Investing in Future Scientists
WGRF has invested over $2 million dollars towards Graduate Student Scholarships since 2011. We believe there is great value in attracting the best minds to crop research to generate improved technology and productivity for western crop producers. WGRF invests $330,000 annually in Graduate Scholarships.
The Scholarships are administered by the University of Manitoba, the University of Alberta, and the University of Saskatchewan. Each of these three University receives $100,000 annually from WGRF. The scholarships are available to students pursuing their Masters or PhD in any of WGRF’s priority research areas.
In 2022, WGRF expanded it’s Graduate Scholarship program to include the University of Lethbridge and the University of British Columbia. Each university receives $15,000 annually from WGRF. The scholarships are available to students pursuing their Masters or PhD in any of WGRF’s priority research areas.
Past and Current Scholarship Recipients:
2023 University of British Columbia: Morgan Hamilton, John Hubensky
2023 University of Saskatchewan: Brooke Coller, Claire Owen
2022-2023 University of Lethbridge: Sijan Pandit
2022-2023 University of Alberta: Erin Daly, Kiah Leicht, Ilakkiya Thirugnanasambandam
2022-2023 University of Manitoba: Ginelle Grenier, Hamideh Faridi, Michael Killewald
2022 University of British Columbia: Jonathan Beutler
2021-2022 University of Saskatchewan: Kaylie Krys, Warren Seib, Loveleen Kaur, Prince Opoku
2020-2021 University of Saskatchewan: Michelle Ross, Hansanee Fernando, Loveleen Dhillon, Khaldoun Ali, Brianna Zoerb, Berenice Romero
2020-2021 University of Alberta: Heather Tso, Jennifer Syme, Momna Farzand, Erin J. Daly, Udaya Subedi
2020-2021 University of Manitoba: Ginny Grenier, Heather Flood
2019 – Joanne Thiessen Martens ( U of M) Ph.D. student, Soil Science.
2018 – Prem Pokharel (U of A) PhD Student – Focused on nutrient cycling, soil microbiology, crop productivity and greenhouse gas emission reduction from the soil.
2017 – Ti Zhang (U of S) PhD Student – Application of small unmanned aerial vehicles in plants.
2016 – Laurel Perrott (U of A) MSc – Focused on feed barley agronomy, testing different input combinations to see their effect on feed barley varieties.
2016 – Anjan Neupane (U of M) PhD Student – Focused on the inheritance of Fusarium head blight resistance in winter wheat.
2014 – Andrea De Roo (U of S) MSc – The Emergence Timing and Species Type of Cleaver Populations in Canada.
2014 – Dustin MacLean (U of S) MSc Candidate – Evaluating the Most Effective Fungicide Timing in Leaf Spot Disease and Fungicide Resistance in Races of Pyrenophora tritici-repentis (a fungal pathogen commonly associated with leaf spot diseases).
2013 – Jagroop Gill Kahlon (U of A) PhD Student – Genetic engineering for disease resistance in pea (Pisum sativum L.); transformation, efficacy and environmental biosafety focuses on genetically modified (GM) traits that may confer resistance to these two disease complexes.
2012 – Sean Asselin (U of M) PhD Student – Focused on the breeding potential of perennial sunflower species native to Western Canada.
How to apply
If you’re a student interested in applying for this scholarship, please visit the individual university websites for application details: