Applying to universities may be challenging, but do you know what’s even more challenging? Swallowing down the tuition displayed. With scholarships, the bill can be reduced significantly. Some scholarships may require full length essays and reference letters, while others may only need a paragraph. Below are scholarships that are not affiliated with universities (as in, you do not need to apply to a specific university to be considered) so make sure you don’t miss out on applying for scholarships your school offers! The list is ordered from earliest to latest deadline. These scholarships are relatively general, meaning most of them are applicable to Sentinel’s student body. To find more specific scholarships, you can visit scholarshipscanada.com or Sentinel's counselling website.
Loans Canada Financial Literacy:
Requirement: Canadian citizen or permanent resident
Writing/supplementary needed: Show how financial literacy made a difference in your life.
Deadline: December 31
$750 twice a year
SOS Safety Magazine Teen Scholarship Compétition
Requirement: Legal resident of Canada or U.S.A
Writing/supplementary needed: Students must creatively prepare and upload an essay, action plan, or resource guide that outlines prevention of the social issues covered in the SOS Safety Magazine.
Deadline: December 31
$5000
Beedie Luminaries Scholarship
Requirement: Canadian citizen or permanent resident, minimum of 75% grade average, apply to one of 25 BC post-secondary institutions or trade schools
Writing/supplementary needed: Demonstrate your and/or your family’s financial adversity, and how it has affected you
Deadline: January 8
$44,000 per student / 4-year undergraduate degree
$22,000 per student / 2-year college diploma/certificate or trade-school foundation programs
The SHINE Music Bursary
Requirement: Encounter financial barriers which impede your study or practice of music, currently play a musical instrument and be able to demonstrate your musical talent and ability, demonstrate your interest in the study or practice of traditional or folk music.
Writing/supplementary needed: Why do you need this bursary, your musical background, how do you qualify, how you would use the money if the application is successful, any other relevant comments. An additional music sample is required. Reference letter required.
Deadline: January 15
$2000
FIRST Canada Canadian Women in STEM Scholarship
Requirement: Identify as a woman, participated on a FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) or FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) team in Canada (2023-2024), use the scholarship to pursue a major or degree program in engineering or science at a college or university, be a student who is a dedicated role model in STEM
Writing/supplementary needed: A typed brief essay (no more than 500 words) in which you talk about your participation in the FIRST Robotics Competition and the impact of the competition on your life and your desire to be a STEM role model. Reference letter from high school instructor required. Official high school transcript required.
Deadline: January 31
$10 000
TCF Refugee Award
Requirement: Entered Canada as a refugee, completed Grade 12
Studied English language [ELL] at the secondary level in grades 8 to 12, wishes to study in a vocational or academic program at a post-secondary institution, documented school or community volunteer service
Writing/supplementary needed: A description of the applicant’s life before and after coming to Canada, a personal essay two pages in length,double-spaced, and approximately 500 words. The topic is ‘How a post-secondary education will enable the applicant to contribute to Canadian society’. Please consider the following questions in your essay. How will having a post-secondary education make a difference in your life? How will post-secondary education help you contribute to Canadian society?
Requires 2 letters of reference: one from a teacher, one from administrator, counsellor, coach, sponsor, or coordinator regarding school or community volunteer service
Documented proof of Canadian citizenship or permanent residency required.
A mark transcript documenting completion of a minimum of one English language [ELL] course taken in grades 8 to 12 required.
Deadline: January 31
$3000
EnergyRates.ca Scholarship
Requirement: Applicants must be enrolled in an American or Canadian post-secondary educational institution, or planning to enroll in such an institution within the following calendar year.
Writing/supplementary needed: You can talk about anything you want—green energy, oil politics, the continued use of nuclear power, your personal ideas and innovations—so long as it’s about energy in the world of tomorrow. What do you think people will be reading about in the news in a few years?
Deadline: January 31
$500
AWM/MfA Student Essay Contest
Requirement: Be a middle school, high school, or undergraduate student.
Writing/supplementary needed: A biographical essay of approximately 500 – 1000 words in length, based primarily on an interview you conduct with a woman currently working in or retired from a mathematical career; A short (approximately 100 words) biographical sketch of the student contestant. This biographical sketch can be written in the first person, and it should include the student’s name, grade level, school, and mathematical interests;
Deadline: February 1
Value not available for public.
Information Security Undergraduate Scholarship
https://studentscholarships.org/scholarship/15298/information-security-undergraduate-scholarship
Requirement: Must be pursuing, or plan to pursue, a degree with a focus on cybersecurity, information assurance or similar field in the fall of 2024, GPA must be at least 3.3 on a 4.0 scale.
Writing/supplementary needed: Unofficial transcripts from your current (or most recent) educational institution. Resume required. Letter of recommendations required outlining the following: How long have you known the applicant and in what capacity? What skills or abilities does the applicant have that will support him/her in completing a degree? What other information about the applicant should be taken into consideration?
Deadline: February 29
$1000-5000
Women at Microsoft Scholarship
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/diversity/programs/women-at-microsoft-scholarship
Requirement: Be a graduating high school senior who identifies as a woman and/or as non-binary, wish to pursue a career in a STEAM field, plan to attend an accredited 2-4 year public or private college or university or technical college in the United States (or a US affiliate program) in the upcoming academic year, have a high school GPA of 3.0 or higher.
Writing/supplementary needed: No further information currently, information will be updated mid-January
Deadline: March 13
Up to $5000
Stossel in the Classroom Scholarship Contest
https://studentscholarships.org/scholarship/14744/stossel-in-the-classroom-scholarship-contest
Requirement: Writers in grades 5-12, located in North America, Hawaii, or a U.S. military address
Writing/supplementary needed: 500-1000 word essay on any one of these four topics:
The Housing Shortage: Causes, Solutions, and the Role of Government
Ticket Dynamics: Unveiling the Economics of Concert Tours
My Vision for 2024: Presidential Campaign Priorities
The Path Forward: Evaluating U.S. Energy Policy
Deadline: March 22
$2500
Global Lift Equipment Scholarship
https://studentscholarships.org/scholarship/10502/global-lift-equipment-scholarship
Requirements: Be currently attending or planning on attending a post-secondary institution in Canada or the US by no later than the Fall of 2024, have a GPA of 2.5 or greater, be a resident of the United States or Canada
Writing/supplementary needed: Submit a short story. Detailed instructions can be found on the application page.
Deadline: April 15
$500
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