Scholarships & Awards
General Entrance Awards
General In-Course Awards
| Avril Torrence Book Prize for Theory |
| Type: |
Other |
| Value: |
Book |
| Number: |
One |
| Eligibility: |
Awarded to a full- or part-time student who has completed ENGL 2202 in the current academic year. |
| Criteria: |
1) Academic excellence in ENGL 2202 |
| Application: |
Nominated award - application not required |
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| Behavioural Sciences Scholarship |
| Type: |
Scholarship |
| Value: |
Variable |
| Number: |
One |
| Eligibility: |
Awarded to a full- or part-time student who will be enrolled in the second, third or fourth year of any program in the upcoming fall semester. Student must have completed at least one behavioural sciences (sociology, psychology, anthropology) course in each of two semesters by the end of the current academic year. |
| Criteria: |
1) Academic achievement
2) Financial need |
| Application: |
Available online |
| Deadline: |
01-MAR-13 |
|
| Book Prize for Early English Literature |
| Type: |
Other |
| Value: |
Book |
| Number: |
One |
| Eligibility: |
Awarded to a full- or part-time student who has completed ENGL 2210 in the current academic year. |
| Criteria: |
1) Academic excellence in ENGL 2210 |
| Application: |
Nominated award - application not required |
|
| Book Prize for Modern English Literature |
| Type: |
Other |
| Value: |
Book |
| Number: |
One |
| Eligibility: |
Awarded to a full- or part-time student who has completed ENGL 2211 in the current academic year. |
| Criteria: |
1) Academic excellence in ENGL 2211 |
| Application: |
Nominated award - application not required |
|
| David and Sheila Marshall Award |
| Type: |
Other |
| Value: |
Variable |
| Number: |
One |
| Eligibility: |
Awarded to a full-time student who will be enrolled in the third or fourth year of Bachelor of Education, Elementary in the upcoming fall semester. |
| Criteria: |
1) Financial need
2) Academic excellence |
| Application: |
Available online |
| Deadline: |
01-MAR-13 |
|
| Doris Attwood-Bergman Memorial Scholarship |
| Type: |
Scholarship |
| Value: |
variable |
| Number: |
One |
| Eligibility: |
Awarded to a full-time student who will be enrolled in the second year of Bachelor of Education in the upcoming fall semester. Recipients must have successfully completed four education courses. |
| Criteria: |
1) Academic achievement
2) Extracurricular activities: involvement in K-12 schools or in the community on a volunteer basis, over and above coursework requirements |
| Application: |
Available online |
| Deadline: |
01-MAR-13 |
|
| Drs. Carla and Melvin Pasternak Award |
| Type: |
Other |
| Value: |
variable |
| Number: |
One |
| Eligibility: |
Awarded to a full-time student who will be enrolled in any year of any program in the upcoming fall semester. The award will alternate each academic year. In an odd academic year (2013, 2015, 2017, etc) it will be awarded for the outstanding critical essay on a poem, poet, poetic period, or any other outstanding work related to the critical analysis of poetry. In an even academic year (2014, 2016, 2018, etc) it will be awarded to that individual who produces the best portfolio of poems produced in a Mount Royal University creative writing course. |
| Criteria: |
1) Outstanding achievement in written work produced for any course offered by the English department of Arts at Mount Royal University |
| Application: |
Application available from the Department of English: (1) to be accompanied by original written critical essay on poet, period, genre produced for any course offered by the English department of Arts at Mount Royal University or small portfolio of poems produced for a Mount Royal University creative writing course; (2) to be submitted to the chair, Department of English by April 30. |
| Deadline: |
30-APR-13 |
|
| Education Undergraduate Society Scholarship |
| Type: |
Scholarship |
| Value: |
$200 |
| Number: |
Two |
| Eligibility: |
Awarded to full-time students who will be enrolled in the second year of any program in the upcoming fall semester. The students must be members in good standing of the Education Undergraduate Society/Alberta Teachers Association. |
| Criteria: |
1) Academic excellence - in Education 1231 and 1233
2) Extracurricular activities - volunteerism
3) Letter outlining commitment to teaching |
| Application: |
Must be accompanied by a letter as outlined above. Application available online |
| Deadline: |
01-MAR-13 |
|
| Jack Kenyon Memorial Scholarship |
