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 |