Helmut Braun Memorial Award

"Helping to make post-secondary school accessible"

The Centre for Community Based Research established the Helmut Braun Memorial Award in 2001, in memory of Helmut Braun, a local social activist, a CCBR community researcher and an advocate for the rights of people with mental health and other life struggles. The fund contributes to the cost of post-secondary education for a student pursuing social studies in a variety of disciplines. Over the last 15 years, 20 students have received the Helmut Braun Memorial Award.

The Helmut Braun Memorial Award was initially funded by donations and later matched by the Kitchener-Waterloo Community Foundation. Since 2015, the Helmut Braun Award been largely funded by the Laurier Students' Public Interest Research Group (LSPIRG). The fund continues to be administered by the Centre for Community Based Research.

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Helmut Braun (1958-2001)

In September 2017, awards were given to three students in need of financial assistance. Each award was for $1000.

Application Process

All students who were interested in applying for the award wrote a two to three page letter expressing their desire for the award and rationalizing their fit with the following criteria.

Acceptance into a post-secondary program in any of the following areas:
- Social justice, peace and conflict resolution
- Community development
- Cross-cultural issues
- Community research and social change
  
  Please include name of university and program.
Primary residence of applicant is in Waterloo Region
Need for financial assistance
Vision for how their education will promote the wellness of communities, and better integrate people who do not have equal access to power and opportunity

A community ceremony to celebrate the Award recipients was held in September.

Application form can be found here.

Send your application to:

Helmut Braun Memorial Award Selection Committee
The Centre for Community Based Research

190 Westmount Road North, Waterloo ON, N2L 3G5

Telephone: (519) 885-1460 ext. 25292
Email: general@communitybasedresearch.ca

Click here to learn more about our other scholarship, called the Chinese Post-Secondary Education Scholarship.

Thank you to the Laurier Students' Public Interest Research Group (LSPIRG) for funding for the 2017 Helmut Braun Scholarship Award. LSPIRG's mission is to "empower its members to foster social justice by providing learning opportunities, access to resources, and avenues for action".

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