External Scholarships and Awards

Each year various organizations and businesses offer scholarships, awards and bursaries to post-secondary students. We will make it our commitment to help you find and apply for these opportunities. Notifications of scholarships and awards will be made via the ALL-Student email distribution listing. If you have any questions please contact the Financial Aid Office.

In some cases the awards are facilitated by the Acadia Financial Aid office and require a nomination from Acadia.

The list below is just a few of the opportunities.  Please check our bulletin board (across from the Registrar's office) for other External Scholarship opportunties.

Datatel Scholars Foundation Scholarships are awarded to undergraduate and graduate students currently attending eligible Datatel client institutions*. The scholarship awards range in value from $1,000 – $2,500, depending on the tuition of the institutions at which the recipients are enrolled. Datatel Scholarship Opportunties include:

• Datatel Scholars Foundation Scholarship – for outstanding students currently attending eligible Datatel client institutions.

• Angelfire Scholarship – honors soldiers who have served in the United States military during periods of combat. The Angelfire scholarship is presented to outstanding students currently attending eligible Datatel client institutions, who also served in the Asian theater (Vietnam, Laos, or Cambodia) between 1964 and 1975. Spouses and children of Vietnam veterans, and refugees of Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam are also eligible. In addition, scholarships are given to soldiers who have served in Operation Desert Storm, Operation Enduring Freedom, and/or Operation Iraqi Freedom.

• Russ Griffith Memorial Scholarship (formerly Returning Student Scholarship) -- For outstanding students currently attending an eligible Datatel client institution who have returned to school after a five year absence or more.

The Commonwealth Scholarship Plan (CSP) offers opportunities to study in several Commonwealth countries. The CSP owes its start to Canadians. Professor George Curtis came up with the idea, persuaded the Hon. Sidney Smith, Minister of External Affairs, to support it, and guided it to implementation as Chair of the Scholarship Committee at two conferences of Commonwealth Education Ministers in 1958-59.

The Foreign Government Awards allow Canadians to study in 12 countries as follows: Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, The Netherlands, The Philippines, Russia and Spain.

The Organization of American States Scholarships offer graduate study opportunities for Canadians, chiefly in the Spanish-speaking countries of Central and South America and in Brazil where Portuguese is the official language.

Applicants please note: Only online applications are accepted. Supporting documents sent by mail or courier must arrive at CBIE offices on or before the deadline. Full details and the online application form appear at: www.scholarships.gc.ca

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