| Type: |
Scholarship |
| Value: |
Variable |
| Number: |
One |
| Eligibility: |
Awarded to a full-time student who has completed a university transfer course in linear algebra at Mount Royal University. |
| Criteria: |
1) Academic merit - demonstrated mathematical ability
2) Demonstrated enthusiasm for mathematics |
| Application: |
Nominated award - application not required |
|
| Les Evans Memorial Scholarship |
| Type: |
Scholarship |
| Value: |
$500 |
| Number: |
One |
| Eligibility: |
Awarded to full- or part-time student who will be enrolled in the second, third or fourth year of any program in the upcoming fall semester. |
| Criteria: |
1) Completed a minimum of one calculus course at Mount Royal
2) Demonstrated passion for math & determination to succeed
3) Financial need |
| Application: |
Available online |
| Deadline: |
01-MAR-13 |
|
| Mount Royal Faculty Association Scholarship in the Faculty of Teaching and Learning |
| Type: |
Scholarship |
| Value: |
$1,000 |
| Number: |
One |
| Eligibility: |
Awarded to a full-time student who will be enrolled in the second, third, or fourth year of any Faculty of Teaching and Learning program in the upcoming fall semester. |
| Criteria: |
1) Extracurricular activities: demonstrated involvement in campus life
2) Academic achievement |
| Application: |
Available online |
| Deadline: |
01-MAR-13 |
|
| Mount Royal Library Award for Excellence in Scholary Endeavours |
| Type: |
Other |
| Value: |
$1,000 |
| Number: |
One |
| Eligibility: |
Awarded to a credit student who has completed the research project in one of the three preceding academic semesters, or has completed the library research phase of a larger project still in progress. |
| Criteria: |
1) An outstanding research project |
| Application: |
Apply at http://libguides.mtroyal.ca/libraryaward |
| Deadline: |
12-APR-13 |
|
| Mount Royal University Physics Department Award |
| Type: |
Other |
| Value: |
$500 |
| Number: |
One |
| Eligibility: |
Awarded to a full-time student who has completed at least two physics courses in the previous academic year at Mount Royal. Preference will be given to a returning Mount Royal student. |
| Criteria: |
1) Academic excellence - demonstrated exceptional ability in physics |
| Application: |
Nominated award - application not required |
|
| Mount Royal University Women's Studies Prize |
| Type: |
Prize |
| Value: |
Book |
| Number: |
One |
| Eligibility: |
Awarded to a student who has completed a minimum of at least two women's studies courses at Mount Royal. |
| Criteria: |
1) Academic excellence - demonstrated exceptional ability in women's studies |
| Application: |
Nominated award - application not required |
|
| Mount Royal University Writing Scholarship (Composition) |
| Type: |
Scholarship |
| Value: |
Variable |
| Number: |
One |
| Eligibility: |
Awarded to a full- or part-time student who will have completed at least one course in composition by the end of the current academic year. |
| Criteria: |
1) Outstanding achievement in an essay written for a composition course offered by the Department of English at MRU. |
| Application: |
Application available from Department of English: (1) to be accompanied by original written work produced for an MRU composition course; (2) to be submitted to the Chair, Department of English. by April 30. |
| Deadline: |
30-APR-13 |
|
| Mount Royal University Writing Scholarship (Creative Writing) |
| Type: |
Scholarship |
| Value: |
Variable |
| Number: |
One |
| Eligibility: |
Awarded to a full- or part-time student who will have completed at least one course in creative writing by the end of the current academic year. |
| Criteria: |
1) Outstanding achievement in work produced for a creative writing course offered by the Department of English at MRU. |
| Application: |
Application available from the Department of English: (1) to be accompanied by original written work produced for an MRU creative writing course; (2) to be submitted to the Chair, Department of English by April 30. |
| Deadline: |
30-APR-13 |
|
| RBC Scholarship for the Faculty of Teaching and Learning |
| Type: |
Scholarship |
| Value: |
$2,000 |
| Number: |
One |
| Eligibility: |
Awarded to a full-time student enrolled in the second, third or fourth year of Bachelor of Education in the upcoming fall semester. Recipient must be a member of the Education Undergraduate Society, and must have completed 4 courses in General Education. |
| Criteria: |
1) Academic achievement
2) Active membership, engagement in a leadership role and contributions to the EUS. |
