OFFICE OF GRADUATE STUDIES & POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
PRIVATE AWARDS FOR Fall 2016 (SORTED ALPHABETICALLY BY AWARD NAME)
*Award values and number of offers are approximate and may change depending on availability of funds from the donor or endowment.
Majority of these awards (unless indicated otherwise) will be paid in the Fall 2016 term.
Please check award details below and terms of reference found on our website for specific instructions regarding an award.
For students: June 8, 2016 deadline to complete an application via GA3
For departments: July 8, 2016 deadline for recommendations to Graduate Studies (June 25 deadline for Michael Stevenson Scholarship)
Graduate Award
Alan David Aberbach Scholarship in United
States History
Alexia Sepideh Kiaii Archaeology Graduate
Scholarship
Andrew Wade Memorial Scholarship in Visual
Analytics
Anne Peters Pinto Graduate Scholarship in
Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies
Arthur and Ancie Fouks Graduate Entrance
Award in Public Service
Eligible Graduate
Number of Approximate For Entering or
Program(s) (see Terms
Awards
Value per
Continuing
of Reference)
Available*
Award*
Students?
entering or
History
1
$5,600
continuing
Archaeology
1
$1,600
continuing
Interactive Arts &
Technology
1
$6,700
continuing
GSWS
1
$3,200
entering or
continuing
Various programs
1
$5,800
entering
B.P. Beirne Prize in Pest Management
Master of Pest
Management
1
$3,300
continuing
Barbara and James Bennet Graduate Award
in Chemistry
Chemistry
1
$4,000
continuing
Master of Pest
Management
1
$1,500
entering or
continuing
Earth Sciences
1
$1,000
continuing
Various programs
1
$1,000
continuing
BC Council of Garden Clubs Mildred Wells
Scholarship
BC Ground Water Association Annual
Graduate Award in Hydrogeology
BCAA Environmental Studies in
Transportation Award
Bert Henry Memorial Graduate Scholarship
Various doctoral
programs
1 (over 3
terms)
$18,000
entering
Billy Jones Graduate Award in Physics
Physics (doctoral
program)
1
$6,900
continuing
1
$1,000
continuing
Brian J. Blaha Memorial Graduate Scholarship
Computing Science
in Computing Science
Business and Entrepreneurship Scholarship
for Master's and PhD Students
Various programs
1
Up to $10,000
continuing
Cable Television Pioneer Graduate
Scholarship
Communication
1
$1,100
continuing
Canadian Pacific/Teck Resources Award for
Environmental Innovation
CANRON Limited - Sidney Hogg Memorial
Graduate Scholarship
CanWest Global Graduate Fellowship in
Communications
Various programs in
Faculty of Environment
Physics
Communication
1 or 2
1 award at
$10,000 or 2
awards at
$5,000 each
continuing
1
$900
continuing
1 (over 2
terms)
$19,000
continuing
Notes
pending fund from donor
paid over 3 terms:
$6,000 in Fall 2016, $6,000 in
Spring 2017, $6,000 in
Summer 2017
Applications must be
submitted directly to the
Office of Graduate Studies
by May 30
Students must apply via
GA3 to Graduate Studies
(DGS) by June 8
$9500 Fall 2016, $9500
Spring 2017
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Chad Day Graduate Fellowship in Resource
Management
Resource and
Environmental
Management
Chemistry Alumni Graduate Scholarship
1 (over 2
terms)
$6,300
continuing
$3,150 in Fall 2016, $3,150 in
Spring 2017
Chemistry
3
$1,500
continuing
Three awards can be offered
in Fall 2016
Chemistry Graduate Research Award
Chemistry
1
$1,900
continuing
Coastal Zone Canada (BC) Association
Graduate Scholarship in Coastal Studies
Various (must be
affiliated with Centre for
Coastal Studies)
1
$1,100
continuing
Students must apply via
GA3 to the Centre of
Coastal Studies by June 8
$16,000
continuing
$8,000 Fall 2016, $8,000
Spring 2017
$2,300
continuing
COGECO Graduate Scholarship in
Communications
Cook Conference Scholarship
Communication
History
1 over two
terms
1
Craig Newell Memorial Mathematics
