Canadian Water Resources Association Scholarships in Water Resources

2009-2010

1. The Canadian Water Resources Association annually offers five scholarships. These scholarships are available to graduate students whose programs of study focus upon applied, natural, or social science aspects of water resources. The scholarships will have the following values:
   • Dillon Consulting Scholarship - $5,000
     This scholarship will be awarded to the highest ranked of the applicants. Funding is provided by Dillon Consulting Ltd. on an annual basis.
   • Ken Thomson Scholarship - $2,000
     This scholarship will be awarded to the second highest ranked of the applicants. The Ken Thomson Scholarship is awarded from a special fund set up in his honour.
   • CWRA Memorial Scholarship - $1,500
     A tribute to CWRA Members remembered by their colleagues donations to the Scholarship Fund.
   • 2 Scholarships - $1,500 each
     These scholarships are funded from the general funds of the Canadian Water Resources Association.
   All applicants will receive a one-year membership in the Canadian Water Resources Association.
2. The scholarships are open either to Canadian citizens or landed immigrants attending a Canadian University or college, who are enrolled in full-time graduate studies in any discipline in both Fall and Winter terms of the 2009 – 2010 academic year.
3. The Scholarship Committee will accept only one applicant from any department in a Canadian university or college. Therefore applicants must provide a statement from the chairman/director of the department which verifies that the application is the one being submitted from that program for the graduate scholarship. This statement must also include confirmation of the applicant’s full-time registration in the program in the Fall and Winter terms of the 2009 – 2010 academic year.
4. The scholarships are awarded primarily on the basis of academic excellence and project relevance to water management and development. When applicants are equal on the basis of these criteria, selection will be based on encouraging broad geographic, discipline and career stage representation as well as considering affirmative action for women.
5. Applicants should arrange to have the following material, either in English or French, submitted to the Scholarship Committee:
   • A 500-word statement which outlines the applicant’s research project and its relevance to sustainable water resources. This statement should focus on the research methods of the project. It should specify the type of data and analysis and state the expected outcomes (i.e. answer the question 'how?'). The project description should be reader-friendly to non-specialists and contain as little jargon as possible.
   • Official course transcripts at the undergraduate and graduate level.
   • Two references, to be sent directly to the Scholarship Committee by the referees or appropriate official of the university or college. The references must be received by the Scholarship Committee prior to February 28, 2010.
   • A statement from the program chairman or director endorsing the application from that program, including confirmation of the applicant’s full-time registration in the program in both Fall and Winters terms of the 2009 – 2010 academic year. The endorsement is not a letter of reference and must be attached to the application form.
   • The completed application form (pdf).
6. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that all the material is sent to the Scholarship Committee in one package, with the exception of references. (Where it is college or university policy not to give official course transcripts directly to the student, this should be noted and arrangements made to have the transcripts forwarded directly to the Scholarship Chairman).
7. Applications will be accepted until February 28, 2010. A decision will be announced in June 2010.
8. Applications, available from the Awards Office at your university or college, or else from the address below, should be sent to:

• Chairman
• CWRA Scholarship Committee
• Canadian Water Resources Association
• 9 Corvus Court
• Ottawa, ON K2E 7Z4