| Application: |
Nominated award - application not required |
|
| Robert L. and Irene Bruce Memorial Bursary |
| Type: |
Bursary |
| Value: |
$500 |
| Number: |
One |
| Eligibility: |
Awarded to a full-time student who will be enrolled in the second year of Bachelor of Education in the upcoming fall semester. |
| Criteria: |
1) Financial need |
| Application: |
Available online |
| Deadline: |
01-MAR-13 |
|
| Sash Hochlander Memorial Scholarship |
| Type: |
Scholarship |
| Value: |
$1,150 |
| Number: |
One |
| Eligibility: |
Awarded to a full-time female student who will be enrolled in her second, third, or fourth year in any program in the upcoming fall semester. Must be a member of the Mount Royal Cougar Women's Hockey team. Preference will be given to a student who is enrolled in any Faculty of Health and Community Studies program. |
| Criteria: |
1) Academic achievement |
| Application: |
Nominated award - application not required |
|
| Shervey Scholarship in Bachelor of Education, Elementary |
| Type: |
Scholarship |
| Value: |
$2,500 |
| Number: |
Two |
| Eligibility: |
Awarded to a full-time student who will be enrolled in the third year of Bachelor of Education, Elementary in the upcoming fall semester. Preference will be given to students who have shown potential to become an outstanding and innovative teacher. |
| Criteria: |
1) Academic excellence |
| Application: |
Nominated award- application not required |
|
| Sid and Bronia Cyngiser Multicultural Education Scholarship |
| Type: |
Scholarship |
| Value: |
Variable |
| Number: |
One |
| Eligibility: |
Awarded to a full-time student who will be enrolled in the second year of Bachelor of Education in the upcoming fall semester. |
| Criteria: |
1) Academic merit - minimum GPA of 3.3
2) Financial need
3) Extracurricular activities - contribution to multicultural education as evidenced through community service, extracurricular activity or other relevant projects, educational activities or course work that promote tolerance and understanding, such as the promotion of Holocaust education |
| Application: |
Available online |
| Deadline: |
01-MAR-13 |
|
| CIBC Education Bursary |
| Type: |
Bursary |
| Value: |
$2,500 |
| Number: |
Variable |
| Eligibility: |
Awarded to a full-time student who will be enrolled in the first, second, third or fourth year of Bachelor of Education, Elementary in the upcoming fall semester. |
| Criteria: |
1) Financial need |
| Application: |
Available online |
| Deadline: |
01-MAR-13 |
|
| Gerry LaBrie Scholarship |
| Type: |
Scholarship |
| Value: |
Variable |
| Number: |
One |
| Eligibility: |
Awarded to a full-time student who will be enrolled in any year of any program in the upcoming fall semester. Student must have completed INSR 2140- Principles and Practice of Insurance and one other Insurance course at Mount Royal. |
| Criteria: |
1) Academic achievement |
| Application: |
Nominated award- application not required |
|
| Guardian Insurance Scholarship |
| Type: |
Scholarship |
| Value: |
Variable |
| Number: |
One |
| Eligibility: |
Awarded to a full-time student who will be enrolled in any year of any program in the upcoming fall semester. Student must have completed INSR 2140- Principles and Practice of Insurance and one other Insurance course at Mount Royal. |
| Criteria: |
1) Academic achievement |
| Application: |
Nominated award - application not required |
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| Insurance Community of Southern Alberta Scholarship |
| Type: |
Scholarship |
| Value: |
Variable |
| Number: |
One |
| Eligibility: |
Awarded to a full-time student who will be enrolled in any year of any program in the upcoming fall semester. Student must have completed INSR 2140- Principles and Practice of Insurance and one other Insurance course at Mount Royal. |
| Criteria: |
1) Academic achievement |
| Application: |
Nominated award - application not required |
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| Jim Sinclair Insurance Scholarship |
| Type: |
Scholarship |
| Value: |
Variable |
| Number: |
One |
| Eligibility: |
Awarded to a full-time student who will be enrolled in any year of any program in the upcoming fall semester. Student must have completed INSR 2140- Principles and Practice of Insurance and one other Insurance course at Mount Royal. |
| Criteria: |
1) Academic achievement |
| Application: |
Nominated award- application not required |
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