Environmental Design Awards
Scholarship
Application required Charles H. Thomsen Award in Landscape Architecture
Value: $3,500
Deadline: January 9, 2026
The awards shall be offered to graduate and undergraduate students who:
- are enrolled full-time in the Faculty of Architecture, in the fourth year of the Bachelor of Environmental Design program (Landscape and Urbanism Option), or in the Faculty of Graduate Studies in either the pre-Master’s or the Master of Landscape Architecture program
- have achieved a minimum sessional grade point average of 3.0 (or equivalent) in the previous year of study
- candidates will be required to submit statement of intent (maximum 500 words) outlining the objectives for a community outreach project related to landscape architecture or environmental design
Application required Couture Indigenous Achievement Scholarship
Value: $2,000
Deadline: September 19, 2025
Each year, the scholarship will rotate between the I.H. Asper School of Business and the Faculty of Architecture. Each year, the available annual income from the fund will be used to offer one scholarship to an undergraduate student who:
- is Indigenous (Status, Non-Status, Metis, Inuit);
- is enrolled full-time (minimum 80% course load) in the applicable faculty in either the Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) program, or the Bachelor of Environmental Design program
- has completed a minimum of 50 credit hours of study in the respective program
- has achieved a minimum degree grade point average of 3.0
- has demonstrated community involvement with an emphasis on the Indigenous community
Candidates will be required to submit an application that includes: a statement (maximum 500 words) describing their community involvement and one letter of reference regarding their community involvement.
Application required James Palmer Lewis Student Award
Value: $1,500
Deadline: September 19, 2025
The available annual income will be used to offer awards to undergraduate students who:
- are enrolled full-time in the Faculty of Architecture, in Year 3 or Year 4 of the Bachelor of Environmental Design program
- have achieved a minimum degree grade point average of 3.5
- require assistance with tuition, books, supplies, or travel related to their program of study
Applications for funding must include a letter from the candidate that outlines how the award will be used and how it will assist the applicant in their program of study.
More information
From the bequest of James Palmer Lewis, an endowment fund has been established to provide awards in the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Manitoba. Mr. Lewis wished that this award would be used for the direct educational benefit of students in the Faculty of Architecture for tuition, books, supplies or travel.
Application required Terry Cristall Scholarship in Environmental Design
Value: $600
Deadline: September 19, 2025
The available annual income from the fund will be used to offer one scholarship to an undergraduate student who:
- is enrolled full-time in the second, third, or fourth year of study in the Faculty of Architecture, in the Bachelor of Environmental Design program
- has achieved a minimum degree grade point average of 3.0
- has made a significant contribution to student life in the Faculty of Architecture and/or has demonstrated involvement in community service (e.g. through his or her participation in professional or charitable organizations)
Candidates will be required to submit a letter of application (maximum 250 words) outlining their involvement in the Faculty and/or community service.
Bursary
Application required Peggy Jackson Seed Bursary in Architecture
Value: $600
Deadline: October 1, 2025
The fund shall support a bursary which will be offered to an undergraduate student who:
- is enrolled in the Faculty of Architecture, in the fourth year (ED4) of the Bachelor of Environmental Design, Architecture Option
- has achieved a minimum degree grade point average of 2.5
- has demonstrated involvement in extra-curricular activities, both at the University and in the wider community
- has demonstrated a talent for creativity and innovation through work completed in the program
- has demonstrated financial need on the standard University of Manitoba bursary application form
A brief letter outlining the applicant’s extra-curricular involvement is to accompany the bursary application form.