Graduate awards

Awards available to students in ALL business graduate programs:

THE ATLANTIC CREDIT UNIONS GRADUATE AWARD IN BUSINESS
This award was established by a generous donation from the Atlantic Credit Unions (Community, Eagle River, Eastern Edge, Hamilton Sound, Leading Edge, Public Service, Reddy Kilowatt and Venture Credit Unions). Atlantic Central provides support to charitable and community programs in alignment with the values of our members throughout Atlantic Canada. Atlantic credit unions have been investing in programs and services across the Atlantic region since 2000, and are proud to support Memorial University of Newfoundland. Valued at a portion of the income on the endowment, the award will be granted annually to a full-time student enrolled in a graduate program in the Faculty of Business Administration with a preference to those showing a demonstrated interest in social entrepreneurship. Recipients must meet the minimum academic requirements for the award
as defined by Memorial University of Newfoundland. This award will be granted by the Dean, School of Graduate Studies on the recommendation of the Dean, Faculty of Business Administration.

THE P. J. GARDINER AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDY
This fund was established from contributions to the University’s Anniversary Fund to commemorate the late Peter Gardiner, a former Director of Memorial’s School of Business. Interest from the fund will provide one or two annual awards of $3,974 each to support Business students (graduate and/or undergraduate) to study at Memorial’s Harlow Campus or at another University outside Canada. In the case of graduate students, the awards will be made by the Dean of Graduate Studies upon recommendation of the Faculty Committee on Graduate Studies.

THE JOE O’NEILL MEMORIAL AWARD
This award was established by a generous donation from Yvonne O’Neill in memory of her husband, Joe O’Neill. Joe spent the majority of his distinguished career in the public sector and his passion was in the field of labour relations. He was considered an expert in this field and was often asked to present to students in the Faculty of Business Administration on this topic. Valued at a portion of the income on the endowment, it will be awarded annually to a full-time student enrolled in a graduate program in the Faculty of Business Administration with a preference to those demonstrating an interest in Labour Relations. The recipient must meet the minimum academic requirements for an award as defined by Memorial University of Newfoundland. This award will be granted by the Dean, School of Graduate Studies on the recommendation of the Dean, Faculty of Business Administration