Name	BERKES GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP IN COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH
Research Fields	Community-Based Research
Categories	No categories available
Citizenship	Unrestricted
Eligibility	Professor Fikret Berkes, former Tier I Canada Research Chair in Community-Based Resource Management, and Dr. Mina K. Berkes have established the Berkes Graduate Scholarship in Community-Based Research. This annually funded scholarship will provide support to degree-related field research and related expenses (including travel, food, housing, and to return research findings to the research host community). It will provide an opportunity to conduct research and apply that research to those related communities, and to engage in outreach to translate the findings into communication to communities, public audiences, and policy-makers through written, visual, oral and/or multimedia means. Each year, one scholarship will be offered to a graduate student who: (1) is enrolled full-time in both the Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 terms in the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, either in a Master’s or a Ph.D. program at the University of Manitoba; (2) is pursuing studies in community-based research in one of the approved area; (see list below) (3) has achieved a minimum grade point average of 3.5 based on the last 60 credit hours (or equivalent) of study; (4) does not already hold any other major award greater than $15,000. Approved Research Areas: community-based resource (or environmental) management; community-based planning for green options (e.g. solar energy); community-based conservation; Indigenous-led conservation and/or biocultural restoration; Indigenous reconciliation through conservation partnerships (e.g. environmental guardians); land use, food security and gender in northern Indigenous communities; and Indigenous knowledge and science (e.g. reconciling ways of knowing). The selection committee will be named by the Vice-Provost (Graduate Education) and Dean of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Value	10,000
Currency	Canadian
Tenable at	At the University of Manitoba for the 2025-2026 academic year
Deadlines	No deadlines available
Application Details	The 2025-2026 Application is Now Closed ***To apply, please submit the online application at the following link by the deadline.*** https://applygrad.umanitoba.ca/apply/?sr=46232078-6f87-469b-bf89-13c11be1be68 In order to be considered for this award, the application must include: 1. Research Proposal 2. Two (2) letters of reference - one of the letters must be from the graduate advisor, indicating: (i) that the applicant does not already hold a major award, as outlined in criterion (4) above), and (ii) that this scholarship will make a difference in the applicant's ability to carry out the proposed research Contact: Allison Aubin, Awards Coordinator for the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies at graduate.awards@umanitoba.ca Updated: February 10, 2026