Awards, Scholarships and Bursaries

Seneca offers various scholarships, bursaries and other awards based on both academic achievement and financial need. The values of the awards range from $50 to $5,000.

Learn which awards are accepting applications.

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply for an award, scholarship or bursary, you must be a Seneca student.

You must also meet the specific eligibility requirements outlined for each award. For example, scholarships are awarded based on academic achievement. This means that you must meet the minimum grade requirement to be eligible for the award.

Bursaries are awarded based on financial need. This means that you must meet the requirements for the specific bursary program to be eligible.

In addition, there are some awards that are open to all students, while some are offered only to students in specific programs.

Available programs

• Entrance awards
• Scholarships and awards for students enrolled in a Seneca program

We recommend you apply early for awards so you have the most up-to-date financial information when you confirm your program of study.

How to Check Your Awards Application Status

After you have submitted your application, you can track the status of your application by selecting "View My Student Awards" under the "Financial Aid" tile. You must select the correct year to see your award of choice. If you applied for multiple awards you may need to scroll across to see all the awards.

How to Apply

We recommend you apply early for awards so you have the most up-to-date financial information when you confirm your program of study.

All awards

1. Log in to Student Home
2. Under the “Financial Aid” tile, select “Apply for Financial Aid”
3. Click on the magnifying glass icon to select the correct academic year. For example, for the fall 2024, winter 2025 and summer 2025 terms, you will need to select the 2024 academic year.
4. Fill out all required information
5. Select all your terms of study (FALL and/or WINTER and/or SUMMER)

• • You should select all the terms you will be studying for the 2024 academic year, not only the term you are currently in
  • If you are receiving OSAP this should match your OSAP application

6. Complete the budget (keep your budget information ready before you start this section)
7. Make sure you read the declaration as once you submit you are agreeing to the terms
8. Click “Submit”

• • Please note once you click submit you cannot make changes

9. Select the scholarships, awards or bursaries you wish to apply for from the list of Eligible 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 the awards you have already applied for.

10. A number of questions will appear and are linked to the awards you have selected. If the question does not apply to you, please type N/A or deselect the award. There is a character limit (not word limit) on the questions. You can copy the questions and come back to the application when you are ready, as long as it is before the application deadline. If you wish, you can write the answers in a word document, then copy and paste them to the application. This will help ensure you have the right number of characters and will enable you to check your grammar and spelling.

• • Please note 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.
  • Make sure you only upload the accepted file types.

11. Click Submit when you have answered all the questions.

• • If you do not submit at this time you will not have applied for the awards, only completed an application.  To be considered for the awards you must click submit
  • Please note once you click submit you cannot make any changes

Tracking the status of your awards:

After you have submitted your application, you can track the status of your application by:

1. Log into Student Home
2. Click the “Financial Aid” tile
3. Select “View my Student Awards” on the menu
4. Type in the correct year, as noted above
5. If you have applied for multiple awards you may need to scroll through the pages

If you receive an award, you will be asked to provide a thank-you letter to share with the donor who funded your award. In addition, when applicable, some student award recipients will be invited to the annual Seneca Awards reception in the spring and are encouraged to attend.