BERT HENRY MEMORIAL GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP, Simon Fraser University

1. The Bert Henry Memorial Graduate Scholarship is valued at $18,000 per annum. One scholarship is awarded per year, conditional on available funding.
2. To be eligible to apply, a student must hold a Master's degree, or be in the process of completing a Master's degree, and must be planning to enter a Ph.D. program at Simon Fraser University..
3. The criteria for this award are high academic performance and potential for significant contribution to the recipient's field of study.
4. Tenure of the award is for one year (three consecutive semesters) commencing in the following Summer, Fall, or Spring semester.
5. During tenure of the award, the recipient must be registered full-time in a Ph.D. program at Simon Fraser University. In programs where fees are assessed on a per-credit basis, students must be taking at least six credits to be eligible to hold the award. If a recipient wishes to register "on-leave" or "part-time" for one semester, a deferment of the scholarship should be requested by writing to the Dean of Graduate Studies. Permission will be granted in exceptional circumstances only.
6. The Henry Scholarship recipient may accept other scholarship support from external sources and/or from awards administered by S.F.U. If the total of the Henry Scholarship and the other support exceeds $50,000 per annum, the value of the Henry Scholarship will be reduced so that the total equals $50,000. Applicants for the Henry Scholarship are encouraged to apply for awards for which they are eligible.
7. There is no restriction on Henry Scholarship recipients receiving income for work during tenure of the scholarship. Recipients should be aware that some external awards may restrict students from holding a scholarship at the same time as the external award.
8. All entering students are eligible for consideration. However, students will be nominated by the Graduate Program Chair of the academic unit to which the student will be admitted.
9. Nominations from the Graduate Program Chair must be submitted to the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies by January 30th.
10. The award is made by the Senate Graduate Awards Adjudication Committee after a Universitywide competition in which departmental nominations are considered.