/2023 grant recipients
| Grant Recipients | Short Title of Project | Amt Awarded ($) |
| Dietmar Straub | MLA 50th Anniversary Lots of Bulbs | 8,000 |
| Susan Algie, WAF | Architecture+Design Film Festival (Event) | 2,000 |
| Lisa Landrum | Unstacking the Deck | 2,000 |
| Smile Singh | MALA LASA (Event) | 1,500 |
| Matthew Gowdar | UMAPS Trivia Night/Networking (Event) | 1,500 |
| Carmen Huang | IDAS Meet & Greet (Event) | 800 |
| Susan Algie, WAF | Winnipeg Places+Spaces (Publication) | 2,000 |
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Alieha Pascua, Dave Castillo & Johanna Babadilla |
Warehouse Journal Volume 31 | 25,000 |
| Carmen Huang | FAUM + CanU | 1,000 |
| Kanza Rauf | Workshop on Bio-Materials (Event) | 5,000 |
| Aliyah Baerg | Mobile Indigenous Design Lab | 15,614 |
| Jaya Beange | Design Matters (Film/Publication) | 2,000 |
| Jae-Sung Chon | Arch 2 Gallery (Event) | 8,000 |
| Jae-Sung Chon | Atmosphere 15 (Event) | 20,000 |
| Jae-Sung Chon | Cultural Events/Food for Thought | 24,000 |
| Jae-Sung Chon | BIKEOUT | 2,000 |
| Total | $119,914 |
2021/2022 grant recipients
| Grant Recipients | Short Title of Project | Amt Awarded ($) |
| Chelsea Colburn and Teresa Lyons | Warehouse 30 | 25,000 |
| Susan Algie, WAF | Winnipeg Architecture Monographs | 11,000 |
| Neil Minuk | AJ Donahue Book | 6,000 |
| Carmen Huang | FAUM + CanU | 500 |
| Dela Ghasemi | IDAS Meet & Greet | 150 |
| Hillary Beattie | City Planning Quiz Night | 1,000 |
| Shawn Bailey | Kahnowiilyaa (Everyone) | 2,750 |
| Alixa Lacerna | JAR (Just Arch Response) Opener | 2,000 |
| Brandy O'Reilly | Year-End Exhibition online & in video | 1,500 |
| Liz Sellors | Interior Design Oral History Project Phase 1 | 3,060 |
| Keland Newton | S.A.S Mental Health Service | 1,000 |
| Jae-Sung Chon | Cultural Events/Food for Thought | 24,000 |
| Jae-Sung Chon | Arch 2 Gallery | 7,000 |
| Jae-Sung Chon | Atmosphere 14 | 20,000 |
| Brandy O'Reilly | EDI Workshops | 2,500 |
| Elise Ouellette | LASA/MALA events | 1,200 |
| Total | $108,660 |
2020/2021 grant recipients
| Grant Recipients | Short Title of Project | Amt Awarded ($) |
| Jae-Sung Chon | Architecture Gallery | 7,200 |
| Angie Mojica | City Planning Quiz Night | 720 |
| Jessica Piper | Cafe Exhibition at RAIC Conference | 2,776 |
| Jae-Sung Chon | Cultural Events & Food for Thought | 19,200 |
| Jae-Sung Chon | Atmosphere | 16,000 |
| Brandy O'Reilly | Year End Exhibition | 560 |
| Eduardo Aquino | Faculty of Architecture Cool Gardens | 6,400 |
| Warehouse 29 Editors: Nichola Basford, Kate Sherrin & Micaela Stokes |
Warehouse Journal Volume 29 | 30,000 |
| Richard Perron | Iskatewizaagegan Eco-design book | 1,300 |
| Jessica Piper | C.A.S.T. Legacy Publication | 5,900 |
| Naomi Ratte | Indigenous Design and Planning Publication | 8,000 |
| Emily Sinclair | Framing the Landscape | 2,500 |
| Carmen Huang | FAUM + CanU | 500 |
| Kathryn McCudden | LASA and MALA student organized events | 1,200 |
| Susan Algie | Architecture+Design Film Festival 2020 | 2,000 |
| Brittany Hince Siwicki | C.A.S.T. Mixer | 1,300 |
| Marlena Jankowski | IDAS Annual Meet & Greet | 800 |
| Bailey Taylor | Ditchball 2020 | 2,000 |
| Jessica D'Toste | MAA Meet & Greet | 1,000 |
| Total | $109,356 |
2019/2020 grant recipients
| Grant Recipients | Short Title of Project | Amt Awarded ($) |
| Lisa Landrum | Cultural Events & Food For Thought | 25,000 |
| Jae-Sung Chon | Atmosphere 12 | Next School | 20,000 |
| Jae-Sung Chon | Gallery | 3,000 |
| Liana Thomson | Warehouse Journal 28 | 25,000 |
| Brandy O'Reilly | Year-End Exhibition | 6,000 |
| Jessica Leon D'Toste | Unconscious Bias | 10,000 |
| Daniel Broderick | City Planning Quiz Night | 1,000 |
| Jessica Piper | LASG/Philip Beesley + CAST Collaborative Workshop | 4,300 |
