Scholarships and awards

• Number of awards: 2
• Competition to apply for: Nominated by department
• Award description:
  • Undergrad student majoring in History
  • Preference given to candidates who have taken at least two courses in military-diplomatic history with a minimum grade of B+

^{Anna and Donald Drysdale Memorial Scholarship was originally donated by Henrietta Weyland in memory of her sister and brother-in-law}

• Number of awards: 1
• Competition to apply for: Nominated by department
• Award description:
  • Undergrad student majoring in History
  • Primarily based on history courses taken in the previous academic year
  • Overall grade point average taken into consideration
• Year entering: 4

^{Donated by Alumni, students, senators, governors, and other friends of the University to commemorate Brian Norford’s service as the fifth Chancellor, from 1982 to 1986}

• Number of awards: 1
• Competition to apply for: Elise Cobert Scholarship.
  • Submit a maximum 500 word statement on the importance of local history to hist@ucalgary.ca.
• Award description:
  • Continuing senior undergraduate student in the Faculty of Arts, majoring in History
  • Must have taken a minimum of 2 Canadian history courses (and received a grade of B or better in at least two of the courses)
  • GPA of 3.20 or higher in their last 5 history classes (B or better)
  • After being selected, the successful recipient will be contacted by the department to complete a 500 word statement on the important of local history. 

_{Donated by the Chinook Country Historical Society (a Chapter of the History Society of Alberta)}

• Number of awards: 1
• Competition to apply for: Nominated by department
• Award description:
  • Registered in any faculty at the University of Calgary
  • Best essay in the constitutional and/or legal history of the common law world
  • Based on academic merit

^{Donated by Louis Knafla, Emeritus Professor, Department of History}

• Number of awards: 1
• Competition to apply for: Nominated by department
• Award description:
  • Awarded to the best undergraduate honours thesis

^{Donated by The Honorable Lois E. Mitchell CM AOE LLD, and Michael Doyle}

• Number of awards: 1
• Competition to apply for: Nominated by department
• Award description:
  • Outstanding continuing undergraduate student
  • Focused on Western Canadian history or Western Canadian Studies 
  • Based on academic merit

^{Donated by Howard Palmer's family, friends and colleagues}

• Number of awards: 2
• Competition to apply for: Nominated by department
• Award description:
  • Continuing undergraduate student
  • The best essay on a Western Canadian topic
  • Preference given to students in the introductory Canadian history courses

^{Donated by James H. Gray}

• Number of awards: 1
• Competition to apply for: Nominated by department
• Award description:
  • Continuing undergraduate student in the Faculty of Arts, majoring in History
  • Preference to a student with an interest in History and Philosophy of Science
  • Academic merit
• Year entering: 3 or 4

^{Donated by friends and colleagues of Maggie Osler}

• Number of awards: 1
• Competition to apply for: Nominated by department
• Award description:
  • Continuing undergraduate student in the Faculty of Arts, majoring in History
  • Academic merit
  • Must have successfully completed a minimum of two half courses in Canadian history
• Year entering: 3 or 4

^{Donated by family, friends, and colleagues of Bob Shields}

• Number of awards: 1
• Competition to apply for: Nominated by department
• Award description:
  • Continuing undergraduate student in any faculty
  • Highest standing in any Canadian History course (minimum grade of A- required)

^{Donated by United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada}

• Number of awards: 1
• Competition to apply for: Nominated by department
• Award description:
  • Continuing undergraduate student in the Faculty of Arts, majoring in Canadian Studies
  • Academic merit

^{Donated by Harvey and Marilyn Johnson}

• Number of awards: 1
• Competition to apply for: TBC
• Award description:
  • Continuing undergraduate student in the Faculty of Arts, majoring in History
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
  • Must have successfully completed a minimum of two half courses in Canadian History

^{Donated by David and Barrie Bercuson}

• Number of awards: 1
• Competition to apply for: Continuing Undergraduate Awards Competition
• Award description:
  • Continuing undergraduate student in the Faculty of Arts, majoring in History
  • Academic merit
  • Financial need
  • Preference given to a student focusing on the history of the United States

^{Donated by an endowment established by the Daughters of the American Revolution Heritage Chapter and matching grant from Alberta Opportunities Bursary Fund}