Embark FIRST Alumni Entrance Scholarship

Award type: 
Entrance scholarships
Award description: 

One scholarship, valued at $10,224.75, will be awarded to full-time undergraduate students enrolled in Year One of any program in the Faculty of Engineering (excluding the School of Architecture). Selection will be based on academic excellence (minimum 90% admission average) combined with extracurricular and leadership involvement as assessed through the Admission Information Form (AIF), online video interview and active participation on a FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics team in the final year of high school. Students should emphasize their FIRST participation in the AIF. More information on FIRST is available at www.firstinspires.org. Through the Little Robots fund, Embark is proud to support science and technology education projects for aspiring young roboticists and scientists.

Value description: 

$10,224.75

Eligibility & selection criteria: 
  • academic performance
  • Admission Information Form (AIF)
  • online video interview
  • active participation on a FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics team in the final year of high school
Program:
Engineering→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
Citizenship: 
Canadian/Permanent resident, International student
Application required?: 
No
Contact:
  • Student Awards & Financial Aid
    • safainfo@uwaterloo.ca