RRRA Awards and Bursaries
The RRRA Awards and Bursaries are given each year to students who have made outstanding contributions to their community.
Applications for Awards and Bursaries are accepted once they are advertised in the second semester. Recipients of any RRRA Award will hear of their successful candidacy by mid-March.
To help as many students as possible, the amounts for RRRA Awards and Bursaries have increased significantly. Each award/bursary listed below indicates the amount, as well as the number of recipients that are eligible for them.
The following is a description of each of the awards and bursaries:
The RRRA Community Involvement Leadership Award
This award is presented to a Residence student who has exhibited: exceptional leadership qualities on their floor throughout the academic year, active involvement in RRRA committees and events, and has displayed a commitment to the improvement of residence life for students. Furthermore, this award is presented to the residence student who, through volunteering time and energy, has been an active member of the greater Ottawa community throughout their residence career.
1 recipients. Each award is $450.00.
The RRRA Residence Life Competition
This award is a creative arts competition. Demonstrate to us what residence life means to you! Through poetry, stories, paintings or film, creatively express what your experience here at residence means to you. The award recipient’s work will further be displayed on the RRRA Website.
1 recipient. Each award is $ 450.00.
The Rrraven Award
This award is presented to a Residence student who has: been actively engaged in varsity sports and other athletics at Carleton University or to a student whose active involvement in the Carleton Community has further helped contribute to raising school spirit (e.g. involvement with RedZone).
1 recipient. Each award is $450.00.
The RRRA Social Justice Award
This award is presented to a Residence student who demonstrates a strong commitment to our Residence Community, University Community, and greater local and global communities. The applicant must demonstrate the active desire to enhance the world we live in by indicating past volunteer/work experiences the applicant has had with an organization or individually. Also, it is encouraged that the applicant also indicate (on the Letter of Merit) how the Award will continue to help their active pursuit for global social justice.
1 recipient. Each award is $450.00.
RRRA Bursary Fund
The new RRRA Bursary Fund allocates funding to Residence students based strictly on financial need. It is awarded to a residence student who is in need of financial aid in order to be able to experience and enjoy Residence life. Please indicate why this bursary is needed, and how it can help in the Letter of Merit.
4 recipients. Each award is $400.00
All members of the Association are eligible to apply for RRRA Foundation Awards and recipients are chosen by a Board of their peers. Applicants for RRRA Foundation Awards can either nominate themselves or be nominated by another member of the Association.
To apply you must submit the following:
- A resume detailing the applicant’s skills/experience relevant for the respective award.
- At least one but no more than three letters of recommendation (from fellow colleagues, professors, etc).
- A letter of merit written by the applicant of no more than one page single spaced explaining why they are the best applicant for the Award/Bursary.