The WCGS International Opportunities uWaterloo Travel Grants

[Mathias Schulze]

Dear colleagues,
Please bring this to the attention of your students who are planning to study for a period of time in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland in the next twelve months. All full-time, active undergraduate and graduate students are eligible to apply. For precise criteria, please see below. These Travel Grants are one of three 'Fred & Ruth Stork Awards in German Studies', which are presented annually. This year, the application deadline for students has been extended to 16 April 2013.
The Waterloo Centre for German Studies is immensely grateful for the munificent support of the late Fred Stork and his wife Ruth.
Best wishes
Mat

Fred & Ruth Stork Awards in German Studies
Status:                                        Active
Scholarship type:                    Undergraduate, Masters, Doctoral
Citizenship status:                   Canadian, Permanent Resident, International/Visa Student, Aboriginal
Category:                                   Institutional
Term deadline:                        Winter

Award description
Awards are presented annually based on the students’ participation in a recognized institutional Canadian-organized German language or cultural studies program abroad:
The WCGS International Opportunities uWaterloo Travel Grants, valued at $1000 per student, are awarded annually to full-time undergraduate or graduate students registered within the first four years of their program within the Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo and taking at least one Germanic and Slavic Studies course. Interested students must complete an application by March 1.
Application procedure and adjudication
In addition to the award description given above, we are providing some information about the exact application procedure:
Students in the Faculty of Arts, who have or will have completed at least one course in German Studies at the University of Waterloo before beginning their study abroad and who have registered for courses or a study-abroad program (approved by their Department) at a university in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland are eligible to apply for this travel grant.
Students submit an application to the Waterloo Centre for German Studies as e-mail attachment (PDF only) to wcgs at uwaterloo.ca<mailto:wcgs at uwaterloo.ca>. The application letter must not be longer than one page. In the application, students should detail their experience and background in studying the German language, culture, and history and their motivation and plans for their study period abroad. Applicants need to provide a letter of acceptance or equivalent for (summer) courses or a study program at a university in a German-speaking country. Normally students would apply in a given year, if their course(s) or the program start between April of that year and March of the following year.
Applications will be adjudicated by the Executive Committee of the Waterloo Centre for German Studies. Successful applicants, who are not Canadian citizens and need a visa for their stay in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland, need to provide evidence of having met all visa requirements before the Travel Grant can be released. Award recipients are expected to write a two-page informal report about their studies at a German-speaking university and their experiences and learning in the country and submit it to the e-mail address of the Waterloo Centre for German Studies at the latest one month after completing their study abroad.

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Mat Schulze, PhD
Associate Professor of German arts.uwaterloo.ca/~mschulze<http://arts.uwaterloo.ca/~mschulze>

Dept. of Ger&Slav Studies
University of Waterloo www.germanicandslavicstudies.uwaterloo.ca<http://www.germanicandslavicstudies.uwaterloo.ca>

Director of the Waterloo Centre for German Studies (WCGS) www.wcgs.ca<http://www.wcgs.ca>

Co-editor of the Calico Journal
A journal devoted to research and discussion on technology and language learning www.calico.org<http://www.calico.org>

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