Class of OAC 71-72 ACCESS Bursary

Established in memory of Amos Kitchen. Apply by January 10 to Student Financial Services with a completed Financial Need Assessment form and a statement from your supervisor or graduate coordinator stating your area of study. Selection is based on financial need. ACCESS AWARD.

Full-time students registered in an OAC graduate program with an area of study in sustainable food production or agri-food innovations with demonstrated financial need. Additionally, students must meet the government mandated terms for OSOTF/OTSS awards.

Value: 1 award of $3,000 Awarded: In the winter and the recipient must be registered to receive.

From the University of Guelph Graduate students may expect to undertake teaching and research assistantships as an integral part of their academic programs. Award holders are cautioned that each scholarship has specific terms regarding eligibility to hold the funding, and students are responsible for familiarizing themselves with, and abiding strictly by, the terms of any such awards.

Financial assistance may be available to graduate students in several forms and combinations. These may include employment, research awards, scholarships and bursaries. Each of these is described briefly in the Employment and Awards sections that follow. Students have the responsibility to ascertain precisely what remuneration will be received, if any, from the department or school in which they propose to register. The department or school has the responsibility to inform students about the duties they associate with that form of assistance.

When departments and schools make admission recommendations to the Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, they also decide what funding (if any) will be provided to each person selected. These funding decisions may include one or more of the employments and award programs described in the Employment and Awards sections that follow

Bursaries Bursaries are awarded strictly on the basis of financial need as determined by Student Financial Services. Where applications are required, it is the student's responsibility to follow the method of application listed in the award description. Non-Canadian citizens or non-permanent residents are not eligible to apply for in-course bursaries; however, after the completion of one full year of studies, are eligible to apply for an International student bursary. Visit Student Financial Services website for more information about applying to bursary assistance. (https://www.uoguelph.ca/registrar/studentfinance/bursaries/about_incourse/).

Full-time students registered in an OAC graduate program with an area of study in sustainable food production or agri-food innovations with demonstrated financial need. Additionally, students must meet the government mandated terms for OSOTF/OTSS awards.

Application:

• In-Course Financial Need Assessment Form
• Research Proposal