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D.F. Plett History Graduate Fellowship

The D.F. Plett Graduate Fellowship was created in 2006 to commemorate the contribution of Delbert F. Plett, Q.C. to the story of the Low German Mennonites in Canada and the Americas. This fellowship is intended to encourage graduate students who are pursuing studies and research in the history of the forerunners and descendants of the 1870s Mennonite migrants to Manitoba.

Information and Application Procedures:

Value of the Award
A maximum of two fellowships are held at any given time. PhD. Fellowships are $15,000 while Masters Fellowships are $10,000. Fellowships may be renewed once. This results in a maximum award for a PhD. Fellowship of $30,000 and $20,000 for a Masters Fellowship.

Eligibility
All eligible candidates must have been admitted or are applying to complete a Master of Arts degree in history in the Joint Masters Program of the University of Winnipeg and the University of Manitoba, or a Ph.D. in history at the University of Manitoba.

Conditions of the Award
The award will be held in the year for which it was granted. It may not be held concurrently with any other larger awards The thesis or dissertation must be supervised by the Chair in Mennonite Studies at the University of Winnipeg.
Satisfactory progress must be demonstrated to be eligible for renewal.

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