The scholarship was established by the Canadian Foundation for Geotechnique in 2007, on the occasion of the 60th Canadian Geotechnical Conference in Ottawa. The scholarship is valued at $5,000. The 2025 scholarship will be presented during the CGS Awards Banquet at the 78th Annual CGS conference, GeoManitoba 2025.
Any graduate student entering or registered in a Canadian university Master’s or PhD program that is directly related to an identified field of geotechnique, is eligible. Programs include geotechnical engineering, geological engineering, mining engineering, geoenvironmental engineering or geoscience, engineering geology, and hydrogeology. Nominees must have high academic standing and preference will be given to those who have some practical experience and are active, or have shown leadership, in the geotechnical community.
Nominations are limited to one per academic department and require a letter, accompanied by rationale, written and signed by the graduate supervisor. The rationale should include the following:
The application package should include the following:
For award ceremony purposes, the nomination package should also include a digital image (300 dpi) of the nominee in the jpeg format.
Nominations and questions should be sent by email to the Selection Committee Chair, Kshama Roy (Kshama.Roy@mun.ca). For nominations, the email subject line should include the words “Michael Bozozuk National Graduate Scholarship”.
Further details and the application form are available on the Student Awards and Competitions page of the CGS website.