
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
HOPE Scholarship for Refugee Women
Student
Undergraduate students who are or have been a Convention Refugee or a person in need of protection
Carleton University
Ottawa
Financial award
Awarded annually on the recommendation of the Associate Vice-President, Student Affairs and Student Life to outstanding undergraduate students who are or have been a Convention Refugee or a person in need of protection and are enrolled in any program of study at Carleton University. Recipients must demonstrate financial need. Preference will be for students who identify as women.
Ukrainian Emergency Research Support Program
Student & Researcher
Ukrainian students, Early career and established researcher
Research Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Research funding
Research Nova Scotia offered immediate research support funding for Ukrainian students and researchers who were relocating to Canada, either temporarily or permanently, as a result of the Russian invasion.
CRS Bursary for Refugee Students
Student
Undergraduate students who do not have an immigration status in Canada
York University
Toronto
Financial award
The CRS Bursary for Refugee Students supports entering or continuing undergraduate students who do not have an immigration status in Canada: who are asylum seekers, who are in the process of making a refugee claim or are applying for permanent residence status under humanitarian and compassionate grounds and who have demonstrated financial need. In the absence of any eligible non status application in a given year, the award may be given to a refugee student with Convention Refugee or Protected Person status.
David Johnston Waterloo Awards for Refugee Students
Student
Undergraduate and graduate refugee students who are sponsored by WUSC or any other students who are recognized by the Canadian government as being refugees or protected persons.
University of Waterloo
Waterloo
Financial award
Funding is available each year to support undergraduate and graduate refugee students who are sponsored by the World University Service of Canada at Waterloo (WUSC) or any other students who are recognized by the Canadian government as being refugees or protected persons.
Marion Dewar Scholarship Fund (MDSF)
Student
Post-secondary student, immigrant and refugee youth
Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization (OCISO)
Ottawa
Gatineau
Financial award
The goal of the scholarship fund is to provide financial support to foster academic and leadership excellence in immigrant and refugee youth. The fund supplements the tuition and supplies required for their post-secondary education in the National Capital Region.
Welcome to Canada Bursary-triOS College
Student
A refugee, protected person, or a person displaced by war currently residing in Canada or have been granted permanent residency after January 1, 2021 due to the above-listed reasons
triOS College
Windsor
London
Kitchener
St. Catharines
Hamilton
Mississauga
Brampton
Toronto
Ottawa
Financial award
triOS College recognizes your need for support as a refugee, protected person, or person displaced by war upon arriving in Canada.