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High school applicants

If you're applying for admission as a high school applicant, you'll have access to the award applications within 24 hours after your admission application is submitted:  

• High School Prestige Awards  
  • Minimum 90% admission average on transcripts received by deadline  
• High School Entrance Awards 
• President's Admission Scholarship  
  • Have a final admission average of 95.00% or higher as calculated by the Undergraduate Admissions Office  
  • No application is required—you'll automatically receive the award if you meet the admission average  

Transfer applicants

• If you have earned 12 or more post-secondary units, you are considered a transfer student. You may be eligible for awards once you begin your studies at U��֦��Ƶ.  
• ����� Undergraduate bachelor’s degree students section below for details.   

Undergraduate Continuing Awards 

• Enrolled full time in an undergraduate bachelor’s degree program at ��֦��Ƶ in the most recent Fall and Winter terms (Open Studies, Juris Doctor and Doctor of Medicine are not eligible).
• Continuing full-time studies (including students going into a co-op/internship) at U��֦��Ƶ in the upcoming academic year 
  • Students in a bachelor's degree program going into 1st year in Juris Doctor or Doctor of Medicine are eligible.
• At the time of selection (begins in late-June):   
  • Completed a minimum of 9.00 academic units in each of the most recent Fall and Winter terms.
    • COOP/INTE aren't considered academic units for this purpose.  
    • If you have completed one term of academic courses plus one term of COOP/INTE for each of the past two academic years, and the two academic terms combined meet the unit and GPA requirements, you are eligible. Spring and Summer terms are not considered. 
  • Earned a minimum GPA of 2.00 over all courses taken across both terms.
  • Have no pending grades (GP), e.g. from deferred exams or term work.

Undergraduate bursaries  

• Enrolled full time in an undergraduate bachelor’s degree program or Open Studies at U��֦��Ƶ,
• Demonstrate financial need—must be able to provide documentation on costs and resources if requested.  

Jason Lang/Louise McKinney Scholarship  

• Be a Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident of Canada or Protected Person; and an .
• Earned a minimum GPA of 3.50 over at least 24.00 units in the previous Fall and Winter terms combined at an eligible publicly funded Alberta post-secondary institution.
• Enrolled full-time in the academic year in an undergraduate bachelor’s degree, JD or first-year of MD program at U��֦��Ƶ at the time of selection (October or January).

Indigenous Careers Awards  

• Be a Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident of Canada or Protected Person; and an .
• Be a Canadian Indigenous student.
• Earned a minimum GPA of 2.00, with a full-time load, in the previous Fall and Winter terms combined at an eligible publicly funded Alberta post-secondary institution .
• Enrolled full-time in the Fall and/or Winter terms in an undergraduate bachelor’s degree, JD, or first year of MD program at U��֦��Ƶ at the time of selection (October or January) .

Alberta Student Aid Awards (Gary McPherson/ Laurence Decore) 

For the Dr. Gary McPherson Leadership Scholarship: 

• Be a Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident of Canada, or Protected Person; and an  
• Earned a minimum GPA of 3.20 over at least 24.00 units in the previous Fall and Winter terms combined at an eligible publicly funded Alberta post-secondary institution  
• Enrolled full-time in an undergraduate bachelor’s degree, JD, or first year of MD program at ��֦��Ƶ 

For the Laurence Decore Awards for Student Leadership: 

• Be a Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident of Canada or Protected Person; and an .
• Earned a minimum GPA of 3.00 over at least 24.00 units in the previous Fall and Winter terms combined at an eligible publicly funded Alberta post-secondary institution.
• Enrolled full-time in an undergraduate bachelor’s degree at U��֦��Ƶ.

Nominated awards  

• Nominated awards are based primarily on academic merit and most often are designated to a specific faculty or program.  
• Some nominated awards require an application, some don't—refer to the faculty or program offering the award. If an application is required, it is submitted to the managing department directly; use the Award Database to see available awards.  

Undergraduate bursaries  

• Enrolled in an undergraduate degree program or Open Studies.
• Demonstrate financial need—must be able to provide documentation on costs and resources, if requested.

Faculty of Law Awards  

• Entering or continuing student in the JD Program in the Faculty of Law.
• Be enrolled full time in the upcoming academic year.

Jason Lang/Louise McKinney Scholarship  

• Be a Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident of Canada or Protected Person; and an .
• Earned a minimum GPA of 3.50 over at least 24.00 units in the previous Fall and Winter terms combined at an eligible publicly funded Alberta post-secondary institution.  
• Enrolled full time in the academic year in an undergraduate bachelor’s degree, JD, or first-year of MD program at U��֦��Ƶ at the time of selection (October or January).

Indigenous Careers Awards  

• Be a Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident of Canada or Protected Person; and an .
• Be a Canadian Indigenous student.
• Earned a minimum GPA of 2.00, with a full-time load, in the previous Fall and Winter terms combined at an eligible publicly funded Alberta post-secondary institution.
• Enrolled full time in the Fall and/or Winter terms in an undergraduate bachelor’s degree, JD, or first-year of MD program at U��֦��Ƶ at the time of selection (October or January).

