Awards, Scholarships and Bursaries

Awards, scholarships and bursaries

How to check your awards status

Awards, scholarships and bursaries

Seneca offers hundreds of awards, scholarships and bursaries from $500 to $5000 based on academic achievement, financial need and other criteria that are more specific.

To be eligible for any award, you must be a Seneca student and meet the eligibility requirements. Scholarships are awarded based on academic achievement, while bursaries are awarded based on financial need. Some awards are open to all students, while some are offered only to students in specific programs or with specific backgrounds.

We encourage all students to apply! Due to diverse focus areas of the different awards, many students are eligible to receive an award and are not even aware that they qualify.

Award periods

Entrance awards: Entrance awards are available in the summer before the fall term begins. We recommend you apply early so you have the most up-to-date financial information when you confirm your program of study. Learn more here.
Fall term awards: Many awards are available for students enrolled in a Seneca program, between the first day of classes and Oct. 31 each year. Learn more here.
Student Leadership Awards: Student Leadership Awards are available at the end of the fall term and are based on demonstrating leadership since beginning at Seneca. Learn more here.

How to apply

For Entrance awards and Student Leadership Awards, please follow the links above for application details.

The majority of awards, scholarships and bursaries open on the first day of classes of the fall term and close on Oct. 31 each year. After completing the budget portion of your Financial Aid Application, you can view and select the awards available for you to apply for. While all our awards are described on MySeneca, you may also choose to select "Select all."

Log in to Student Home.
Under the “Financial Aid” tile, select “Apply for Financial Aid.”
Click on the magnifying glass icon to select the correct academic year. For example, for the fall 2026, winter 2027 and summer 2027 terms, you will need to select 2026.
Fill out all required information. Note that you will be asked about your budget in this section, so have your income and expenses ready.

- Select all your terms of study (FALL and/or WINTER and/or SUMMER), not only the term you are currently in
- If you are receiving OSAP, this should match your OSAP application

Read the declaration and click “Submit.”

- Once you submit, you cannot make changes

Select the scholarships, awards or bursaries you wish to apply to or “Select All.” Reviewers will evaluate your eligibility.
- If you choose to apply for all awards you are eligible for based on your profile, you may be asked additional questions that are required by specific awards.
- If you get a message saying you are not eligible for any awards, it may be because you have already applied. Check under “View My Student Awards” on the “Financial Aid” tile to see awards you have already applied for.
- If a question does not apply to you, type N/A or deselect the award.
- There is a character limit (not word limit) on the questions. You may choose to draft your responses in a separate document and paste them into Student Home.
- Some awards require additional documents. You will see this next to the award along with an “Add” button. To see which documents are required, click on the name of the award. Only upload accepted file types.

Click “Submit” when you have answered all the questions. To be considered for the awards, you must submit your application.

- Once you submit your application, you cannot make any changes.

How to check your awards status

Log in to Student Home.
Click the “Financial Aid” tile.
Select “View my Student Awards” on the menu.
Type in the correct year.
- If you have applied for multiple awards, you may need to scroll through the pages

If you receive an award, you may be asked to provide a thank-you letter to share with the donor who funded your award.