Awarded to the top applicants to the program with outstanding academic and professional accomplishments. Amounted to the price of tuition for the full academic year.

Presented to a recently graduated Trent University alumnus for their dedication to protecting water resources, enhancing watershed health, and demonstrated passion for conservation and the environment.

Awarded for academic and research excellence within the double-credit Honours Thesis course offered by Trent University's School of the Environment.

The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada’s (NSERC) Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) is the most prestigious undergraduate research award in Canada, and provides the recipient with financial funding to conduct research in a host lab in the summer prior to joining a graduate program.

Awarded to a full-time undergraduate student who is entering their fourth year of the Watershed Science degree program with the highest overall academic average. Along with academic excellence, this award is given to a student with demonstrated community service, personal integrity, humility, and an unselfish willingness to help others. 

Presented by the School of Environmental & Natural Resource Sciences to a third-year graduating student, nominated by their peers and professors.