Scholarships, bursaries and prizes

As of March 2026, all applications for current students will have a deadline of 4:30 pm (Central) on June 1st and will be available on one application form. All entrance scholarships and bursaries for incoming students will have a deadline of 4:30 pm (Central) on July 15th and will be available on one application form. The application form and all supporting documentation must be received on or before the deadline.

If a deadline falls on a weekend or a public holiday, the online application system will stay open until 4:30 pm (Central) the next business day.

The "letter of application" portion of the form asks you to provide information on the following: 

1. Information about yourself (who you are, what you are studying, why you decided to join the College, etc.);
2. Your involvement in life at the College. If you haven't been involved, or just joined, this is a good place to explain that;
3. Information on your involvement in your community, church, sports, school, etc.;
4. Any other information about why you would be a good candidate for the awards you are applying for. For example, your financial situation, academic goals, leadership potential, capacity and desire to help others, humanitarian qualities etc.

Take your time. Give details. Everything you write is confidential. The more you tell the committee, the better they are able to make decisions. Write out your answers to these questions before you open the application so that you can just copy and paste your answers. 

If applicable to the bursaries being applied for, the financial need worksheet will show up on the application form. Like the letter of application, you are encouraged to go through the financial need worksheet and complete it so that you are ready to enter the information when you open the application. 

You can download a copy of the financial need worksheet here.

You will need three references: 2 academic, and 1 community. You can also have a faith-based reference which is optional. As you review the criteria for each award, make a note of the kind of information they are asking for (example: a professor who can give a reference for your courses in Canadian Studies). Keep that information in mind when you ask people to provide a reference for you. It may help to provide a copy of your letter of application to your references. On the application form, you only need to provide the name and email address for your references.

UM transcripts will be obtained by the Awards Clerk. Entrance students must provide final high school transcripts. Students who are coming to the UM from another university must include their transcripts.

Your transcripts must be emailed to the Awards Clerk at sherry.peters@umanitoba.ca.

June 1 and July 15.

Your application and all supporting documentation must be received by 4:30 p.m. on or before the deadline. If the deadline falls on a weekend or holiday, it will be extended until 4:30 p.m. the next business day.

Late or incomplete applications will normally be disqualified.

Unless otherwise noted on the application form, recipients will be selected by the St John’s College Scholarship Committee. The Committee may choose to split awards between multiple recipients, or not to make an award at all.

The Awards Clerk will notify all applicants by early October. Please make sure your contact information on Aurora Student is kept up to date. The names of award recipients and alternates will be announced to the Assembly of St John’s College. Recipients’ names will be printed in the College’s Convocation program and may also be published in other promotional material of the College, such as the Annual Report. Recipients’ names, and if requested by the donor, the information about how they met the award criteria may be sent to award donors or their families. Recipients will be encouraged to send a thank-you note to donors c/o the Awards Clerk.

With the exception of a few, payment will be made at the St John’s College Convocation on the first Sunday in November. If exempt, specifics will be included in the notification letter. Award Certificates will be presented to recipients at Convocation.