Scholarships/ Bursaries
Thousands of dollars go unclaimed every year in financial aid due to students not knowing about it. We have compiled all the external environmental scholarships/bursaries available in Ontario.
Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority
https://www.abca.ca/foundation/awards/
Each year a $1,000 Student Environment Award is offered for a graduating secondary school student or a student enrolled in university or college in a conservation/environmental related course of study (e.g., biology, ecology, geography, forestry, fish and wildlife, agriculture, outdoor education).
Birds Canada
https://www.birdscanada.org/about-us/funding-opportunities/baillie-fund/
Each year The James L. Baillie Student Research Award is awarded to a graduate student conducting field studies on Canadian birds in their natural environment. The $2000 award is administered by The Society of Canadian Ornithologists (SCO), and the application deadline is the 15th of February.
Brant Rod & Gun Club
Each year two $1000 bursaries are available for eligible post-secondary students in an environmental or conservation program.
Catfish Creek Conservation Authority
https://www.catfishcreek.ca/our-supporters/awards-and-scholarships/
Each year a $500.00 scholarship is offered for graduating students who attend East Elgin Secondary School and are continuing their education in a conservation or environmental field.
Grand River Conservation Authority
Scholarships: https://www.grandriver.ca/en/who-we-are/Scholarships.aspx
- SC Johnson Environmental Scholarship
- McEwan Clean Water Prize
- Allan Holmes Scholarship
Grants: https://www.grandriver.ca/en/who-we-are/Community-Conservation-Grants.aspx
Grey Sauble Conservation Authority
https://www.greysauble.on.ca/foundation/malcolm-kirk-environmental-scholarship/
Each year a $1,000 scholarship is offered to encourage students to pursue a post-secondary education in environmental programs. The scholarship is awarded to a deserving student graduating from a secondary school in the Grey Sauble watershed.
Kettle Creek Conservation Authority
https://www.kettlecreekconservation.on.ca/events-education/scholarship/
Each year a $500 scholarship is awarded to an Elgin County or Kettle Creek watershed resident who are entering or currently pursuing agriculturally-related studies with an emphasis on compatibility with the natural environment at a post-secondary institution.
Land Care Niagara
https://landcareniagara.com/envirothon-scholarship/
Each year a $500 scholarship is offered to a grade twelve student who resides in the Region of Niagara and is an active member of their school’s Niagara Envirothon team. The applicant must be continuing their post-secondary education in a college or university environmental program.
Long Point Region Conservation Authority
https://lprca.on.ca/education-programming/conservation-scholarship/
Each year a scholarship is awarded to a watershed student who is graduating from high school and pursuing a degree in an environmental or natural resources field at a post secondary level.
Lower Thames Valley Conservation Authority
Each year a $500 bursary is offered to a graduating secondary student who will be pursuing post-secondary education in the field of environmental/conservation studies. Preference will be given to the student who demonstrates community and/or school involvement in environmental and conservation issue.
Mattagami Region Conservation Authority
http://mattagamiregion.ca/environmental_scholarship/
Each year a $1,500 scholarship is offered to a student graduating from a local high school who has decided to further their education in one of the environmental, conservation or natural resources fields of study.
Nature Canada
https://naturecanada.ca/about/our-people/awards-scholarships/charles-labatiuk-scholarship/
Each year a $1,000 scholarship is awarded to a student who is enrolled in a post-secondary program studying the natural environmental systems with a focus on ecosystems, how they operate, and their symbiotic relationship with people.
Ontario Parks Association
https://www.ontarioparksassociation.memberlodge.com/Scholarships-and-Bursaries
Each year a total of up to five bursaries of $2,000 each and three scholarships in the amount of $1,000 each are awarded to qualified students who are pursuing studies in parks, forestry, horticulture, landscaping, conservation, or an environmental resource management field, and whose goals are aligned with those of the Foundation and the Ontario Parks Association.
St. Clair Region Conservation Authority
https://www.scrca.on.ca/foundation/scholarships/
- A.W. Campbell Memorial Scholarship - $1000
- Tony Stranak Conservation Scholarship - $500
- Mary Jo Arnold Conservation Scholarship - $500
TD Bank
Each year 2 recipients from Ontario are chosen to receive a scholarship which provides up to $70,000 over four years for tuition and living expenses. To be eligible, applicants need to have demonstrated community leadership, are in the final year of high school, and have a minimum overall grade average of 75% in their most recently completed school year.
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
https://foundation.trca.ca/scholarship-awards/
- B. Harper Bull Scholarship
Geoff Peach Scholarship Fund
https://www.lakehuron.ca/scholarship
Two grants per year of up to $1500 are available to university graduate students (Masters and PhD) with conservation and environmental research interests along the Lake Huron coast.
Desjardins Scholarships
Each year Desjardins provides thousands in scholarships to post-secondary students who are members of a Desjardins caisse in Quebec or of the Desjardins Ontario Credit Union.
Senior Women Academic Administrators of Canada Awards
http://www.swaac.ca/awards.html
Each year the SWAAC provides three awards:
The Graduate Student Award of Merit - $4,000 each
The SWAAC Student Leadership Award - $4,000 each
The SWAAC Recognition Award - $1,000 each
Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
https://www.cmos.ca/site/scholarships
Each year the CMOS provides four awards:
The CMOS Undergraduate Scholarships - $1,000 each
The CMOS Daniel G. Wright Undergraduate Scholarship - $1,000
The CMOS/The Weather Network/MétéoMédia Undergraduate Scholarship - $1,500
The CMOS - Weather Research House NSERC Scholarship Supplement - $5,000