Education Scholarship
Education
1
$1,300
continuing
D.E. Clark Annual Graduate Award
Computing Science
1
$1,000
continuing
pending funds from donor;
normally valued at $1,000
1
$3,000
continuing
Public Policy turn to hold
award in Fall 2016
2
$2,500
continuing
two awards can be offered in
Fall 2016
1
$1,100
continuing
1
$3,300
continuing
1
$3,400
entering
1
$1,300
continuing
1
$1,700
continuing
1
$3,100
continuing
1
$4,900
continuing
1
$10,000
continuing
1
$10,000
continuing
Dr. Howard Malm Graduate Award in Physics Physics
1
$1,350
continuing
Dr. J.V. Christensen Graduate Scholarship
Archaeology, History
2
$6,000
entering or
continuing
Archaeology
1
$3,900
continuing
Master of Pest
Management
1
$2,500
continuing
Education, English
1
$1,800
continuing
Education, English
1
$1,800
continuing
French
1
$1,900
continuing
Various programs;
Rotate among master's
Daniel Janzen Memorial Graduate Scholarship programs in Econ,
PoliSci, BusAdmin,
Public Policy
David L. Baillie Graduate Fellowship in
Molecular Biology &
Molecular and Cellular Biology
Biochemistry
DBMiner Graduate Scholarship in Computing
Computing Science
Science
Department of Mathematics Graduate
Mathematics
Scholarship
Doreen Wilkinson Memorial Graduate
Economics (doctoral
Entrance Scholarship in Economics
program)
Dr. Brian Burtch Graduate Award in
Criminology
Criminology
Dr. David Eaves Graduate Scholarship in
Statistics
Statistics
Dr. E.A. Fattah Graduate Scholarship in
Criminology
Criminology
Dr. Ellen Gee Memorial Graduate Scholarship Sociology &
for Excellence
Anthropology
Dr. H.R. MacCarthy Graduate Bursary
Biological Sciences
Dr. Hari Sharma Foundation Annual Graduate
Various programs
Scholarship
Dr. Jack Nance Memorial Graduate
Scholarship in Archaeology
Dr. John Yorston Memorial Graduate
Scholarship in Pest Management
Dr. M. Sheila O'Connell Graduate Publication
Scholarship
Dr. M. Sheila O'Connell Graduate Scholarship
in Children's Literature
Dr. Marguerite Fauquenoy Graduate
Scholarship in French
Dr. Michael Lepawsky Graduate Award in
Hyperbaric Medicine
Faculty of Science
programs
1
$1,000
continuing
Dr. Nancy Hall Graduate Award in Public
Health
Health Science
1
$1,200
continuing
New award in Fall 2016
pending funds from donor;
normally valued at $10,000
two awards can be offered in
Fall 2016; one for each
eligible department
Students must apply via
GA3 to Environmental
Medicine & Physiology Unit
by June 8
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Dr. Tai Whan Kim Memorial Graduate
Scholarship in Languages and Linguistics
DuPont Graduate Entrance Scholarship in
Chemistry
Elsie Jang Graduate Fellowship in
Contemporary Arts
Various programs
1
$1,800
continuing
Chemistry
2
$1,900
entering
Contemporary Arts
3
$3,500
continuing
Emergency Preparedness Conference
Scholarship in Emergency Communications
Communication or any
area in Emergency
Communications
1
$4,100
continuing
Ethel Barbara Tuck Graduate Scholarship in
Education
Education (Master
program)
1 over two
terms
$18,000
continuing
Ewan Clark Memorial Award in Graduate
Liberal Studies
Liberal Studies
1
$1,100
continuing
Faculty of Education Graduate Scholarship
Education
1
$1,000
continuing
Faculty of Science Graduate Entrance
Scholarship
Science (Master's
program)
1
$3,000
entering
Frank A. Linville Graduate Scholarship
Molecular Biology &
Biochemistry
1
$595
continuing
1
$3,000
continuing
1
$1,400
continuing
Gerontology
1
one $2,900 or
two $1,450
awards
continuing
Various programs
1
$1,000
entering or
continuing
Gerontology (Master
program)
1
$800
continuing
Biological Sciences
1
$1,000
continuing
Gerontology
Biomedical Physiology
and Kinesiology
1
$1,100
continuing
1
$2,300
continuing
Graduate Entrance Scholarship in Geography Geography
1
$6,600
entering
Graduate Prize in Computing Science
Computing Science
1
$290
continuing
