La Esperanza Undergraduate Bursary

Award type: 
Financial need awards/bursaries
Award description: 

A bursary, valued at $2,000, will be provided annually to a full-time undergraduate student enrolled in second-, third-, or fourth-year in the Faculty of Arts (excluding students in School of Accounting and Finance) who has a demonstrated financial need. Candidates must have a minimum 70% cumulative average. Interested students should submit a Full-time Bursary application by the fall term deadline. This bursary is made possible by generous donors who wish to remain anonymous. The donors named the Award “La Esperanza” which is Spanish for hope.

Value: 
$2,000
Eligibility & selection criteria: 
  • minimum 70% cumulative average
  • demonstrated financial need
Level: 
Year Two, Year Three, Year Four
Program:
Arts→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
Citizenship: 
Canadian citizen/permanent resident
Selection process: 
Application required
Term: 
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.
Contact:
  • Student Awards & Financial Aid
    • safainfo@uwaterloo.ca
    • The Centre, Needles Hall