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 18, 2016.
Application should be made to
the Centre for Creative Writing & Oral Culture, 391 University College,
marked Attention: Dr. Jarvis Brownlie.
*Amount is based
on the average of the last five years and is subject to change.