Hellenic Canadian Congress of BC Graduate
Scholarship
Hellenic Studies (History)
1
$1,500
continuing
1
$2,100
continuing
1
$1,000
continuing
French (Master's
program)
Fung Chan Yee Shan Memorial Scholarship in Gerontology (Master
Gerontology
program)
French Memorial Graduate Scholarship
GABC Chuck Bayley Memorial Graduate
Award
Gene Bridwell Graduate Scholarship in
Special Collections
German Canadian Benevolent Society of BC
Aulinger Award in Gerontology
Glen Geen Graduate Scholarship in Marine
Biology
Gloria Gutman Conference Travel Award
Gordon Diewert Graduate Scholarship in
Kinesiology
Hemingway Nelson Architects Graduate
Scholarship
Herbert G. Grubel Award
Molecular Biology &
Biochemistry
Economics (Master's
program)
I.O.D.E. Seaman Morley Scott Memorial
Graduate Scholarship
Various programs
1
$1,000
continuing
International Reading Association Scholarship
Education, various
departments
1
$1,200
continuing
Gerontology
1
$900
continuing
Gerontology Diploma
Program
1
$900
continuing
Economics
1
$1,600
continuing
1
$1,350
continuing
1
$2,500
entering or
continuing
Isabel Dawson Memorial Scholarship in
Gerontology
Israel Chertkow Memorial Scholarship in
Gerontology
James Dean Award for Best PhD Second
Year ECON 900 Paper
Jean-Jacques Rousseau Award in Graduate
Liberal Studies
Liberal Studies
John Juliani Graduate Fellowship in Theatre or
Contemporary Arts
Film
two awards can be offered in
Fall 2016
Three awards can be offered
in Fall 2016
$9,000 Fall 2016, $9,000
Spring 2017
students must apply via
GA3 to Hellenic Studies
program by June 8
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Kaiser Foundation for Higher Education
Graduate Scholarship
Faculty of Applied
Sciences
1
$5,000 in Fall
2016, $5,000
in Spring 2017
continuing
Kaiser Foundation Graduate Scholarship in
Engineering Science
Engineering Science
1
$8,200
continuing
Katevatis Graduate Scholarship in Hellenic
Studies
Hellenic Studies (History)
1
one $8,800 or
two $4,400
awards
continuing
Kruger Products Bicultural Graduate Entrance
Various programs
Fellowship
1 (over 2
terms)
$10,000
entering
L.R. (Bunny) Wright Scholarship
Liberal Studies
Lang Wong Memorial Endowment Scholarship
Economics
in Economics
Faculty of Arts and
Laurine Harrison Graduate Thesis Award
Social Sciences
(Master's program)
1
$1,600
continuing
1
$2,000
continuing
1
$2,900
continuing
Law Foundation Graduate Scholarship in
Restorative Justice
1 (over 2
terms)
$3,900
continuing
History
1
$1,300
continuing
Gerontology (Master
program)
1
$500
entering
Lis Welch Graduate Scholarship in Education Education
1
$3,500
continuing
M.D. Angus & Associates Graduate
Fellowship in Psychology
1
$1,500
continuing
Leon J. Ladner Graduate Scholarship in BC
History
Lillian Zimmerman Graduate Scholarship in
Gerontology
Madame Justice Bertha Wilson Graduate
Bursary
Criminology
Psychology
Various programs
1
$700
continuing
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Graduate
Scholarship in Kinesiology
Margaret and Claude Mitchell Graduate Award
in GSWS
Margaret Lowe Benston Memorial Graduate
Bursary in Gender, Sexuality and Women's
Studies
Biomedical Physiology &
Kinesiology
1
$1,100
continuing
GSWS
1
$2,100
continuing
GSWS
1
$2,700
continuing
Marie Magrega Award
Gerontology
1
$1,000
entering or
continuing
Marilyn Bowman Graduate Scholarship in
Psychology
Mark Nussbaum Graduate Research
Fellowship in Gerontology
Master of Pest Management Graduate
Entrance Scholarship
McQuarrie Hunter Graduate Student
Scholarship in Chronic Pain Management
Michael Geller Graduate Scholarship in Urban
Development
Psychology (PhD Clinical
Program)
1
$2,500
continuing
Gerontology
1
two $2,500 or
one $5,000
continuing
1
$1,200
entering
1
$2,500
entering or
continuing
1
$5,600
continuing
Master of Pest
Management
Interactive Arts &
Technology
Various programs
New award in Fall 2016.
