French Studies

Scholarships and Prizes

In French Studies, we offer scholarships and prizes!

Entrance Scholarships

Meadwell Scholarship in French ($1000 awarded to a French 40S student who enrolls in FREN-1111/6, Practical Language Skills, in the academic year following graduation; applications are available from the UW Awards Office)

Scholarships and Prizes for Students in 1000-level Courses

French Studies Continuing Scholarship (FREN-1001/6)

French Studies Continuing Scholarship (FREN-1111/6)

French Studies Continuing Scholarship (FREN-1112/6)

Prix de l’Alliance française du Manitoba (FREN-1111/6)

Prix de l’Alliance française du Manitoba (FREN-1112/6)

Scholarships and Prizes for Students in 2000 and 3000-level Courses

Gerritdina & Alphonse Hince Scholarship (4-year BA/Honours)

French Studies Senior Scholarship (12 cr. at 2000-level)

Ganesam Sri Ram Scholarship (French or German major)

Orville Derraugh Memorial Essay Prize (French literature essay) 

Mary C. Rowell Prize (woman student, oral French)

Graduation Prize

 Swiss Ambassador Book Prize for Distinction in French Studies Book prize

(Given to the runner-up for the Major or Honours Gold Medals)

Travel Scholarships for Study in France

Esclarmonde de Foix Memorial Travel Scholarship

Victor Leathers Memorial Scholarship (2 scholarships)

Our scholarships and prizes are funded by generous contributions from alumni, faculty and friends of the department of Modern Languages and Literatures. For details about eligibility criteria, please contact Rachel Berg in 3C02, at 786-9107 or r.berg@uwinnipeg.ca.

Scholarships for Master's Students

For information about scholarships for students pursuing a Master's degree at a Canadian university who wish to spend a semester in France (September-December 2008), go to: http://www.scholarships.gc.ca/fga/FGAFRA-en.html.