Boyde Beck Memorial Bursary
When he passed away in 2017, Boyde Beck was one of the longest-serving employees of the PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation. Boyde wanted to inspire a love of history and heritage in his fellow Islanders, and this is why the Foundation has created the Boyde Beck Memorial Bursary in his name.
The Boyde Beck Memorial Bursary is awarded annually to a high school or post-secondary student who is (or was) an employee of the Foundation. The Bursary is valued at $500 and goes to a candidate who is studying, or planning to study, history, museum studies or a related field at a post secondary institution.
Applications for the 2022 Boyde Beck Memorial Bursary are now open!
The winning applicant will be chosen in the fall of 2022 and will receive the Bursary by December 2022. The winning applicant will also be invited to attend the PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation Heritage Awards Ceremony in February 2023.
Please be sure to fill out all address and contact information, otherwise your application will not be considered. The application deadline is September 2, 2022.
Applicants are asked to provide at least one reference and no more than three references. Contact information for all references must also be provided and references should be aware they could be contacted by the award adjudication committee. References can include teachers, professors, or supervisors for employment held outside the Foundation. Supervisors from Foundation employment cannot be used as references.
There are three ways for you to apply for the bursary:
- Submit a nomination form online
- Submit a printable PDF form via mail or in-person
- Submit a scan of the printable PDF via e-mail
Online nominations
You can complete the application form online here.
Nomination instructions are included with the forms. Please make sure you fill out all address and contact information or your nomination cannot be accepted.
Mail-in and in-person nominations
If you prefer to mail in your application form, or to deliver it in person, simply print out a PDF of our form:
Please make sure to fill out all information requested in the form, particularly address and contact information. Without proper contact information, the nomination cannot be accepted.
Once you have filled out the form, either mail it to or drop it off at the following address:
PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation
Beaconsfield Historic House
2 Kent Street
Charlottetown, PE
C1A 1M6
Please mark your envelope with "Attn: Boyde Beck Memorial Bursary Application". If you are dropping off your form, please check Beaconsfield Historic House's hours of business to ensure that a staff member will be available to accept it.
E-mail nominations
If you choose to fill out a printable PDF form, then scan it (along with all other relevant documents) and e-mail to us as an attachment, please send it to mhpei@gov.pe.ca
Please write "Attn: Body Beck Memorial Bursary Application" as the subject line of your e-mail.
Please fill out all address and contact information where requested on the form, or your nomination cannot be accepted.
If you have any questions about the application, please call the Foundation at 902-368-6600 or email us at mhpei@gov.pe.ca