Pine Ridge Wildlife and Environment Foundation, through the Centennial Institute at The Winnipeg Foundation, established a scholarship at the University of Manitoba to encourage and support graduate students in the Joint Master’s Program who are conducting historical research in the area of environmentalism or environmental history in the Department of History.
Each year, beginning in 2024-2025, one scholarship will be offered to a graduate student who:
(1) is enrolled full-time in the Faculty of Graduate Studies in the first or second year of the Joint Master’s Program offered by the Department of History;
(2) has achieved a minimum grade point average of 3.0 based on the last 60 credit hours (or equivalent) of study; and
(3) has demonstrated outstanding interest in or commitment to research into the history of environmentalism broadly defined as the sustainable use of natural resources, the recovery of eco-systems after human impact and the general conservation of biodiversity, or another relevant area within the field of environmental history.
First-year students who meet criterion (3) will be automatically considered for the scholarship due to their application package.
In order for Second-year students to demonstrate how they meet criterion (3), they are required to submit
(i) a statement of intent or a brief description of their research that describes the sustainable use of natural resources, the recovery of eco-systems after human impact and the general conservation of biodiversity, or another relevant area within the field of environmental history (maximum 250 words) and (ii) a current curriculum vitae.
The same recipient may be awarded the scholarship in both Year I and Year II of the Master's program.
