CNC Awards
The online searchable awards guide shows the scholarships, bursaries, and awards available to current and incoming CNC students. You can search this guide by awards for Indigenous students.
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External Awards
Amount: $1,000
Application Deadline: July (follow link for more details)
Eligibility: Enrolled in post-secondary training in Education, Environmental Studies, Traditional Knowledge or Telecommunications; and a Canadian Aboriginal student.
Amount: Up to $1,500
Application Deadline: April (follow link for more details)
Eligibility: Varied (follow link for more details)
BC Hydro Indigenous Scholarships and Bursaries
Amount: Up to $8,000
Application Deadline: Varied (follow link for more details)
Eligibility: Varied (follow link for more details)
Canada Post Aboriginal Education Incentive Awards
Amount: $2,000
Application Deadline: August (follow link for more details)
Eligibility: You can apply if you are a Canadian and a member of a First Nation, Métis or Inuit community; have been out of school for 1 year or more and are returning; have already returned to school and completed 1 full year of studies; and have never received this award in the past (you can apply as many times as you want, but you can only receive the award once)
Ch'nook Scholars Program
Amount: Varies
Application Deadline: Fall (follow link for more details)
Eligibility: Program open to status and non-status First Nations, Inuit, and Métis students studying full-time in a business program at a post-secondary institution in British Columbia or at the University of British Columbia.
First Citizen Fund
Amount: Up to $1,200
Application Deadline: January, May & September (follow link for more details)
Eligibility: Post-secondary students of Indigenous ancestry (status, non-status, Métis, Inuit) who are: permanent residents of British Columbia, registered in a BC recognized post-secondary institution, and have a minimum GPA of 2.5 or a C+ grade equivalent. Students are not eligible to receive a bursary to repeat a course or academic year.
Indigenous Forestry Scholarship Program
Amount: Varied
Deadline: N/A
Eligibility: Post-secondary First Nations, Inuit, or Métis Descent students in full-time studies in an applicable program (follow link for more details).
Indspire Scholarships
Amount: Varied (average $800)
Application Deadline: February, August & November (follow link for more details)
Eligibility: Full and part time studies in college, university, skilled trades, apprenticeships, and technology programs. (follow link for more details)
Ike Barber Transfer Aboriginal Scholarship Program
Amount:$1,000- $5,000
Application Deadline: Varies (follow link for more details)
Eligibility: Each Award has unique eligibility criteria. (follow link for more details)
KPMG First Nations Student Awards
Amount: Varied (follow link for more details)
Application Deadline: February, August & November (follow link for more details)
Eligibility: To be eligible, you must be a Canadian Indigenous person; be enrolled in an accredited institution such as an accredited university program or an accredited college program; not be a member of the staff, board, or past participants at the time of applying for funding support.
New Relationship Trust
Amount: Varied (follow link for more details)
Application Deadline: October (follow link for more details)
Eligibility: First Nations (status or non-status) member of a British Columbia First Nation community; Planning to attend an accredited post-secondary institution on a full-time basis anywhere in the world.
NIB Trust
Amount: Varied (follow link for more details)
Application Deadline: June (follow link for more details)
Eligibility: Follow link for more details.
NWAC Helen Basset Commemorative Student Award
Amount:$1,000
Application Deadline: July (follow link for more details)
Eligibility: Applicants must: Be currently pursuing post-secondary studies (priority is given to students who are studying law or are in a law-related field); demonstrate financial need; be an Indigenous woman, gender-diverse, or Two-Spirit person under 31 years of age; demonstrate a commitment to improving the situation of Indigenous women and youth in Canada politically, culturally, economically, or otherwise.
RBC Future Launch Scholarships
Amount: Up to $10,000
Deadline: December
Eligibility: Applicants must be: First Nations, Inuit, or Métis; enrolled in a post-secondary institution in full-time studies; and between the ages of 17-29 at the time of application (follow link for more details)