Bill McLennan Northwest Coast Travel Award
The Bill McLennan Northwest Coast Travel Award, funded by the Doggone Foundation, honors the legacy of Bill McLennan (1948–2020), curator emeritus of UBC’s Museum of Anthropology (MOA).
Application deadline: 5 p.m. EST - February 10, 2025
Adjudication results: March 10, 2025
Award details
- Amount: $10,000
- Internships will take place over 4 to 8 weeks between June and August.
- Granted annually, non-renewable
This $10,000 award is granted annually to a full-time graduate student in the Faculty of Fine Arts whose research or artistic practice intersects with Northwest Coast Indigenous art or cultures. It provides an opportunity to intern or conduct research at MOA, advancing their academic or artistic goals.
Internships will run for 4 to 8 weeks (June–August 2025) and support travel, accommodation, and subsistence costs.
Call for Applications: Summer 2025
Eligibility criteria
- Applicants must be full-time graduate students in the Faculty of Fine Arts, including students in the MA/PhD Individualized Program (INDI) or Interdisciplinary Humanities PhD Program (HUMA) with a primary supervisor in the Faculty of Fine Arts.
- The Award is open to Canadian citizens, permanent residents, and international students.
- All applications must be accompanied by a letter of nomination from a Faculty of Fine Arts faculty member.
Review process
Applications will be assessed based on:
- Academic and/or artistic merit.
- Relevance of the letter of intent to the applicant’s program of study on academic and/or artistic merit and relevance of the letter of intent to the student’s program of study
Applications will be assessed by a committee made up of one of Concordia Indigenous faculty members, the curators of Pacific Northwest Indigenous art, and the Director of the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at the University of British Columbia (UBC).
Award notification
- Recipients will be notified by Monday, March 10, 2025.
