Scholarships, Bursaries and Awards

Please note that the following awards are specific to our Department or Faculty. For other awards or further information please contact the Department of Student Awards and Financial Aid.

Further note:  All awards are subject to budgetary approval and may not be awarded for the upcoming year due to budgetary restraints.

Entrance Scholarships, Bursaries and Awards

All LLC Majors:

Outstanding Scholars

In addition to being considered for our Entrance Scholarships, if you intend to major in an honours program you may be eligible for an Outstanding Scholars Award. This program is geared to top students with the potential to become leaders in their fields, provides mentoring and the opportunity to work closely with faculty on academic projects. For more information about this program, please click on the link below.
 

Outstanding Scholars Program

French Majors:

The Pierre Potier, S.J. Entrance Scholarship in French

This sum is applied to the winner's first-year tuition costs at the University of Windsor.

The competition is open to students entering first year and intending to major in French. Candidates must write a 1,000-word composition in French on one or more aspects of Franco-Ontarian Life and Culture.

This composition is normally written in a classroom setting during the first two weeks of classes in the Fall semester.

For further information please contact:

French Studies Program
University of Windsor
Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4
Telephone: (519) 253-4232 ext. 2062
Fax: (519) 971-3648
french@uwindsor.ca

In-Program Scholarships, Bursaries and Awards

All LLC Majors:

Ana Besné Award

To be awarded annually to a student majoring in Languages, Literatures and Cultures, on the basis of

• demonstrated academic achievement in courses at the 200-level and above and
• service to the department.

Preference will be given to students who have taken courses in more than a single area of the department.

Automatic, no application is required. 

Rosa Schreiber Award

A competition award open to Arts and Social Science students in Year 2 or beyond. Applicants must submit a 1,500 - 2,000 word essay on some aspect of moral courage.

This competition will be held in alternate years.

Established in 1995 to honour Rosa Schreiber, an Austrian freedom fighter who risked her life to help others during World War II.

Submissions must be made to the Student Awards Office by March 1st. 

Only awarded in alternate years.The Next award is for 2013-2014 year with a March 1, 2014 deadline.

Joseph T. Culliton Award in the Humanities

This award is to honour the memory of Rev. Dr. Joseph T. Culliton, Professor of Religious Studies, former Dean of Arts, and staunch advocate of the humanities during his long career.

An award will be made annually to a full-time student in third, or fourth year who is pursuing a major or joint major in Classics, English, History, a Modern Language, Philosophy, Music, Dramatic Art or Visual Arts.

Applications must include an essay (1000 words) discussing the importance of the humanities and a liberal arts education in our changing world. (Submit to Student Awards and Financial Aid Office in an envelope clearly marked for this award).

Applicants should have a B+ (9.5) average and demonstrate financial need.

Apply on-line. Deadline: January 31.

Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Endowment Fund for Study in a Second Official Language Award Program

Please read the eligibility criteria carefully. Some restrictions apply.
Fields of study: All disciplines, except translation, are eligible;
Eligibility:

• Applications are by nomination by the candidate's university.
• One nomination per university.
• Candidates must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents and be enrolled in the second or third year of their first undergraduate university program.
• Candidates attending a Quebec institution can be in their first year
• of a first undergraduate program.

Value: $7,000 plus travel costs
Number available: Minimum two
Duration: One year, non-renewable
Eligible institutions: Any university which is a member, or affiliated
with a member, of AUCC (Canadian campus) and which offer instructions
in the student's second official language.
For more information: Contact awards@aucc.ca.  

 French Majors:

 Dr. Marie Caron Memorial Scholarship

Awarded annually to an outstanding student entering Level 4 Honours French Studies.

A minimum GPA of 10.5 is required.

Established in 1989 in memory of Dr. Marie Caron, Professor of French, and member of the Department from 1964 to 1988.

Automatic. No application is required. 

Mrs. Murielle Whissel - French Scholarship

Up to three awards to be allocated annually to full-time students participating in French Studies exchange programs at the Université de Nice or the Université du Québec à Montréal.

The awards are based on good academic standing (minimum major GPA in French Studies of 9), and financial need.

Successful candidates must be Canadian Citizens or Permanent Residents, meeeting OSAP Ontario residency requirements.

Apply on-line. Deadline; September 30.

La Bourse des Anciens du programme de français

An annual bursary of $200 based on financial need and academic performance, to a student taking part in the Third Year Abroad program at the University of Nice.

Ernest & Angèle Renaud Memorial Award

An annual award to a student majoring or honouring in French, entering Level 3 or 4.Recipient must have a major average of at least 10.0.Established in 1993 by the Renaud family. 

Automatic. No application Required

German Majors:

Anita W. and Arthur Wendt Award in German

Awarded to the German Major student returning for Year 3 or 4 with the highest major average in German program courses (minimum 3 German language program courses) who demonstrates financial need. Preference will be given to a student registered in the Ontario-Baden-Würtemberg Exchange Program. 

Successful candidate must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, who meets Ontario residency requirements.

Established in 2003 in honour of Anita W. and Arthur Wendt by Susan Wendt-Hildebrandt.

The application deadline is October 15. 

Italian Majors:

Giovani Caboto Club Scholarship in Italian Studies

Awarded annually for excellent achievement in intermediate or advanced Italian Studies courses (language, literature, civilization).

Open to full-time students registered in Year 2, 3 or 4 at the University of Windsor (which includes those students spending a term or a year at either the University of Calabria, or the University of Udine, our sister universities in Italy). Priority will be given to full-time students majoring in Italian Studies.

Established in 1986 and financed by the proceeds of the "Italian of the Year" banquet.

Automatic. No application required.