Name	PARKER, ROBERT J. FELLOWSHIP IN ANIMAL SCIENCE
Research Fields	Animal Genetics and Breeding
Categories	Agriculture Environmental Studies Natural, Physical or Life Sciences
Citizenship	No citizenship available
Eligibility	In honour of Dr. Robert (Bob) J. Parker, a beloved administrator, professor and mentor, a fund has been established by his former students, his colleagues and his friends on the occasion of his retirement from the Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences on October 31, 1997. The purpose of the fund is to provide a renewable graduate fellowship to an M.Sc. or a Ph.D. student in the Department of Animal Science who is conducting graduate research in the area of swine science. Effective for first offer in the academic session 2000-2001, a graduate fellowship valued at the available annual income from the fund shall be offered to a student who has filed an application for this Fellowship in the Department of Animal Science and who meets the following criteria: has been accepted to and has enrolled full-time in the Faculty of Graduate Studies in the Department of Animal Science, either at the M.Sc. or Ph.D. level; is conducting or has proposed to conduct research in the area of animal science; has been deemed by the selection committee to show great promise in the field of animal science. The recipient of the fellowship is eligible for a renewal of this award. An M.Sc. student can hold the award for a total of two consecutive years and a Ph.D. student may hold the award for a total of three consecutive years. In the years in which the award is being renewed for a previous winner, no new winner will be selected. In order to be eligible for the renewal of the award, the recipient must have demonstrated satisfactory progress in the program through the formal progress report submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
Value	available annual income
Currency	Canadian
Tenable at	University of Manitoba
Deadlines	No deadlines available
Application Details	Contact the Department of Animal Science.