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Canadian Armed Forces members and their immediate families may apply if pursuing a credentialed post-secondary program at a public Alberta institution. Eligible members are those who actively served in designated operations (Regular or Reserves) or were permanently disabled through CAF training. Family applicants must be a spouse, common-law partner, or child of a member who served in designated operations, or who died or was permanently disabled while serving or through training.
Up to 200 awards of $5,000 are available. Application instructions and selection details are on the Student Aid Alberta site.
The award honours Alex Decoteau, an Olympic athlete and Canada's first Indigenous police officer, who died at Passchendaele in 1917 while serving in the Canadian Expeditionary Force.
The Alex Decoteau Award of Honour awards $5,000 (200 winners).
The next annual deadline is October 31, 2026. Finish early in case the sponsor requests additional materials.
Key requirements include: Canada; Alberta; Canadian Armed Forces. Check the full eligibility section above, or create a free Award Scholar profile to have every requirement checked against your profile automatically.
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Students in research-oriented doctoral programs may apply for the Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral (CGRS D). Canadian citizens, permanent residents, and protected persons are eligible; international applicants must already be registered in a doctoral program at an eligible Canadian institution by the deadline (up to 15% of awards). Applicants must have completed no more than 36 months of full-time equivalent doctoral study by December 31 of the application year. The award is $40,000 per year for up to 36 months. Apply through your Canadian institution or directly to CIHR, NSERC, or SSHRC; the agency direct deadline is October 17 (institutional deadlines are often earlier).
Indigenous undergraduate or graduate students enrolled full-time or part-time at the University of Ottawa who are Canadian citizens, demonstrate academic excellence, and provide documented proof of Indigenous identity under uOttawa's focused admissions, scholarships, and bursaries procedure for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people may apply. Two awards of $10,000 are available annually. Apply by emailing IndigenousAffairs@uOttawa.ca with proof of Indigenous identity by October 20. This non-endowed fund is supported by Cenovus Energy in partnership with Positive Energy, Indspire, and the First Nations Major Projects Coalition, and is administered by Indspire with the Positive Energy Chair in Energy Policy and Regulation.
Domestic undergraduate and part-time graduate students at Laurier with demonstrated financial need. Tuition assistance with amounts that vary by term based on qualified applicants and available funding. Separate Fall, Winter, and Spring applications through LORIS; part-time undergraduates (under 1.5 credits) and part-time graduate students apply for Fall and Winter. Funding is applied directly to the student account.
Graduate students enrolled in a French-language master's or PhD program who participate in a research project at the Franco-Ontarian Institute, demonstrate financial need, and meet Ontario residency as defined by OSAP may apply for the Blanche and Maurice Lavoie Scholarship. The award value varies. An application is required through the student awards office.
Laurentian University students in any year of an Engineering program who demonstrate financial need may apply. Preference goes to graduates of northern Ontario secondary schools. The bursary is valued at $1,000. An application is required. Established by Lopes Mechanical Limited to honour Felix and Maria Lopes's lifelong commitment to education and the Greater Sudbury community.
International University of Calgary students may apply. Twenty bursaries of $1,500 each are offered annually. Selection is based on financial need and academic merit.