(for a full-time graduate student in the Faculty of Graduate Studies in a master’s or Ph.D. program offered through the Department of Anthropology with good academic standing.)

Full-time graduate students in anthropology pursuing thesis research for their MA or PhD degrees; Their research proposal (maximum 1,500 words) which explains objectives relating to existing research and literature, theoretical/ conceptual framework guiding the research and if applicable the research hypotheses, study area (if applicable), time period of interest, material or data samples sizes, methods of analysis, the current status of the research and an approximate timetable to completion, citations and list of references, and an explanation of how the thesis will enhance an understanding of relationships between anthropology, knowledge, environment, and/or material culture of people who dwell or dwelt in the prairie and boreal regions of Manitoba and/or surrounding provinces and states.