Value $1500. Awarded annually by the Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs on the recommendation of the Dean of Engineering and Design to a graduate student continuing in any Engineering program at Carleton University. If no suitable candidate is found in engineering, a graduate student enrolled in a STEM program should be considered. Must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident of Canada. Preference will be given to a female student. Established in 1995 by the Canadian Federation of University Women/Ottawa, in honour of Alice E. Wilson, F.R.S.C., a paleontologist with the Geological Survey of Canada, and a charter member of the Canadian Federation of University Women/Ottawa when it was founded in 1910. Revised 2013, 2017.