Undergraduate Awards
Name of Award | Award Value | Deadline | Additional Information |
Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) | CAG Membership | Determined yearly | Nominated by Department |
Canadian Meteorological & Oceanographic Society (CMOS) | $500 to $1500 | March 15 | Student Applies |
Class of Arts and Science ’30 Prize in Geography Highest standing in Geography courses of third year |
Award Value - $50.00 | Determined yearly | Nominated by Department |
Undergraduate Admissions Scholarships | $1000 | Determined yearly | Nominated by Department |
S.W. Golden Prize in Geography Highest average in second year Geography Major |
Annual income | Determined yearly | Nominated by Department |
Undergraduate Initiative Prize | $1000 | April | Student Applies |
Northern Scientific Training Program (NSTP) | Range from $500 to $3000 | October (see award information) | Student Applies |
NSERC Undergraduate Summer Research Award | Minimum value of $5,625 | December (see award information) | Student Applies |
Roscoe R. Miller Scholarship Highest standing in second or third year Honours Geography |
Available annual income | Determined yearly | Nominated by Department |
Tire Stewardship Manitoba Scholarship in Environmental Studies |
$3000 |
Determined yearly |
Nominated by Department |
Undergraduate Thesis Prize | $1000 | May | Nominated by Department |
Joseph Wolinsky Scholarship For outstanding merit in second year Geography |
$700 |
Determined yearly |
Nominated by Department |
Graduate Awards
Name of Award | Award Value | Deadline | Additional Information |
Aboriginal Issues Press Scholarship (Faculty award) | $500 to $1500 | February | Student Applies |
V.E. Barber Memorial Fellowship in Arctic Research (Faculty award) | Available annual income | October | Student Applies |
B.A. Baryla Graduate Student Travel Award (Department award) | Available annual income | January | Student Applies |
Berkes Graduate Scholarship in Community - Based Research (Faculty award) |
$10,000 |
February | Student Applies |
Canada Graduate Scholarships Masters Awards (NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR) | $17,500 | December 1st | Student Applies |
U of M. Distinguished Dissertation Award | Citation Certificate & cash prize | February 26 | Nominated by Department |
Governor General’s Gold Medal | Gold Medal | March 18 | Nominated by Department |
Graduate Entrance Scholarships (Faculty award) | $5000 | Determined Yearly | Nominated by Department |
Graduate Initiative Prize (Faculty award) | $1000 | April | Student Applies |
Graduate Students Association Awards | Masters $12,000 Doctoral $16,000, various others | See award information | Student Applies |
Graduate Student Travel Award (Department Award) | $750 | Must be approved before travel | Student Applies |
Graduate Student Travel Award (FGS) | $750 for conference travel in N.A.; $1000 for international | Up to one month after conference | Student Applies |
Henley Graduate Scholarship in Natural Resources Development and Stewardship in Manitoba (Faculty Award) | $2100 | October | Student Applies |
Masters Thesis Prize (Faculty award) | $1000 | October | Nominated by Department |
North America Caribou Workshop Graduate Fellowship in Wildlife Management Award (Faculty Award) | $1600 | October | Student Applies |
Northern Scientific Training Program (NSTP) | Range from $500 to $3000 | October | Student Applies |
Oakes-Riewe Aboriginal (Faculty award) | $500 to $5000 | February | Student Applies |
P.h.D. Thesis Prize (Faculty award) | $1000 | October | Nominated by Department |
Richard C. Goulden Memorial Award | $500 | January | Student Applies |
Tri-Council: |
See award information |
Masters: December Ph.D.: October |
Student Applies |
Trudeau Foundation Doctoral Scholarship | $40,000/yr. up to 4 yrs. & $20,000 annually for research related travel | January | Student Applies |
University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship (UMGF) - FGS rules Application documents (Department allocation) |
Ph.D. $18,000 Masters $14,000 |
April-May | Student Applies |
Weir Award (Department Award) | Available annual income | End of August | Nominated by Department |