Scholarships, funding, and other opportunities for displaced scholars and researchers in Canada
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This database refers users to scholarship and research funding opportunities for displaced students and researchers who are already in Canada.
A separate database for displaced scholars and researchers who would like to come to Canada is available here .
For opportunities available to refugees and other displaced people in other countries, please refer to the UNHCR database: https://services.unhcr.org/opportunities/search
If you would like to suggest an addition to the database, please contact unbordered-SSF@uottawa.ca
INTROUVABLE
Incoming Refugee Sponsorship Bursary (IRSB)
Student
Registered Concordia Student in any Faculty, Undergraduate & Graduate, Full & Part Time. Accepted Refugee applications or PR(Previously Refugee).
The Refugee Centre/Concordia University
Montreal
Financial award
The "Incoming Refugee Sponsorship Bursary" will be available every semester, for individuals who are planning to study in Concordia University, Montreal.
COSTI Scholarships
Student
Applicants must be a current or former COSTI client. Applicants must be a Permanent Resident of Canada, Canadian Citizen, Convention Refugee, Minister’s Permit Holder, or Refugee Claimant approved by IRCC.
COSTI Immigrant Services
Canada (national)
Financial award
Five academic scholarships totalling $13,000 in funding are available for current and former COSTI clients – the WCPD Foundation Scholarship Fund, the Vittoria Adhami Immigrant Women’s Scholarship Fund, and the Mary Cellucci Women’s Scholarship Fund.
Scholarships for Globally Displaced Students
Student
Undergraduate international student who gets admission and whose home country has been devastated by wars and other disasters
Western University
London
Financial award
For scholarship consideration, you must have received an admission offer to an undergraduate program at Western’s main campus, and intend to register as full time student. The scholarship will continue for up to four years provided you remain registered full time (minimum 3.5 crs) in an undergraduate program at Western’s main campus.
SGS Scholars-at-Risk Fellowship
Student
Be a UofT master’s or doctoral program who is, or has been within the last 5 years, an asylum/refugee seeker anywhere in the world (regardless of status in Canada) OR whose current or proposed program of study has been impacted by changing political environments in their country of current or future study, including changes in immigration law
University of Toronto
Toronto
Financial award
Recipients are granted the status of Scholar-at-Risk and considered for Junior Fellowship at Massey College in the University of Toronto. Scholars-at-Risk Fellows are invited to become engaged members of the vibrant and diverse Massey College community, for which the membership fee will be waived by the College as part of the Fellowship.
PSSAR- Students At Risk
Student
At-risk students who are citizens or residents of Palestine
Palestinian Students and Scholars at Risk (PSSR)
Canada (national)
Financial award
PSSAR (Palestinian Students & Scholars at Risk) Network is a Canadian-based, volunteer-led non-profit dedicated to helping Palestinian students access graduate education opportunities abroad, especially in the face of barriers, occupation, and systemic academic disruption.
PSSAR- Scholars At Risk
Researcher
Citizens or Residents of Palestine
Palestinian Students and Scholars at Risk (PSSR)
Canada (national)
Research funding
PSSAR (Palestinian Students & Scholars at Risk) Network is a Canadian-based, volunteer-led non-profit dedicated to helping Palestinian scholars access research opportunities abroad, especially in the face of barriers, occupation, and systemic academic disruption.