Royal Roads Entrance Award/Bursary

Royal Roads University, Canada

Scholarship overview

The Royal Roads Entrance Award/Bursary is an inclusive awarding system open to prospective students entering an academic program at Royal Roads University. It lets applicants put forward a description of their unique life experience leading them to study at Royal Roads, and the Awards Adjudication Panel decides whether to offer an Entrance Award, recognizing achievement, or an Entrance Bursary, recognizing volunteerism and community involvement combined with financial need.

The Entrance Award stream recognizes achievement in one of Royal Roads' major theme areas: business, communication and culture, education and technology, environment and sustainability, humanitarian studies, leadership studies, and tourism and hospitality. Examples of achievement include academic excellence in previous related studies, awards and honours, and professional advancement in the relevant field.

The Entrance Bursary stream recognizes applicants who have selflessly dedicated their time and energy to volunteerism and community involvement and who demonstrate reasonable financial need, helping reduce the financial barrier to enrolling for those who have helped others. The university notes that the cost of education and living will exceed the value of this award, so it cannot be an applicant's only source of funding.

Award Information

Applies to a competition with a deadline that falls in the six months before the first day of the applicant's program, regardless of admissions application status.
Is entering an academic program at Royal Roads University.
Has demonstrated achievement in one of Royal Roads' major theme areas (academic excellence, awards and honours, professional advancement), or has shown selfless dedication to volunteerism and community involvement combined with reasonable financial need.
Applicants who have overcome exceptional personal challenges (for example, a former child in care, or a child of a fallen service member) are given preference.
Applicants must be able to show a reasonable plan for funding the balance of their education and living costs beyond this award.

A tuition-credit award or bursary valued from $2,000 to $10,000 CAD, with the exact amount set at the discretion of the Awards Adjudication Panel.

Pending the availability of funding, the competition runs in four annual cycles: December 1 to February 1, March 1 to May 1, June 1 to August 1, and September 1 to November 1. Applicants apply to the competition with a deadline falling within six months before their program's first day.

Confirm the Entrance Award competition window that falls within six months before your program start date.
Prepare a description of your life experience, achievement or volunteerism relevant to the award or bursary stream.
Submit the application online through MyAwards before the competition deadline.
Contact Financial Aid & Awards by email or by booking an appointment with any questions.

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How to apply (official)

How selection works

The Awards Adjudication Panel reviews applications on a competitive basis and has the flexibility to offer an Entrance Award for achievement or an Entrance Bursary where the decision is based primarily on financial need. Preference is given to applicants who have overcome exceptional personal challenges.

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