Terms of Reference

1. The purpose of this fellowship is to provide financial support for a graduate student whose research focuses on organizational change and innovation.
2. The Fellowship is an annual award, disbursed over two terms in the Fall and Spring. Its value is subject to the income earned from its endowment fund and will increase as the endowment grows.
   
3. The criteria for this award are:
   1. registration in a graduate program at Simon Fraser University
   2. demonstrated academic excellence at the undergraduate level and, if applicable, at the graduate level
   3. indication of interest in issues related to sustainability, innovation and change management
   4. promise of outstanding achievement at the graduate level with particular emphasis on research ability and originality
4. This award may be held in conjunction with other awards made by Simon Fraser University or other agencies where permitted by those agencies.
5. The student must be nominated for this award. One nomination may be made by each Faculty from among the nominations received from graduate programs within their Faculty. The nomination must be made on the Application for a Private Graduate Scholarship form and must be
   accompanied by:
   1. copies of all post-secondary transcripts, for the first year graduate student, or a current unofficial SFU transcript, for students past their first year of graduate study
   2. a concise outline of the proposed or actual program of studies pertaining to organizational change and innovation
   3. two confidential letters of reference
6. Nominations can be compiled at the departmental level by May 30. One nomination package including all supporting documents from each Graduate Program Chair must be submitted to the Dean of their Faculty by June 15.
7. The selection of a successful candidate in each Faculty will be made by the Faculty Graduate Studies Committee from the nominations received.
8. One nomination package from each Faculty Dean will be forwarded to the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies by June 30.
   
9. The final selection of a candidate for the award will be made by the Dean of Graduate Studies, on behalf of the Senate Graduate Awards Adjudication Committee, from the top-ranked nominations submitted by the Faculty Deans.
   

Revised: July 2012 / GESR159

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