Professional Development Bursary

CUPE Local 3905 Professional Development Bursaries

Each year, minimum 15 personal development bursaries, each valued at up to $500, are awarded to assist members of Local 3905 presenting and speaking at conferences and events outside of  Thunder Bay.

Application deadlines for the coming year are: August 1^st, November 1^st and March 1^st.

 

To apply, fill out the Professional Development Bursary application form below.

• Download the Professional Development Bursary form

Professional Development Bursaries are subject to the guidelines listed below. Completed applications MUST be submitted to the CUPE office in UC0021A during office hours and questions can be directed to cupe@lakeheadu.ca.

Application Guidelines

1. The Local will award five personal development bursaries each semester to students who have presented research at an academic conference outside of the Thunder Bay area. Successful applicants will be reimbursed for the costs incurred to present their research, as proven with receipts, up to a maximum of $500 dollars. If more than five eligible applications are submitted, a lottery will be held to determine successful applicants.

2. To qualify for a bursary, members must complete the application form, along with evidence that the research was presented prior to the application deadline, complete with receipts detailing the costs incurred.

3. Professional development bursaries will be awarded towards the end of each semester. Application deadlines are as follows: August 1^st, November 1^st and March 1^st.

4. Members can apply once for each conference that they have attended in the year prior to the membership meeting, as long as the member has not yet been awarded a personal development bursary for attendance at that conference.

5. Members who have submitted applications for more than one conference will only be awarded a maximum of one bursary per calendar year.

6. If all 15 bursaries are not awarded by the end of the academic semester, defined as the end of April, applicants failing to receive bursaries over the last year will be entered into a lottery to determine a recipient. Failing this, all remaining personal development bursaries will be awarded in the following academic year.