External Scholarships
There are many scholarships available to eligible Trent University students that are administered or delivered by external organizations. Below is a list of just a few external scholarship opportunities and search engines available to students.
Scholarship Search Engines
Yconic
Preparing Canadian students and their parents for college and university.
Scholarships Canada
Students are matched to scholarships and bursaries when they create an account. In addition to matching, ScholarshipsCanada.com provides additional resources such as Scholarship Deadline Alerts.
Disability Awards
This website was created to help post-secondary students search hundreds of scholarships available across Canada specifically for students with disabilities.
Indspire
Since 2004, Indspire has provided over $115 million in financial support to more than 37,500 First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students.
Scholarships
Elementary Teachers' Federation of Ontario (ETFO)
The deadline for scholarship and bursary applications is April 30th of each year and are posted by January of each year.
David L. Squires Scholarship
Open to Computer Science students who have successfully completed 2 full semesters in this program. Applications are traditionally due on October 31st each year.
Export Development Canada (EDC)
As part of our Youth Education Program we provide up to 25 scholarships a year to undergraduates studying international business at university or college. You can apply anytime from the start of November to the end of February.
Crohn's and Colitis Canada
Crohn’s and Colitis Canada awards ten one-time scholarships of $5,000 to students of any age, living with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis who are enrolled in a Canadian post-secondary educational institute for the upcoming fall 2020. Applications are due by June 1, 2020 at 5pm EDT.
Dr. E. Bruce Hendrick Scholarship
Open to Canadian citizens with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus residing in the province of Ontario. DEADLINE EXTENDED! You now have until May 29, 2020 to apply.
On January 8, 2020, a Ukrainian airliner crashed near Tehran, Iran. Canada and the world were shaken by the crash which claimed the lives of 57 Canadians, with 34 victims employed at or studying in universities and colleges in Ontario. The Ministry of Colleges and Universities announced the Remembrance Scholarships initiative to honour the victims of the tragic plane crash. The Remembrance Scholarship is available to students attending a publicly-assisted college or university in Ontario in the 2020-21 academic year. Trent University received a one-time $10,000 Remembrance Scholarship from the Ministry of Colleges and Universities.
The Remembrance Scholarship is based on financial need and merit. Both domestic and international students are eligible for this award and must be pursuing an undergraduate-level program of study. Recipients must be enrolled and remain enrolled as a full-time or part-time student in an eligible program during the 2020-21 academic year.
Undergraduate students may apply using the Remembrance Scholarship Application form on the MyTrent portal. The application will open on December 7, 2020 and close on February 12, 2021. The winner of the scholarship will be notified in March 2021.