Upkar Arora Social Impact Leadership Scholarship

Award type: 
Scholarships/awards
Award description: 

A scholarship, valued at $2,500, is awarded annually to a full-time undergraduate student enrolled in Year Three or Four of any program in the School of Accounting and Finance or any program in the Faculty of Environment. Candidates must have a minimum overall average of 80%. Selection will be based on leadership contributions to social innovation, i.e., developing and deploying effective solutions to challenging and systemic social and/or environmental issues in support of social progress. Preference will be given to students involved in the United College GreenHouse, Conrad Business, Entrepreneurship and Technology Centre, or Velocity. Financial need may also be taken into consideration; to that end, candidates are invited to explain what it would mean to them to receive this award. Interested students should apply by October 1. This fund is made possible by a donation from alumnus Upkar Arora (MAcc ’85).

Value: 
$2,500
Eligibility & selection criteria: 
  • minimum 80% overall average
  • demonstrated civic or community leadership in areas designed to address inefficiencies or advance priorities of positive social or environmental impact affecting under-served, at risk or low-income communities
  • demonstration of social innovation 
  • preference to students involved in the United College GreenHouse, CBET, or Velocity 
  • financial need
Level: 
Year Three, Year Four
Program:
Arts→Accounting and Financial Mgmt; Environment→Climate and Environmental Change, Environment and Business, Environment, Resources and Sustainability, Geography and Environmental Mgmt, Geography and Aviation, Geomatics, International Development, Knowledge Integration, Planning; Computing and Financial Mgmt; Mathematics→Mathematics/CPA; Science→Biotechnology/CPA
Citizenship: 
Canadian citizen/permanent resident, International/study permit student
Selection process: 
Application required
Term: 
Fall
Application details:
  • Complete the applicable term Undergraduate Award Application
    • At this time we are only accepting applications for awards with a Winter deadline (January - April).
    • The application for awards with deadlines in a future term will be available by the start of that term – please check back later.
    • Complete a separate application for each award you wish to be considered for.
    • Access the form on our Undergraduate Studies Forms page.
Application deadline: 
October 1
Contact:
  • Student Awards & Financial Aid
    • safainfo@uwaterloo.ca
    • The Centre, Needles Hall