Awards and funding information is available through the Graduate Studies Office website.
Senior Manager, Graduate Studies Financial Aid Programs
Elaine Garner
Responsibilities: Tri-Council (NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR) competitions; external and internal scholarship competitions requiring UW adjudication; establishing new awards from endowed funds; Senate Graduate Scholarships; loans, medals, bursaries; Advisory Committee on Graduate Scholarships and Awards; GSEF Endowment Award Committee; Parental Leave Advisor; external agency liaison. Supervision: Graduate Studies Awards Programs Assistant.
Email: egarner@uwaterloo.ca
Phone: (519)888-4567, Ext. 32841
Graduate Studies Awards Programs Assistant
Diana Macfarlane
Responsibilities: Award competition and aid program support - track applications, eligibility review, data entry, transcripts, agency submissions, advertising, nomination letters, reports, account reconciliation; Scholarship Information Database maintenance; forms.
Email: dfmacfar@uwaterloo.ca
Phone: (519)888-4567, Ext. 37081
Manager, Graduate Studies Financial Aid Systems and Records
Karen Zehr
Responsibilities: Student award records/accounts for all programs with payments through UW including CIHR/NSERC/SSHRC, OGS, OGSST, President's Graduate Scholarships. Nominations for UW Scholarships; Ontario Graduate Scholarships in Science and Technology (OGSST) Program; UW International Graduate Student Awards; summary statistics and data analysis; functional software analyst for financial aid systems administration - procedures, development and training. Supervision: Graduate Studies Awards Records Assistant.
Email: kzehr@uwaterloo.ca
Phone: (519)888-4567, Ext. 36227
Graduate Studies Awards Records Assistant
Carrie Nickerson
Responsibilities: Financial Aid records - nominations, eligibility review, data entry, accounts, reports; UW Travel Awards.
Email: canicker@uwaterloo.ca
Phone: (519)888-4567, Ext. 37082
Manager, Graduate Studies Financial Aid Programs
Heidi Mussar
Ontario Graduate Scholarships (OGS) competition; NSERC Undergraduate Research Awards; UW-URI administration; Polanyi Prize competition; Sir John A. Macdonald Scholarships; Autism Award; administration of awards from endowments - entitlements, reporting, donor letters; trusts; loans; Scholarship Information Database; external agency liaison.
Email: hmussar@uwaterloo.ca
Phone: (519)888-4567, Ext. 36745