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
David Turpin and Suromitra Sanatani Award for Refugees and Displaced Persons
Student
Students fleeing civil war, persecution or other life-threatening situations
University of Alberta
Edmonton
Financial award
The David Turpin and Suromitra Sanatani Award for Refugees and Displaced Persons provides financial assistance to students fleeing civil war, persecution or other life-threatening situations.
Daniel Schickedanz Scholarship Award Program
Student
Young people of refugee and/or migrant background in their efforts to pursue higher education
Canadian Council for Refugees (CCR)
Canadian Lutheran World Reflief (CLWR)
Canada (national)
Financial award
Ten scholarships will be available per year. Five of them will be awarded on an educational basis and five of them will be awarded on a community-engagement basis.
Sanctuary Scholars program
Student
Undergraduate Students who hold precarious immigration status, including refugee claims, refused refugee claims, humanitarian and compassionate ground (H&C) applications, pre-removal risk assessment (PRRA) applications, people on temporary resident permits (TRPs), as well as those who have no immigration status.
Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) via the Office of Social Innovation (OSI)
Toronto
Financial award
The Sanctuary Scholars program provides an access pathway specifically for students who hold precarious immigration status. Sanctuary Scholar students can study in undergraduate programs in all departments and programs at TMU.
MOSAIC Educational Enhancement Award
Student
New arrival or refugee who wants to pursue academic, professional, or vocational studies
M.O.S.A.I.C.
Multi-lingual Orientation Service Association for Immigrant Communities
Canada (national)
Financial award
MOSAIC (M.O.S.A.I.C. Multi-lingual Orientation Service Association for Immigrant Communities) is one of Canada’s largest settlement non-profit organizations. Our newcomer services change the lives of immigrants, refugees, and individuals from diverse backgrounds in Greater Vancouver and throughout BC.
OCMT & MPower Afghan Refugee Scholarship
Student
Afghanistan refugees in Canada
College of Management and Technology (OCMT) and MPower Financing
Toronto
Financial award
As a response to the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan, Ontario College of Management and Technology (OCMT) and MPower have partnered to award scholarships a sum of $3,000 to Afghanistan refugees in Canada.
John and Catherine Kelly Bursary
Student
Graduate students who have been admitted to Canada by the Government of Canada as a Refugee, Students from Kosovo, or Students who are Indigenous to Canada - First Nations, Métis and Inuit
Western University
London
Financial award
Awarded annually to a full-time graduate student, in any year of any Masters or Doctoral program, who has demonstrated financial need.