Scholarships CALM 20

What are they? Where can they come from? How do we find out about them?

What are they? Scholarships: A scholarship is given to a student because of a reason: the student has qualified for or won it by academic or athletic ability, or by agreeing to follow a particular career, or has some special ethnic or other characteristic. Scholarships are not given for financial need alone.

Grant: Grants are non-repayable funds or products disbursed by one party (grant makers), often a government department, corporation, foundation or trust, to a recipient, often (but not always) a nonprofit entity, educational institution, business or an individual

Where can they come from? ANYWHERE! Research!!

Alexandar Rutherford Alexander Rutherford had the distinction of being Alberta’s first Premier. Up to $2,500 Eligibility: To receive this scholarship, you must meet all of these eligibility criteria: be a Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident be an Alberta resident; You or your parent(s) must have resided in Alberta during the qualifying grade(s).  be enrolled in, or have completed 60% of a full course load in a post- secondary program of at least one semester in length, or an apprenticeship program.

Requirements: http://studentaid. alberta Requirements: http://studentaid.alberta.ca/media/54471/alexander- rutherford-2015-course-requirements.pdf How to Apply: http://studentaid.alberta.ca/applying-for- funding/how-to-apply/

How do we find out about them? https://yconic.com/?redirect_from=studentawards http://www.scholarshipscanada.com http://alis.alberta.ca/hs/fo/pay/scholarships.html http://studentaid.alberta.ca/scholarships