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Alexander B. Leman Memorial Award

This Award was established by the Leman family, friends and colleagues of Alexander B. Leman, an architect and urban planner who founded his own architectural firm (1958) as well as Leman Group Inc., (1972) an urban development and planning consulting company. To be awarded to a graduate student enrolled in a Collaborative Program at the Centre for Environment and the Department of Geography's Program in Planning, based on academic merit and financial need.

Eligibility & Requirements

Eligibility to apply to this award is restricted to master’s and doctoral students enrolled in a collaborative program at the Centre for Environment and the Department of Geography's Program in Planning only. The value of this award is $500.

1. Applicants must be formally enrolled in a Collaborative Program at the Centre for Environment and the Department of Geography's Program in Planning. To be formally enrolled with the Centre for Environement students must have submitted to the Centre the Collaborative Program Confirmation Form (signed by you, your home department and the Centre). If you are not sure about tyour enrollment status, please check your ROSI record and/or contact the Centre's Graduate Office.

2. For collaborative students in the Environmental Studies stream, students must have successfully completed ENV 1001H.

3. For collaborative students the Environment and Health stream, students must have successfully completed ENV 4001H or be currently registered in this course and display excellent participation.

4. Applicants must demonstrate financial need according to the OSOTF guidelines as follows: http://ofr.artsci.utoronto.ca/osotfform.pdf. Please note that this form must be included in your application.

6. Applicants must submit a cover letter which identifies the award applied for, a current resume/cv, a copy of the university transcript (ROSI print-out accepted). Your application must also include an abstract of your research (5 double-spaced pages maximum). Applicants are not required to produce a paper solely for this award. Students can use a paper that has been previously submitted for a course.

Deadline for application is February 23, 2012. There are no exceptions to this deadline.

Electronic or hand delivered applications should be submitted directly to the Graduate Student Advisor, Pavel Pripa.

Pavel Pripa
Graduate Student Advisor
Centre for Environment
Earth Sciences Centre
Room 1021- 33 Willcocks. St.
Toronto, ON M5S 3E8
centre.environment@utoronto.ca
Tel: 416-978-3475

Application Deadline: Thursday, February 23, 2012 12:00:00 AM