Resources: Scholarships and Bursaries

Through Queen’s

  • Applications can be done through SOLUS on Financial Aid → Online Award Applications → Queen’s General Bursary Application.

NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Awards (USRA)

  • $17.50/hour x 35 hours x 16 weeks = $9800 + 4% vacation pay + fringe benefits

  • Applications are due by 3pm on Friday, February 16th, 2024

  • Criteria:

  • Academic record of the applicant

  • Research aptitude of the applicant

  • Expected quality of the training to be received; may include suitability of supervision and research environment

  • For Black and Indigenous Students:

  • The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) have allocated funds to help address the disproportionate underfunding of Black and Indigenous scholars at the undergraduate level; to contribute to making Canada’s research culture more equitable, diverse and inclusive; and to strengthen Canada’s innovation potential.

  • Queen’s may recommend an unlimited number of applications from self-identified Black and Indigenous student researchers for NSERC funded USRAs. What that means is that as long as the proposed project is NSERC eligible (more information can be found in the eligibility section on their website), and you have found a supervisor willing to take you on, you might be able to secure an NSERC USRA.

  • CIHR and SSHRC Research Awards are exclusively for Black student researchers (akin to the current process already in place for Indigenous students)!

  • For more information, visit the links below!

Scholarships Canada