Dr. Wilfred Templeman Memorial Scholarship

The Provincial Government created this award in honour of Dr. Wilfred Templeman, a pioneer of fisheries research in Newfoundland and Labrador. This scholarship is available to full-time students pursuing a graduate program at Memorial University of Newfoundland where groundfish research is the main focus. Successful applicants will receive $2,500 per year for a maximum of two years to support research in a graduate degree program appropriately related to the stated goals of the scholarship. For more information contact MUN School of Graduate Studies: www.mun.ca/sgs/contacts

Fisheries Research Grant Program

The Sustainable Fisheries and Oceans Policy Division is responsible for the delivery of the department’s Fisheries Research Grant Program, which provides funding towards research initiatives that enhance our understanding of the province’s fish stocks.

In 2006, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador announced a research grant program for cod recovery initiatives known as the Cod Recovery Program. The Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture administered the program. In 2011, the program expanded to include research on other commercially harvested species and was renamed the Fisheries Research Grant Program. The objective of the program is to enhance understanding of key adjacent fish stocks as well as the Province’s role in contributing to sustainable fisheries management.

The program provides grants towards collaborative research initiatives on valuable species such as cod, snow crab, and Atlantic halibut. Proponents that include fishing industry groups, academia, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), and non-government organizations carry out these research initiatives. Since 2016, the budget for this program has remained at $100,000.