Upper Year Scholarships

Academic Merit Scholarships

In-course Scholarships and Awards are given out during the academic year based on a student's previous academic performance and current registration.

Once a student has completed one year of studies at Western, they become eligible for In Course Awards.

Eligibility:

You must be a student on main campus
In-Course Scholarships are granted to students based on academic merit only — you must have a minimum 80% average
You must have completed your program prerequisite and taken five or more full courses in the previous year, and currently be registered in a full-time course load
Students who completed their previous academic year at an affiliate university college or institution other than Western are not eligible

Value:

The value is scholarship dependant

Application:

Applications are not required for these scholarships; if you are awarded an Academic Merit Scholarship, you will be notified by your faculty.
Eligible candidates are determined by way of nomination from their Faculty

Combined Academic Merit Scholarships are awarded to students based on a combination of academic merit and one or more non-academic requirements, such as participation in extra-curricular activities and demonstration of leadership qualities.

How to apply for Combined Academic Merit Scholarships:

Deadlines for these awards vary from September 30th to February 28th of each year, depending on the terms of the award
- Refer to the individual award application for specific details
Applications can be downloaded beginning in September by choosing the appropriate link. Recipients will be chosen and notified within two months of the award deadline.

This is not a comprehensive list of awards available. These are awards that are not faculty-specific.

Only the applications with active links are currently available. If the link is not active, it means that the application deadline has passed.

Submitting your application:

Completed applications must be submitted online through the secure DocDrop unless otherwise stated on the application form - please select the 'Award Documentation' document type when uploading your application
You should do a separate upload for each award you are applying for and reference the name of the specific award in your pdf file name
You must use a pdf file format when submitting documents through the DocDrop