The “Tiny Bursary” is intended to recognise and express gratitude towards individuals and/or teams working in the fields Disaster and Emergency Management (D&EM) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR). This fund was designed with the idea that sometimes a small amount of money can go a long way. Ideas such as a new office fan, pizza party, volunteer shirts, stationary, a coffee machine, birthday cakes – anything that may express gratitude, improve the lives or working environment, fill a need, or bring joy to people working in the field! The bursary may be presented to a team, or an individual.
Tiny Bursary will allow members to apply for up to $500.00 CAD. For the inaugural 2025 Tiny Bursary, the award recipient(s) will be announced by the end June 2025.
Eligibility: All CRHNet members (individual and organisational) are eligible to apply for the Tiny Bursary. Unfortunately, non-members are not eligible to act as nominators at this time. The recipient of this award is not required to be a CRHNet member, however it must be a CRHNet member that nominates the recipient. Self-nominations are accepted.
Past recipients are eligible to re-apply for the Tiny Bursary, but will not be awarded consecutively.
Selection: All nomination packages will be adjudicated by the CRHNet Awards Committee.
Award Notification: While we thank all applicants for their interest in this award, only successful candidates will be notified of the award decision.
Nomination Instructions: CRHNet Members can nominate a volunteer, group of volunteers, volunteer initiative or program by submitting the nomination form on this page. The form requires a short description of why the nominee is deserving of the award (<300 words), project/expenditure description, requested amount (<$500), and expected start/end date for the project/expenditure.
If you require an alternative format to submit your expression of interest, please contact Awards@CRHNet.ca.
All nominations must be received by June 15, 2025.
Number of Awards: For each award, multiple recipients may be selected up to the total of $500.00 CAD. For example, the award may be split between two recipients at $250.00 CAD each.
