Name	BERKES GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP IN COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH
Research Fields	Community-Based Research
Categories	No categories available
Citizenship	No citizenship available
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. Eligibility Criteria: The scholarship will be awarded to an applicant who: Is enrolled full-time in the Faculty of Graduate Studies at the University of Manitoba, either in a Master’s or a Ph.D. program; Is pursuing studies in community-based research in one of the approved areas. Approved research areas are: 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). Has achieved a minimum degree grade point average of 3.5 based on the last 60 credit hours (or equivalent) of study; Does not already hold any other major award greater than $15,000. Application Details: A copy of the research proposal; Two letters of reference. One letter must be from the graduate advisor, indication: that the applicant does not hold a major award, as outlined in criterion above, and that this scholarship will make a major difference in the applicant’s ability to carry out the proposed research. The application for this award can be found online at: https://applygrad.umanitoba.ca/apply/?sr=46232078-6f87-469b-bf89-13c11be1be68
Value	$17000
Currency	Canadian
Tenable at	University of Manitoba
Deadlines	February 28
Application Details	Contact: For questions or inquiries, please email Graduate.Awards@umanitoba.ca. Updated: February 13, 2025