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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Up to $30,000
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The O’Born Family established the Janice and Earle O’Born Family Foundation Graduate Scholarship in recognition of Janice’s 70th birthday. Janice O’Born and her family are passionate about the success and future sustainability of Canada’s rural communities. This scholarship will help increase research capacity around rural development and build much needed expertise in the field creating a “next generation” of rural leaders.
Benefits
The scholarship is worth up to 2 awards of $30,000: 2 MLA/MSc (payable over 3 semesters) or 1 PhD (payable over 9 semesters).
Eligibility
- Selection will be based on research potential, academic excellence, and intended benefits and outcomes of the planned research on Canadian rural community development.
- Students entering in Winter, Summer or Fall of the award year (i.e. students would be in semesters 1, 2, or 3 at the time the award will be distributed) into a full-time MLA, MSc, or Doctoral degree program offered by the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development whose proposed research is focused on Canadian rural community development.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Environmental Management
Locations
Canada
Nationality
226 nationalities
Study experience required
Bachelor
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
15 Aug 2026
Apply by August 15th using the OAC Graduate Fall Award Application Form, demonstrating the relevance of the research and its potential impact to Canadian rural community development.
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