Prizes, Awards and Scholarships
Division Academic Services supports Schools to maintain and update information about prizes, awards and scholarships.
Division Academic Services co-ordinates the nomination of prize and award winners at the end of each academic year and forwards the names to the University Student and Academic Services Unit. Schools are responsible for advising donors and recipients of the award of prizes.
Academic Board recently approved a number of changes to the policy Coursework Scholarships and Prizes (A50.0). These changes include refinement of the definition of a prize to better specify the types of prizes acceptable to the University as an appropriate recognition of academic achievement as follows:
- A prize may be established to acknowledge outstanding achievement in a course, group of courses or program
- Selection will be based on academic merit but may be restricted to certain groups of students in accordance with the University's equity objectives
- A prize may take the form of a monetary reward, equipment, book voucher or subscriptions to professional organisations
- The minimum value of all prizes should be $500, in-kind equivalent or some combination of the value of $500.
The definition of Scholarships has been separated into grants and scholarships to more clearly distinguish between those schemes that provide one-off payments and those which support students over a nominated period in a program. The minimum value of all grants or scholarships should be $1000 or tuition fee equivalent and funds should be committed for a minimum of three years.
Useful Links
- Division Approval process
- University Policy no. A-50.0 Coursework Scholarships and Prizes
- Scholarships including current research degree candidates
- Division Prizes
Enquiries:
Bart Zubrzycki
Deborah Faigen