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
This page is also available in French.
Please click the “Version française” button below to access the content in French.
Cette page est également disponible en français.
Veuillez cliquer sur le bouton «Version française» ci-dessous pour accéder au contenu en français.
A glossary of terms is available here.
NOT FOUND
Students at Risk Bursary (SARB)
Student
Graduate and undergraduate who are forcibly displaced students
McMaster University
Hamilton
Financial award
McMaster University has initiated a program to support forcibly displaced students.
The Humanitarian Impact Fund
Student
Students with a designated refugee status who are Registered full-time or part-time in a Regular Studies program or one of our student loan eligible Continuing Studies programs.
Langara College
Vancouver
Financial award
The Humanitarian Impact Fund was created to support refugees in higher education to pursue a life in Canada and is awarded to students with a designated refugee status that can demonstrate financial need.
The Refugee & Immigrant Student Education (RISE) Awards
Student
Be a refugee who was granted permanent residency or a protected person under subsection 95(2) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (Canada) after January 1, 2016, residing full-time in BC for the previous 6 consecutive months.
Beedie Luminaries
Physically present in BC
Financial award
The Refugee & Immigrant Student Education (RISE) Awards have the potential to transform the lives of its recipients and enrich the communities we live in, and ultimately create a new generation of conscientious, caring and engaged Canadian leaders.
U of T Mississauga Refugee Pathway (UTMRP)
Student
Be a Permanent Resident or Convention Refugee in Canada. Status in Canada must be approved (Notice of Decision is required to show approved Refugee Status in Canada)
University of Toronto
Toronto
In-kind support
The U of T Mississauga Refugee Pathway (UTMRP) offers recent refugees who may meet traditional admission requirements, but who do not have access to required documents, the opportunity to create a basis of admission on which to be considered for entry to undergraduate degree studies at the University.
University Women Helping Afghan Women Legacy Bursary
Student
Preference is given to a convention refugee from Afghanistan. The bursary may also be distributed to a protected person or a permanent resident or Canadian citizen who was a refugee/protected person from Afghanistan.
Algonquin College
Ottawa
Financial award
The $1,000 University Women Helping Afghan Women Legacy Bursary is awarded annually to a second, third- or fourth-year female Afghan student enrolled in any diploma or degree program who demonstrates financial need and is in good academic standing.