Students must apply via
GA3 to Graduate Studies
(DGS) by June 8.
Nomination will be made by
the Associate Dean, Faculty
of Applied Sciences
students must apply via
GA3 to Hellenic Studies
program by June 8
paid over 2 terms: $5,000 in
Fall 2016, $5,000 in Spring
2017
$1,950 in Fall 2016, $1,950 in
Spring 2017; students must
apply via GA3 to theCentre
for Restorative Justice by
June 8
Students must apply via
GA3 to the Feminist
Institute for Studies on Law
& Society by June 8
pending fund from donor
pending fund from donor
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$7,000 in Fall
one $21,000
2016, $7,000
award (paid
in Spring 2017,
over 3
$7,000 in
terms)
Summer 2017
Michael Stevenson Graduate Scholarship
Various programs
Mutual Fire Insurance Company of BC
Graduate Scholarship in Biological Sciences
Biological Sciences
1
$6,200
continuing
Nick Kravariotis Memorial Graduate
Scholarship in Hellenic Studies
Hellenic Studies (History)
1
$800
continuing
1
$1,200
entering
O.H. Sorila Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Philosophy (Master of
Philosophy
Arts)
Faculty of Environment
Patricia Gallaugher Award in Coastal Science
(Preferred) or Faculty of
and Management
Science
Patricia Graham Annaul Graduate Scholarship
Communication
in Global Communication
Paul Tang Graduate Entrance Felllowship
Philosophy
Peter Borwein Annual Graduate Scholarship in
Mathematical and Computational Modelling of Various programs
Complex Systems
Peter Kennedy Memorial Graduate Fellowship Economics
continuing
1
$1,500
continuing
1
$1,200
continuing
1
$4,000
entering
Students must apply via
GA3 to Dept. of enrollment
by June 8; Dept. to submit 1
nomination to DGS by June
88
students must apply via
GA3 to Hellenic Studies
program by June 8
New award in Fall 2016.
Students must apply via
GA3 to Graduate Studies
(DGS) by June 8.
Nomination will be made by
Faculty of Environment's
Graduate Program
Committee
Pending funds from donor;
normally valued at $1,200
1
$1,000
continuing
Pending funds from donor;
normally valued at $1,000;
Students must apply via GA3
to Centre-IRMACS by June 8
1 (over 2
terms)
$24,000
continuing
$12,000 in Fall 2016; $12,000
in Spring 2017
Petro-Canada Graduate Scholarship in Earth
Sciences
Earth Sciences
1
$4,200
continuing
Philip and Marian McClelland Memorial
Scholarship
Biological Sciences
2
$1,500
continuing
Philosophy Graduate Research Award
Philosophy
1
$2,100
continuing
Phyllis Carter Burr Graduate Scholarship in
Developmental Biology and Cell Biology
Biological Sciences,
Molecular Biology &
Biochemistry, Biomedical
Physiology & Kinesiology
3
$2,000
continuing
3 awards can be offered in
Fall 2016; one for each
eligible department
1
$3,000
continuing
pending funds from donor
Students must apply via
GA3 to Graduate Studies
(DGS) by June 8
Planning Institute of British Columbia (PIBC) Resource Management
Annual Graduate Scholarship in Resource and (Planning)- Master's
Environmental Management (Planning)
program
Quirks & Quarks Graduate Award for Best
PhD Thesis
Faculty of Science
doctoral programs
1
$1,000
continuing
Randy Sitter Annual Graduate Scholarship
Statistics
1
$3,100
continuing
Richard G. Lipsey Award
Economics (doctoral
program)
1
$1,000
continuing
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Robert Russell Family / First Nations
Graduate Award
Various programs in
Faculties of: Education,
Arts and Social
Sciences, Science,
Health Sciences, and
Applied Sciences
1
$5,900
entering or
continuing
Rogers Communications Inc. Graduate
Scholarship in Communication
Communication
1
$6,800
continuing
Rotary Club of Kingsway/Burnaby Scholarship Education
2
$1,000
continuing
