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<div style="font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 12pt;">The Cecilia and the Late George Piller Graduate Research Award</span></div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Two awards valued at $4,000 each are presented annually to excellent full-time graduate students in the Faculty of Arts who conduct research on German language, culture, history, and/or society. Applicants
are nominated by a faculty member of the Waterloo Centre for German Studies in February of each year and inform the student of the nomination. Students then submit a one-page research project proposal and CV by e-mail attachment to
</span><a href="mailto:wcgs@uwaterloo.ca" style="font-size: 12pt;">wcgs@uwaterloo.ca</a><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> by February 27</span><sup>th</sup><span style="font-size: 12pt;">. Awardees will receive the award at Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies’
award ceremony on March 31</span><sup>st</sup><span style="font-size: 12pt;">.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This fund is made possible by a donation from Cecilia Piller-Bershl.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">If you know a full-time graduate student who works on research in German<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Studies as defined above, and if you think this student is doing excellent work, then please do two things:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">(1) Send Lori Straus, the WCGS assistant, the student’s name and graduate program affiliation by February 23<sup>rd</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">(2) Please inform the student of your nomination. The student must then send a one-page description of the research project and a CV to
<a href="mailto:wcgs@uwaterloo.ca">wcgs@uwaterloo.ca</a> by February 27<sup>th</sup>. You can nominate more than one student.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The WCGS Executive Committee will adjudicate the applications based on the merit of the research proposal and its contribution to the mandate of the Centre, as well as the student’s record of graduate study and research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">For more information, you can visit our website (<a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/sponsorship/cecilia-and-late-george-piller-graduate-research-award">https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-german-studies/sponsorship/cecilia-and-late-george-piller-graduate-research-award</a>)
or email <a href="mailto:wcgs@uwaterloo.ca">wcgs@uwaterloo.ca</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">James Skidmore</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Acting Director, Waterloo Centre for German Studies</span></p>
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<div><font face="Cambria" style="font-size: 16px;">skidmore@uwaterloo.ca</font></div>
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