Alberta Student Aid Awards (Gary McPherson/ Laurence Decore) 

For the Dr. Gary McPherson Leadership Scholarship 

• Be a Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident of Canada or Protected Person; and an .
• Earned a minimum GPA of 3.20 over at least 24.00 units in the previous Fall and Winter terms combined at an eligible publicly funded Alberta post-secondary institution.
• Enrolled full time in an undergraduate bachelor’s degree, JD, or first-year of MD program at U��֦��Ƶ.

Cumming School of Medicine Awards 

• Be enrolled in full-time studies in the MD Program at the ��֦��Ƶ at the time of selection (August) 
• Second- and third-year students must have satisfied the previous year's academic requirements 

Cumming School of Medicine Elective Awards 

• Be enrolled in the MD program at the ��֦��Ƶ 
• Be participating in medical electives that are officially approved by the Undergraduate Medical Education office (UME). 
• Will be completing / have completed a minimum total of four weeks of electives in the academic year of the application 
• Elective awards are intended to assist with costs associated with your electives; changes to the location, discipline and/or dates may affect your eligibility. Please contact Student Financial Support if there are changes. 

Jason Lang/Louise McKinney Scholarship  

• Be a Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident of Canada or Protected Person; and an .
• Earned a minimum GPA of 3.50 over at least 24.00 units in the previous Fall and Winter terms combined at an eligible publicly funded Alberta post-secondary institution.
• Enrolled full time in the academic year in an undergraduate bachelor’s degree, Juris Doctor, or first-year of MD program at U��֦��Ƶ at the time of selection (October or January).
• If you meet the criteria as a first year MD Program student, contact Student Financial Support for access to the application.  

Indigenous Careers Awards  

• Be a Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident of Canada or Protected Person; and an .
• Be a Canadian Indigenous student.
• Earned a minimum GPA of 2.00, with a full-time load, in the previous Fall and Winter terms combined at an eligible publicly funded Alberta post-secondary institution.
• Enrolled full time in the Fall and/or Winter terms in an undergraduate bachelor’s degree, JD, or first-year of MD program at U��֦��Ƶ at the time of selection (October or January).
• If you meet the criteria as a first-year MD Program student, contact Student Financial Support for access to the application. 

Alberta Student Aid Awards 

• Be a Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident of Canada or Protected Person; and an .
• Earned a minimum GPA of 3.20 over at least 24.00 units in the previous Fall and Winter terms combined at an eligible publicly funded Alberta post-secondary institution.
• Enrolled full time in an undergraduate bachelor’s degree, JD, or first-year of MD program at U��֦��Ƶ.
• If you meet the criteria as a first-year MD Program student, contact Student Financial Support for access to the application.

Entering and continuing students are considered for nominated awards by the faculty. Some awards may require an application. Contact the faculty for more information.

Continuing students are eligible for all awards listed on this webpage in the Current U��֦��Ƶ bachelor’s degree students section.

U��֦��Ƶ Graduate Student Support Bursary 

• Be a current student in a graduate program at U��֦��Ƶ.
• Demonstrate financial need.
• Access the application through the Awards Calendar.

Dr. Gary McPherson Leadership Scholarship

• Be a Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident of Canada or Protected Person; and an .
• Be in satisfactory academic standing as determined by the post-secondary institution.
• Enrolled full time in a graduate degree program at U��֦��Ƶ.
• Access the application through the Awards Calendar.

For other awards and funding opportunities, please visit the website. 

International students are eligible for award applications that do not specify Canadian residency. Refer to other sections above to see which applications are available to you. 

In addition to U��֦��Ƶ awards, here are some external organizations that offer awards or loans to international students: 

Many applications outlined in the sections above include awards that are specific to Canadian Indigenous students. 

To be considered for those awards, you must complete the Canadian Indigenous Student Information section on the corresponding application, check off “yes, I will provide documentation,” and fulfil the documentation requirements by the documentation deadline. 

See Supporting Documents for the list of documentation U��֦��Ƶ recognizes for verifying Indigenous citizenship and membership.

Convocation medals

• Awarded to students graduating from undergraduate programs.
• Medals are based entirely on academic standing, and are awarded at the conclusion of the Winter term.
• Students who graduated at the previous Fall Convocation are considered for convocation medals on the same basis as students who graduate at Spring Convocation.
• Each faculty determines their definition of distinction and guidelines for selection of medal recipients, with consideration to the following criteria: grade point average, course load and the minimum number of U��֦��Ƶ courses taken.
• Recipients for the Governor General's Silver Medals and the Muriel Kovitz Prize are chosen by U��֦��Ƶ's Registrar's Office.

Gold medals

• There is one gold medal awarded by each faculty to the student graduating with the highest distinction in the faculty.

Silver medallions

• There is one silver medallion awarded by each department or equivalent unit to the student graduating with the highest distinction.