This fellowship, established in 1952, honours Margaret McWilliams, first CFUW President (1919-1923), who dedicated her life to furthering the status of women through improved access to higher education and the active involvement of women in public life.
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The Thomas J. Watson Fellowship is a one-year grant for purposeful, independent study outside the United States, awarded to graduating seniors nominated by one of 40 partner colleges.
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The Education Abroad Individual Award encourages continuing UAlberta undergraduate and graduate students to undertake an education abroad experience; allows students to choose from a wide variety of education abroad programs, both in type (e.g., exchange/ ...
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The Doctoral Foreign Study Award (DFSA) provides special recognition and support to students who are pursuing a doctoral degree in a health-related field abroad.
Candidates apply to the CIHR Doctoral Research Awards competition and top-ranked candidates a ...
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The Society of Architectural Historians’ prestigious H. Allen Brooks Travelling Fellowship will allow a recent graduate or emerging scholar to study by travel for one year.
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The purpose of the scholarship program is to
encourage academic excellence and the pursuit of higher education among students living in the Greater Toronto Area who are directly affected by Multiple Sclerosis (MS); provide the path and framework for schol ...
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The Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships-Doctoral Program provides financial support to high calibre scholars who are engaged in a doctoral program in the natural sciences or engineering. The CGS D will be offered to the top-ranked applicant ...
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Celebrating the success of post-secondary students by awarding scholarships is just one way that the Foundation aims to foster the growth of leaders, inspire the next generation, cultivate philanthropy and volunteerism, and ultimately, to ensure the healt ...
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The purpose of the award is to recognize excellence and achievement by a Treaty First Nations person, and to encourage and assist Treaty First Nations people in the pursuit of post-secondary education studies in one/both of the following areas: Law and/or ...
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Note: This program has been suspended by the Government of Canada under Stephen Harper. Positions have not been offered to Canadians since 2010. Positions are still available for nationals of many countries in Europe, Australia, Asia, Africa and the ...
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This scholarship was established in memory of Raymond Davis, a nationally recognized and highly-esteemed pioneer in the areas of photographic sensitometry, colorimetry, and microphotography.
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The Placement Office maintains a registry of teachers interested in international opportunities, the International Teacher Placement Service. Throughout the year, overseas schools contact the Placement Office looking for appropriately qualified teachers; ...
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The L. Austin Weeks (LAW) Undergraduate Grant program awards deserving undergraduate level geoscience students with grants that are intended to support their educational endeavors.
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Honours a founding member of the Nova Scotia Home Economics Association who dedicated her professional life to home economics education.
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The Open Society Fellowship supports individuals seeking innovative and unconventional approaches to fundamental open society challenges. The fellowship funds work that will enrich public understanding of those challenges and stimulate far-reaching and pr ...
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In memory of Hiliary Echo Douglas, a study abroad advocate, beloved daughter, wife, mother, and colleague.
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The Amelia Earhart Fellowship is awarded annually to women pursuing Ph.D./doctoral
degrees in aerospace-related sciences and aerospace-related engineering.
The Amelia Earhart
Fellowship program helps talented women, pursuing advanced studies in the typic ...
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Women make up nearly 50 percent of the global workforce; however, gender equality is not yet a reality in senior management and corporate boardrooms around the world. According to a 2014 Catalyst Census[1], women hold only 4.2 percent of the CEO positions ...
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The Law Foundation has established a fund of $60,000 for 2016 for Graduate Fellowships.
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Honours those for whom the CFUW Charitable Trust receives memorial donations.
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