Scholarship Overview

• The Adrienne and Donna Pocock Memorial Award was established in honour of the late Adrienne Pocock, a conscientious environmentalist devoted to grassroots care and concern for her world.
• The award will be given annually to graduate students in the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change to support resources and/or travel related to their fieldwork. The award of winter of 2006 was granted to a student whose area of focus encompassed the Canadian environment and the award continues to be intended for students whose work incorporates consideration of Canada, children, animals or aboriginal issues in relationship to the environment.

Applicable course, university and country

This scholarship is applicable for Masters Degree

This scholarship is applicable for the following courses in York University in Canada

• Master in Environmental Studies in Planning
  MA in Geography
• Master in Environmental Studies

• Graduate programs at the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change.

Scholarship amount details

Max scholarship per student: CAD 4,000 => Rs 2,40,400

Conversion rate used: 1 CAD = Rs. 62.93 (last updated 21st November 2025)

Scholarship amount will be given: One Time

Scholarship amount can be used for

Type of Expense	Indicates if scholarship can be used for this type of expense
Tuition & Fees	✔Scholarship amount can be used for this
Living Expense	×Not covered in scholarship
Accommodation	×Not covered in scholarship
Air Fare/Travel Expenses	×Not covered in scholarship
Spouse/Child Care	×Not covered in scholarship
Health Cover	×Not covered in scholarship
Application	×Not covered in scholarship
Others	×Not covered in scholarship

Student Awards

Number of students to be awarded: 2

Scholarship Eligibility

No specific eligibility requirement mentioned on the Scholarship site, student profile will be evaluated on a case by case basis.

Special Restrictions

• No Special Restriction applicable

Eligibility

• The award is open to current graduate students at the Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change.

Criteria

• Must be in good academic standing.
• This award is intended for students whose work incorporates consideration of Canada, children, animals or aboriginal issues in relationship to the environment. Applicants will be judged based on the quality of their fieldwork proposal, including objective(s), deliverables, scope, and potential contribution towards environmental research and/or issues more broadly.

Application Process for this scholarship

Application Documents

Type of documents	Indicates if this type of document is required to be submitted
LOR	Required

How to Apply

• Step 1: Complete the Office of Student and Financial Services' Student Financial Profile (SFP) When you visit the SFP website, please select APPLY NOW to complete your submission.
• Step Two: Prepare a 1-2-page description of proposed fieldwork activity by including a detailed budget, timeline and explanation of how the funds will be used.
• Step Three: Contact your supervisor to request a reference for this award. They must submit this Reference Assessment Form to complete your application. Be sure to inform of them of the name of award you are requesting a reference for and its deadline. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.
• Step Four: Complete the application form by April 19

Scholarship Application

This scholarship needs a separate external application.

Important Dates

	Date	Additional Details
Application final end date	April 19, 2025	Not Available

Please note that these dates could be in local country times and may not be IST (Indian standard time).