UALBERTA ANDREW STEWART MEMORIAL GRADUATE PRIZE

No Separate Application Fees is required to get this scholarship. Students must be nominated to GPS by their home department. Students are to consult with their department regarding their internal application process and deadline. Applications and accompanying documents sent directly to the GPS by students will not be considered. Students must submit the following documents to their Department for internal adjudication:

1. Andrew Stewart Prize Application form . The Application form must be completed in its entirety. Applications missing UAlberta ID#'s, and student signatures will be deemed incomplete. GPS will not follow up regarding applications that are incomplete.
2. One Letter of Reference. The Letter of Reference to Support Application for Graduate Awards Form must be completed and signed by the student's supervisor. A confidential letter of reference (maximum of 2 pages) may accompany the standard letter of reference form, but may not replace such. Students may submit the letter of reference in a sealed envelope to their department. Alternatively, the student's supervisor may send the confidential form directly to the department.
3. Curriculum Vitae (maximum of 5 pages)
4. Up-to-date unofficial U of A transcript (may be printed from BearTracks).

1. Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (FGSR) expects students to actively engage in thesis research at the time of the award offer.
2. The major selection criterion of the UAlberta Andrew Stewart Memorial Graduate Prize is research accomplishment while registered in a doctoral program at the University of Alberta. They will also be judged on academic merit.​​​​​​​ Application and Department Nomination Process Departments are to nominate via the GSMS Award portal by end of March. Departments may choose to set an earlier internal deadline. A maximum of 2 nominations may be submitted.
3. Students must submit the following documents to their Department for internal adjudication. Applications and accompanying documents sent directly to the FGSR by the applicant will not be considered: • Andrew Stewart Prize Application Form • One Letter of Reference. The Letter of Reference to Support Application for Graduate Awards Form must be completed and signed by the student’s supervisor. A confidential letter of reference (maximum of 2 pages) may accompany the standard letter of reference form, but may not replace such. Departments are asked to ensure the letter of reference is in a sealed envelope if submitted by the student, or sent directly to the Department if submitted by the supervisor. If a student has more than one supervisor (ie co-supervision), only one letter will be accepted. • Curriculum Vitae (maximum of 5 pages) • Up-to-date unofficial U of A transcript (may be printed from Bear Tracks).
4. Departments are to submit the following to FGSR by end of March • Upload the students’ documents noted above to the GSMS Awards Portal. Incomplete applications submitted (including those lacking any of the required signatures or without the applicants’ University of Alberta ID number) will not be considered. FGSR will not follow up regarding applications that are incomplete. Other Info Additional Information: The Andrew Stewart Memorial Graduate Prize is significant and unique in that is awarded in direct recognition of excellence in research at the doctoral level; it acknowledges outstanding accomplishment and potential in pursuit of new knowledge. Initiated in 1985 by President Myer Horowitz, the Prize is funded by an endowment created by the University of Alberta in honor of Dr. Andrew Stewart, President of the University from 1950 to 1959, and under whose administration the Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies was created. "It is a function of the University - a valuable function - to serve as a repository of our heritage of accumulated knowledge. The existence of the University, however, depends, not upon its qualities as a museum, but as a living, restless and inquiring spirit. The student must acquire knowledge, but his mind is not an inert receptacle. It is an organ to be stimulated, and put to the pursuit of Truth."