Scholarships, bursaries and prizes

As of March 2025, 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 application form provides space for a 250-500 word letter of application. Your letter should include a little bit about yourself, your goals, volunteer experience, sports, student government, music, church life, community involvement, financial need, leadership potential, capacity and desire to help others, humanitarian qualities etc.

Take your time writing your letter of application. Write it out and edit it so that it is ready to go when you open the application form.

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.

It is recommended to get at least three reference letters. Unless otherwise specified on the application form, the letters should be general character references and can be used for several different SJC awards. They can be provided by anyone who is not related to you, such as a volunteer supervisor, professor, employer, teacher etc. It may be helpful if you provide your letter of application to your referee. If your referee has authorized you to use their letter for several SJC awards, advise them that it is best not to be award specific. 

See award application for specific submission details.

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.