Scholarships

Scholarships

Free money for school? Yes please.

Notes:

  • scholarship info changes often,so check the site for more accurate info.
  • create a spreadsheet, watch the deadlines
  • many Scholarships ask for essays - if you are tempted to use ChatGPT, generate a few times, pick out the best parts, and change it up, take out flourishy words that you would normally would not use, make it unique “-ish”, and specific to you before submitting

Scholarship Databases

High Profile Scholarships

  • Schulich Leader
    • $120,000
    • Academic excellence, AND Leadership, charisma and creativity.
    • Each High School selects one student to be their Schulich Leader Nominee
  • Loran Scholar
    • $100,000
    • Leadership, service, and character
  • TD
    • $70,000
    • demonstrated consistent and outstanding dedication to helping improve the world by solving a social or community problem
  • Scotia
    • $30,000
    • contest entry
  • BMO
    • $10,000
    • contest entry
  • TC Energy
    • $5,000
    • demonstrate a strong commitment to their community through volunteerism, leadership or other community involvement
  • Telus
    • $5,000
    • Social Impact
  • Cenovus
    • $20,000
    • commitment to their community through leadership
  • Amazon
    • $30,000
  • Rogers
    • $100,000, $26,800, $1,000
  • Alberta Credit Unions
    • $5,000
    • Volunteering
  • CIBC
    • $35,000
    • contest, must be a CIBC member
  • Terry Fox
    • $28,000
    • Involved in voluntary humanitarian activities
  • Sun Life
    • $2,000
    • demonstrate leadership in their communities
  • Sobeys
    • $2,000
    • contest entry
  • Google
    • $5,000
    • Exemplify leadership and demonstrate passion for improving representation of underrepresented groups in computer science and technology
  • Ingenium
    • $25,000
    • STEAM Horizon Awards recipients will have inspiring achievements in the fields of science, technology, engineering, arts, and math.
  • Barron Prize
    • $10,000
    • Create and lead a project
  • Energy Creates
    • 5 x $100,000
    • original artistic work on the theme of the Canadian energy sector
    • note: read terms, they have the non-exclusive right to reproduce and publish an excerpt from the work submitted

A Few Other Scholarship examples