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Scholarships: Grants, Bursaries & Scholarships

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Kootenay Scholarships Application Forms:

Kootenay Savings Community Champs Application

Kootenay Coop Youth Award Application

CUFBC Application 

CBT Youth Award Application

Assistance Program for Students with Disabilities - Depending on your need, grants of up to $10,000 (up to $12,000 if an attendant is required at school) are available for exceptional education-related services and adaptive equipment.  This is for Students with permanent disabilities.

Learning Disability Assessment Bursary - This bursary program is available to part-time or full time students attending British Columbia public post-secondary institutions taking post-secondary level courses. A bursary of up to $1,800 will be made available to eligible applicants with a learning disability.

Supplemental Bursary for Students with Disabilities - This program is for part-time or full-time students with permanent disabilities. It is designed to assist with exceptional educational costs.

The Nurses Education Bursary Program - This provincial program awards up to $1 million in bursary funding a year to nurses and nursing students.

Youth Educational Assistance Fund (YEAF) for former youth in care - The Youth Educational Assistance Fund (YEAF) provides grants for former B.C. youth in care between 19 and 23 years of age who are taking post-secondary level courses at a designated post-secondary institution.

Federal Grants & Bursaries

Canada Student Grant for Students from Low-income Families - $250 per month of study available to students from low-income families who:  

• qualify for a federal student loan

• meet the specific grant eligibility requirements

• are enrolled in a university undergraduate, college or trade school program, of a minimum of two years duration

Canada Student Grant for Students from Middle-income Families - $100 per month of study available to students from middle-income families who:

• qualify for a federal student loan

• meet the specific grant eligibility requirements

• are enrolled in a university undergraduate, college or trade school program, of a minimum of two years duration

Canada Student Grant for Students with Dependants - $200 per month of study per each child under 12 years of age. This grant is available to students with dependants who:

• qualify for a federal student loan

• meet the specific grant eligibility requirements

• have a child under 12 years of age (at the beginning of the school year)

• have a child 12 years of age or older with a permanent disability (a permanent physical or mental impairment

that results in the child requiring daily care)

Canada Student Grant for Part-Time Studies - Available to students who:

• apply and qualify for a Canada Student Loan

• are from a low-income family as defined by the Canada Student Loans Program

• are enrolled part-time in a program lasting at least 2 years (minimum 32 weeks) at a designated post-secondary

institution

Canada Student Grant for Part-time Students with Dependants - Available to students with dependants who:

• apply and qualify for a Canada Student Loan

• are enrolled part-time in a program (minimum 12 weeks) at a designated post-secondary institution

• have a dependant who will be less than 12 years old at the beginning of the study period

• have an assessed need that exceeds the Grant for Part-Time Studies (which provides a maximum of $1,200)

• borrowed at least $4,000 in Canada Student Loans.

Important: Exceptions can be made for low-income students with dependants 12 or older who have a disability.

Canada Student Grant for Persons with Permanent Disabilities - $2,000 per loan year available to students who:

• qualify for a federal student loan

• have a permanent disability as defined by the Canada Student Loan Program and submitted to StudentAid BC

acceptable documentation of their permanent disability

• To apply for this program you must complete the Permanent Disability Programs Application form .

Canada Student Grant for Services and Equipment for Persons with Permanent Disabilities - Up to $8,000 per loan year available to students who:

• qualify for a federal student loan

• have a permanent disability as defined by the Canada Student Loan Program

• have exceptional education related costs for services or equipment due to their permanent disability

• have submitted a completed Permanent Disability Programs Application form  with acceptable documentation of their permanent disability with their application for student funding

Scholarships

Chinese Government Scholarship - The Chinese Government Scholarship offers students from British Columbia the opportunity to study at a Chinese university on scholarships from the People’s Republic of China. This program is not administered by StudentAid BC. For more information visit the Ministry of Education's Chinese Goverment Scholarship website.

Irving K. Barber British Columbia Scholarship Programs - The Irving K. Barber British Columbia Scholarship Society, in partnership with the Victoria Foundation, provides scholarships to students attending public post-secondary institutions both throughout the province of B.C. and internationally

Pacific Leaders - Pacific Leaders scholarships and research fellowships are part of a new program to give the B.C. Public Service a competitive edge in recruiting and retaining top employees for the future. Fore more information, visit the program’s website at http://www.pacificleaders.gov.bc.ca.

·       See Scholarships for Children of Public Servants.  Student should be enrolled in full time studies in a BA program, trade, technical or vocational training program.

The Governor General's Academic Medal - The Governor General's Academic Medal was first awarded in 1873 by the Earl of Dufferin and has since become one of the most prestigious awards a student in a Canadian educational institution can receive. The Governor General of Canada continues this tradition of encouraging scholarship across the nation and recognizing outstanding students. For further information, visit the Governor General of Canada's website at http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=187.
Awards included:

·       Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award

·       Governor General’s Academic Medal

·       Governor General’s Northern Medal

·       Governor General’s Award in Celebration of the Nation’s Table

·       Various Awards in Arts, Science and humanities

The Lieutenant-Governor's Silver Medal - These medals are awarded to students in vocational or career programs less than two years long who have excelled in their studies and who have contributed to the life of their post-secondary institution or their community.

Programs for Learners with disabilities

http://www.aved.gov.bc.ca/studentaidbc/welcome.htm

Programs for Learners with dependants

http://www.aved.gov.bc.ca/studentaidbc/specialprograms/dependants.htm