Dr. Jim McDonald Scholarship for Northern Research

1. The Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS), with the support of the family of the late Dr. Jim McDonald, sponsors one scholarship valued at $5,000 for Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada currently enrolled in graduate studies in the social sciences and humanities whose research focuses on northern regions and their inhabitants in Canada. Special consideration will be given to Community-based-research, interdisciplinary research and local Indigenous collaboration, as will those applicants who can demonstrate a specific focus to their project.

2. Applications are invited from students:

• who are engaged in research culminating in a thesis or other such document;
• whose program makes a contribution to the North; and,
• who demonstrate leadership in northern scholarship.

3. The research project must involve a fieldwork component that is conducted in northern Canada or the circumpolar north between May of the year the scholarship is awarded and March of the following calendar year.

4. The selection committee will be guided by the following considerations:

• academic record
• the quality of the written application
• the potential benefits of the proposed research
• the referees’ reports
• the applicants’ leadership skills and interest in, and commitment to northern scholarship