Financial Support
Please visit the UW Student Awards and Financial Aid web site for student financial support. The status of your application, questions and inquires must be sent directly to the Student Awards office.
For co-op terms with a not-for-profit organization outside Canada, you may be eligible for the following specific awards:
- Douglas T. Wright Award (deadlines of February 15, June 15, October 15 each year) 2nd, 3rd. 4th year students apply in the academic year they return from their international experience valued at $1,500.
- Ontario International Education Opportunity Scholarship:
Government funding to support students who are working or studying abroad. 86 awards are available -valued at $2,500 each, for the 09/10 year.
To apply, go to the Ontario International Education Opportunity Scholarship.
- Kavelmann-Fonn
Foundation International Experience Award (deadline: June 30 for the fall
work term). For students from any faculty. Not-for-profit or with organizations
where there is little or no remuneration. See link for details.
- Ontario Global Edge (OGE)
The OGE Program is an initiative of the Ministry of Small Business and Consumer Services and Co-operative Education at uWaterloo. It is intended to promote international job opportunities for students within small businesses that illuminate the challenges and opportunities of these ventures in the international economy. For more information on the award and criteria: http://www.ceca.uwaterloo.ca/students/international/global_edge.php
Application form can be found here:
http://www.ceca.uwaterloo.ca/students/international/Global_Edge_2009-10_application_form.pdf
Submit completed award application forms to the uWaterloo Student Awards and Financial Aid office.
Co-op students in the Faculty of Arts who complete a work-term in the service of others locally, nationally or abroad with little or no remuneration are eligible to apply for these awards:
- Manulife Financial Community and World Service Awards valued up to approximately $1,500.
If there is a research component associated with your work term, and it is in conjunction with a UW project, the project would also be eligible for:
- Undergraduate Research Internship Grant valued at $1,500. Please contact the professor in charge of the Project for details of this.
Other Financial Support Resources
- UW Research Office
- Scholarships and Financial Assistance
- Scholarships and Grants
- Scholarships Canada
- NSERC
- CBIE Scholarships/Grants if you study abroad
- Service Canada