UofG scholarships with March 1 deadlines

Class of OAC '60 Award for Outstanding Teaching Assistant
Undergraduate and graduate students and faculty members are encouraged to make nominations at any time, accompanied by appropriate documentation (as detailed in nomination form).
* Nomination Forms should be submitted by March 1 to Office of Graduate Studies.
* Full-time graduate students may be nominated by undergraduate, graduate and faculty members for teaching duties completed in the previous calendar year (i.e. January to December).

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Arthur D. Latornell Graduate Travel Grants
* Value: up to 40 awards varying amounts up to a total of $27,000 annually
* Established to honour Arthur D. Latornell, OAC '50, who had a life-long special interest in resource management and conservation and in helping young people. One of the ten awards is available to a student whose research interest relates to resource remediation/reclamation.
* Apply to department/school by March 1 for the winter competition using the Latornell Graduate Travel Grant Program Nomination form.

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ICI Scholarship in Biotechnology
* An annual scholarship of $2,500, tenable with other Senate awards, may be awarded to an MSc or PhD student registered in a department or school at the University of Guelph who is doing research in biotechnology.
* The student must have a first-class ('A') average in the two years of university work (courses and/or research) completed prior to March 1 each application year: all previous university transcripts will be reviewed, as will an application reference letter from the previous/current advisor.
* Apply to the Office of Graduate Studies by March 1. The selection committee is the Office of Graduate Studies Awards Committee.

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Cecil H. Franklin Graduate Scholarship in Soil and Water Conservation
* Full-time MSc or PhD students whose research is related to soil and/or water conservation.
* Apply to the Office of Graduate Studies by March 1 with the Cecil H. Franklin Graduate Scholarship in Soil and Water Conservation application.

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Fred Thompson Scholarship
* Established in memory of David Frederick (Fred) Thompson, 1920-2005, who for 40 years was the Secretary of the Canadian Dairy and Food Industry Supply Association. Selection will be based on a combination of academic achievement and relevance of proposed research and its application in industry or the community.
* Canadian citizens or permanent residents entering or transferring to their first Masters program in May, September or January following the deadline date, and pursuing studies in a post farm gate related subject (any topic related to the food continuum, post farm gate; chemistry, microbiology, processing, engineering, functionality, nutrition, food safety and marketing).
* Apply to the Office of Graduate Studies Awards by March 1 with a description of no more than two pages of proposed research and its application in industry or the community and two academic references.


Stanley Saunders Scholarship for Music
* Matched by the University Graduate Scholarship Matching Program, a generous bequest from Dr. Richard Carlton, faculty member in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology from 1972 to December, 1990, provides a $6,000 scholarship for thesis graduate students whose research focus is furthering the fundamental understanding of the nature and function of music in human society.
* Selection is based on the quality of the proposal, the research findings of which are expected to be publishable in recognized humanities and/or social science journals. Preference will be given to research relating to the Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, and Romantic periods of music up to 1900.
* Apply to the Office of Graduate Studies by March 1 with an outline of the intended research, a curriculum vitae, and a detailed budget for the entire research project. Travel costs for a research project are an acceptable budget item.

If you have any questions about these scholarships, please contact the Graduate Awards Officers at grschol@uoguelph.ca.