Scholarships, funding, and other opportunities for displaced researchers in Canada
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 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
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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.
Principal’s Global Fellows
Researcher
It supports faculty and post-doctoral fellows displaced by war, conflict, and political instability.
Queen's University
Kingston
Research funding
Principal’s Global Fellows Program provides funding to increase academic and research activity between Queen’s faculty members in the four priority geographies (Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean, South Asia, Southeast Asia).
Principal’s Global Scholars
Student
Graduate and undergraduate who are forcibly displaced students and those who hold precarious immigration status
Queen's University
Kingston
Financial award
Principal’s Global Scholars provides forcibly displaced students and those who hold precarious immigration status with an admissions pathway and funding to complete their degree at Queen’s.
Renewable Entrance Scholarships
Student
Ukrainian students applying directly after high school
Carleton University
Ottawa
Financial award
Ukrainian students applying directly after high school will be assessed for Entrance Awards based on their admission GPA, ranging from $4,000 to $16,000 CAD over four years.
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.
Scholars and Students at Risk Award Program
Student
Graduate and Undergraduate who are, or have been within the last five years, asylum-seekers or refugees anywhere in the world, regardless of their status in Canada
University of Toronto
Toronto
Financial award
The University of Toronto is committed to supporting students who have had their education disrupted by conflict or war.