Awarded annually on the recommendation of the School for Studies in Art and Culture to outstanding full-time, full-year students continuing in an undergraduate Music program. Preference will be given to students who identify as women. Recipients must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents of Canada. Established in 1998 by the Canadian Federation of University Women-Ottawa in memory of Helen Nininger, who was President of CFUW in 1987-88 as well as Chair of the Scholarship Trust Fund and who was an active supporter of the arts community in Ottawa. Revised 2010, 2017, 2025.