Awarded annually by the Dean of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs to outstanding graduate students entering or continuing in any graduate program at Carleton University who demonstrate scholarly promise and potential for intellectual leadership. The recipients must have a strong vision of what they want to achieve in life and must be developing or have developed a multi-disciplinary approach in order to achieve their goals. Recipients will be chosen by the awards committee of the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs from a list of candidates recommended by each department. Endowed in 1990 by family, friends and colleagues in memory of Dr. Thomas Betz. Revised 2023.