Roy L. Carlson Graduate Scholarship in
Prehistoric British Columbia Archaeology
1
$5,000
continuing
1
$1,000
continuing
1
$2,000
continuing
Archaeology
Shahrgon Annual Graduate Award
Biomedical Physiology &
Kinesiology
(Environmental
Physiology)
Communication
Sharon Clements Biological Sciences Award
Biological Sciences
1
$1,300
continuing
Shaughn Clements Biological Sciences
Graduate Award
Biological Sciences
1
$1,300
continuing
Sidney Hogg Memorial Graduate Scholarship
Various programs in
Faculty of Science
1
$1,000
continuing
Simons Foundation Doctoral Entrance
Scholarship
Various doctoral
programs
1 (over 3
terms)
$15,000
entering
Somjee Graduate Fellowship
Political Science
3
$2,500 to
$5,000
entering or
continuing
Sulzer Pumps Inc. Graduate Scholarship
Various programs in
Faculty of Science or
Faculty of Applied
Science
1
$1,800
continuing
English
2
$10,000
continuing
English
1
$3,500
continuing
Master of Pest
Management
3
$6,000
entering
Thelma Finlayson Graduate Fellowship
Master of Pest
Management
1
$6,000
continuing
Tom Calvert Graduate Scholarship
Interactive Arts &
Technology
1
$1,500
continuing
University Women’s Club of Vancouver Trust
Earth Sciences
Fund Graduate Scholarship in Earth Sciences
1
$2,200
continuing
Urban Studies Alumni Award for Community
Engagement
1
$1,000
continuing
1 (over 2
terms)
$6,500
continuing
1
$4,000
continuing
1
$800
continuing
Samuel and Leatrice Cohen Prize in
Environmental Physiology
Temple Maynard Graduate Scholarship in
English
Temple Maynard Memorial Graduate Bursary
in English
Thelma Finlayson Graduate Entrance
Scholarship
Urban Studies
Resource and
VanCity Environmental Graduate Scholarship Environmental
Management
Vancouver East Rotary Graduate Scholarship Education (PhD
in Education
program)
Viswanathan-Delord Graduate Scholarship in
French
French
two awards can be offered in
Fall 2016; one for each
eligible department
pending funds from donor
paid over 3 terms:
$5,000 in Fall 2016, $5,000 in
Spring 2017, $5,000 in
Summer 2017
up to 3 awards: one $5,000
for PhD, two $2,500 for
Masters students
two awards can be offered in
Fall 2016
normally 3 awards at $6,000
each
pending funds from donor
$3,250 Fall 2016, $3,250
Spring 2017
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W. Garfield Weston Scholarship
Biological Sciences,
Molecular Biology &
Biochemistry
1 (over 2
terms)
$16,000
continuing
Students must apply via
GA3 to Graduate Studies
(DGS) by June 8
Waterhouse Graduate Fellowship in
Organizational Change and Innovation
Various programs
1 (over 2
terms)
$2,500
continuing
$1,250 in Fall 2016, $1,250 in
Spring 2017
Wayne Goeson Memorial Award
Faculty of Environment
or Faculty of Science
1
$1,000
continuing
Weyerhaeuser Molecular Biology Graduate
Scholarship
Molecular Biology &
Biochemistry
8
$6,500
continuing
William & Ada Isabelle Steel Memorial
Graduate Scholarship
Various programs
1 (over 3
terms)
$17,000
continuing
History
4
$1,000
continuing
History
1 (over 2
terms)
$12,000
entering
William and Jane Saywell Graduate
Scholarship in History
William F. & Ruth Baldwin Graduate
Scholarship in History
Students must apply via
GA3 to Graduate Studies
(DGS) by June 8
8 awards can be offered for
Fall 2016
$5,000 in Fall 2016, $5,000 in
Spring 2017, $5,000 in
Summer 2017, plus $2,000
for travel expenses during the
term of the award
$6,000 in Fall 2016 & $6,000
in Spring 2017
Note: SFU Graduate Studies reserves the right to change the number of awards, values, and payment schedules based on the
availability of funds from the donor or endowment income. Email grad_finance@sfu.ca for questions.
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