Our Awards

Value

$10,000

Donor

Canadian Northern Studies Trust from ACUNS

Goal

This award supports any researcher engaged in research culminating in a thesis or equivalent, including interdisciplinary and comparative studies.

Guiding Criteria

• academic record,
• quality of application,
• potential benefit of the research,
• originality,
• referee’s reports, and
• applicants’ interest in, and commitment to, the North and northern scholarship.

Other

Focus on programs that are relevant to northern challenges or issues.

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Value

$10,000

Donor

The Blake Family

Goal

Proposals are invited from candidates studying the physical sciences including interdisciplinary and comparative studies who: (a) engage in research culminating in a thesis or other such document; (b) include direct northern field research or experience as part of their studies; (c) whose programs are relevant to northern challenges or issues.

Guiding Criteria

• academic record,
• quality of application,
• potential benefit of the research,
• originality,
• referee’s reports, and
• applicants’ interest in, and commitment to, the North and northern studies

Other

Dr. Blake was a quaternary geologist who spent over fifty Arctic seasons in Canada, Greenland, and Svalbard, beginning in 1952. Throughout his career, spent almost entirely at the Geological Survey of Canada, he encouraged students to join in field expeditions, and often worked with interdisciplinary teams.

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Value

$3,000

Donor

The McGeer Family

Goal

This scholarship will be available to graduate students who are working in all subject areas including interdisciplinary and comparative studies, and:

• who are engaged in research culminating in a thesis or other such document;
• whose program makes a contribution to the North; and,
• who are working to establish meaningful relationships with local communities based on knowledge-sharing.

Guiding Criteria

• academic record
• the quality of the written application
• the potential benefits of the proposed research
• the referees’ reports
• the applicant’s interest in and commitment to northern scholarship
• the applicant’s plans to engage with Indigenous peoples and/or local communities in knowledge-sharing and collaboration.

Special consideration will be given to:

• students from the North (Northwest Territories, Yukon, Nunavut & provincial north)
• projects that offer opportunities for Indigenous community members, particularly youth, to participate in research.

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Value

$5,000

Donor

ACUNS

Goal

The award supports graduate studies in the social sciences and humanities relevant to Canada’s north and its inhabitants that culminates in a thesis or equivalent. Community-based-research, interdisciplinary research and local Indigenous collaboration will be given special consideration, as will those that can demonstrate specific focus and contribution to the North.

Guiding Criteria

• academic record,
• quality of application,
• potential benefit of the research,
• referee’s reports, and
• the applicants’ interest in, and commitment to, the North and northern scholarship.

Other

Recipient will demonstrate leadership in northern scholarship

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Value

$5,000 (new amount)

Donor

The Caribou Management Scholarship Fund
Beverly and Qamanirjuaq Caribou Management Board (BQCMB)

Goal

This award supports research that contributes to the understanding of barren-ground caribou and their habitat, or application to caribou conservation and management. Students enrolled in a Canadian college or university who are conducting traditional knowledge studies as well as scientific studies are encouraged to apply.

Guiding Criteria

• individuals who normally reside in one of the communities on the range of the Beverly and Qamanirjuaq barren-ground caribou herds;
• students furthering education/training in natural resources, preferably related to caribou;
• students who are conducting research on one or both of these caribou herds or their habitat; and
• students conducting research on barren-ground caribou generally.

Other considerations

• quality of the application,
• potential benefit of the research,
• relevant experience and future aspirations,
• the referee’s reports.

Other

• This award is offered biannually.
• Fieldwork is not required for this award.

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