Suncor Emerging Leaders Awards in Science

Four or more scholarships, valued at up to $10,000 each, are awarded annually to outstanding undergraduate students in Engineering and Science programs: three to students entering first year in Chemical, Civil, Environmental, or Mechanical Engineering and one to a student entering first year of the Science and Business program or second year of an Earth Sciences program. The scholarships are payable over four years for all programs, except Earth Sciences, where they are payable over the last three years of the program. Preference will be given to students who have exhibited leadership potential and have a broad range of interest and involvement in, but not limited to; student council activity, participation in athletics, community invovlement and volunteerism. These scholarships are funded by a generous donation from Suncor in recognition of the outstanding programs at the University of Waterloo and to meet the needs of the Canadian oil and gas industry through trained human resources capable of playing a leadership role in the sector.