Scholarships

This AAEA initiative established endowed University of Alberta scholarships at the senior undergraduate and Masters levels commencing in the 1999-2000 academic year with the support of the Province of Alberta’s, AAFRD, Agricultural Initiatives Program.

This two endowed annual scholarships recognize students deserving of recognition because of their scholastic achievement and their commitment, contribution, initiative and leadership at the University, in the community and in Alberta’s agri-industry.

Respectively these scholarships are the:

I. “AAEA Undergraduate Scholarship”
A $500.00 scholarship awarded to a full-time student enrolled in the third or fourth year of a B.Sc. Applied Economics or Agri-food Business Management program in the Faculty of Agricultural, Life & Environmental Sciences who has achieved a grade point average of 3.5 in their most recent academic year.

II. “AAEA Masters Scholarship”
A $1000.00 scholarship awarded to a student enrolled in a M.Sc. program in Agricultural Economics, Agri-Food Business Management or Natural Resource Economics in the Department of Resource Economics & Environmental Sociology who has achieved a grade point average of 3.5 in their first year of their Masters program.


AAEA UofA Masters Scholarship Recipients in Recent Years

 Academic Year Recipient Program
 2010-2011  David Kaczan  Master in Science
 2011-2012  Simrat Minhas  Master in Science
 2012-2013  Xiongwei Ying  Master in Science
 2013-2014  James Work  Master in Science

 

AAEA UofA Undergraduate Scholarship Recipients in Recent Years

 Academic Year  Recipient  Program
 2009-2010  Fawn Jackson  BSc in Agriculture, Agric/Resource Economics
 2010-2011  Caroline Carter  BSc in Agric/Food Business Management
 2011-2012  Benjamin Farrant  BSc in Agriculture, Agric/Resource Economics
 2012-2013  (Withheld – FOIPP)  BSc in Agriculture, Agric/Resource Economics