| Tia Watson | Seoul International Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism | 3,500 |
| Krista Renwick | LASA/MALA Student - led Events | 1,200 |
| Jessica D'Toste | UMAAS 10x20x20 | 1,000 |
| Jessica D'Toste | MAA Meet & Greet | 1,000 |
| Susan Algie | A+DFF 2019 | 2,000 |
| Brittany Hince Sawicki | C.A.S.T. Mixer | 500 |
| Total | $103,500 |
2018/2019 grant recipients
| Grant Recipients | Short Title of Project | Amt Awarded ($) | ||
| Simone Sucharov-Benarroch | Ditchball 2018 | 1,500 | ||
| Lia Abolit | LARE Educational Resources | 1,135 | ||
| Vanessa Vermeulen | LASA/MALA Student-led Events | 1,200 | ||
| Erin Riediger | UMAAS 10x20x20 | 1,000 | ||
| Erin Riediger | MAA Meet & Greet | 1,000 | ||
| Thomas Crossman | UMAAS Gingerbread Competition | 800 | ||
| Marcella Eaton & Alyssa Schwann | Atmosphere 11 ADAPTATION | 20,000 | ||
| Tia Watson & Meighan Giesbrecht | A2G Gallery Exhibitions | 1,500 | ||
| Susan Algie | A+DFF 2018 | 2,000 | ||
| Alissa Rappaport | Planners on Buses Video Series | 1,500 | ||
| Liv Valmestad | Art and Architecture Video Series | 600 | ||
| Emily Warza | Warehouse Journal 27 | 23,800 | ||
| Evan Sinclair | City Planning Quiz Night | 1,000 | ||
| Bobbi MacLennan | Expanding the MAA Intern Study Library | 900 | ||
| Brandy O'Reilly | Year-End Exhibition | 5,000 | ||
| Stanley Britton | Homage to SAS Senior Stick | 500 | ||
| Amanda Reis | C.A.S.T. Mixer | 500 | ||
| Lisa Landrum | Cultural Events & Food for Thought | 25,000 | ||
| Jae-Sung Chon | Gallery 2018/19 | 6,000 | ||
| Terri Fuglem | Archiving Historical Student Work | 3,500 | ||
| Michael Wakely | The Exchange's Pop-Up Public Place | 4,500 | ||
| Carlos Rueda | C.A.S.T. Researcher in Residence | 3,700 | ||
| Total | $106,635 | |||
Faculty of Architecture Student Innovation and Enrichment Fund
The student innovation and enrichment fund (SIEF) seeks to facilitate student innovation, achievement, voice and well-being as they progress through the Faculty of Architecture.
Application process
Applications are open to faculty members, support staff, and students in the Faculty of Architecture. Proposals should explicitly foster innovation and enrichment for students in the Faculty of Architecture and further detail why student funding is being pursued and how it will enrich the student experience.
Applications should be submitted to:
Faculty of Architecture Student Innovation and Enrichment Fund Committee
c/o William Fischer at William.Fischer@umanitoba.ca.
The SIEF Committee meets twice in the Fall Term and twice in the Winter Term, with additional meetings being scheduled as required.
Voting members may consider urgent funding requests under $10,000 through email voting. Approved funding requests over $10,000 must provide a status report in the following Term (date to be determined by the SIEF Committee).
Mandate
To approve and allocate monies from the Student Innovation and Enrichment Program Fee (SIEF) for student and staff identified and supported programs, activities, research, events and technology that actively and directly benefit the student body. The SIEF is intended to provide all students with more opportunity to be innovative and trailblazers within all the departments in the Faculty of Architecture.
Intent of the SIEF fund
The intent of the SIEF is to ensure that students have an enriched and fulfilling educations experience over and above the base operating and facilities provided by the Faculty of Architecture. This fund is not intended as a replacement for the Faculty of Architecture operation, maintenance or facilities budgets.*
*Any investment in operations, maintenance, or facilities must demonstrate substantial benefit to students within the faculty, and must be unanimously approved by both the SIEF Committee and FASA.