Award type:
Financial need awards/bursaries
Affiliation:
Ontario first generation, Part-time learner
Award description:
Several bursaries, of varying value, are awarded to full- or part-time undergraduate students with financial need who are the first in their family to attend post-secondary education (i.e., parent(s) have never participated in post-secondary studies anywhere in the world on either a full- or part-time basis). Candidates must be Ontario residents and be enrolled in a first-entry undergraduate program; second entry programs (e.g., Pharmacy or Optometry) and graduate programs are not eligible. Note: you are not required to apply for OSAP to be considered for this bursary. Interested students must complete the University of Waterloo Bursary application.
Value description:
varies
Eligibility & selection criteria:
- financial need
- first in your family to attend post-secondary education (i.e., parent(s) have never participated in post-secondary studies anywhere in the world on either a full- or part-time basis)
- must be an Ontario resident
- must be enrolled in a first-entry undergraduate program; second entry programs (e.g., Pharmacy or Optometry) and graduate programs are not eligible
- you are not required to apply for OSAP to be considered for this bursary
Level:
Year One, Year Two, Year Three, Year Four
Program:
Arts→Accounting and Financial Mgmt, Anthropology, Classical Studies, Communication Arts, Economics, English Language and Literature, Fine Arts, French Studies, Gender and Social Justice, Germanic and Slavic Studies, Global Business and Digital Arts, History, International Trade (minor), Liberal Studies, Medieval Studies, Music, Peace and Conflict Studies, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Sexuality, Marriage and Family Studies, Social Development Studies, Sociology and Legal Studies, Spanish and Latin American Studies; Sustainability and Financial Management; Engineering→Architecture, Architectural Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Geological Engineering, Management Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics Engineering, Nanotechnology Engineering, Systems Design Engineering; Software Engineering; Environment→Environment and Business, Environment, Resources and Sustainability, Geography and Environmental Mgmt, Geography and Aviation, Geomatics, International Development, Knowledge Integration, Planning; Health→Kinesiology, Public Health and Health Sciences, Recreation and Leisure Studies; Computing and Financial Mgmt; Mathematics→Actuarial Science, Applied Mathematics, Bioinformatics, Business and CS (Double Degree), Business and Math (Double Degree), Combinatorics and Optimization, Computational Mathematics, Computer Science, Data Science, Information Technology Mgmt, Math/Fin.Analysis and Risk Mgmt, Mathematical Economics, Mathematical Finance, Mathematical Optimization, Mathematical Physics, Mathematics, Mathematics/CPA, Mathematics/Business Admin, Mathematics/Teaching, Pure Mathematics, Scientific Computation/Applied Mathematics, Statistics; Science→Biochemistry, Biology, Biomedical Sciences, Biotechnology/CPA, Biotechnology/Economics, Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Materials and Nanosciences, Mathematical Physics, Medicinal Chemistry, Physics and Astronomy, Psychology, Science, Science and Business, Science and Aviation
Citizenship:
Canadian citizen/permanent resident
Selection process:
Application required
Term:
Winter, Spring, Fall
Application details:
- Complete the bursary application in Quest.
- Log into your Quest account.
- Select the Financial Aid tile and open the bursary application link.
- You only need to submit one bursary application for the term to be considered for any available bursary funds.
- If you've already submitted the bursary form this term, that's great - you don't have to reapply. We will consider all eligible applicants for this and other available bursary funds.
Application deadline:
Varies
Additional instructions:
Apply by the applicable bursary deadline for the current term - refer to the bursary website
Contact:
- Student Awards & Financial Aid
- safainfo@uwaterloo.ca
- The Centre, Needles Hall
