External awards

Amount: $1,000
Application status: Open

Young people like you, with bright minds and enthusiasm, are the future of the automotive aftermarket. To help launch your career, several automotive aftermarket associations established the University of the Aftermarket Foundation (UofAF) program in 1996. 

Entry requirements:

• Scholarship application along with your essay (at least 250 words in length, no longer than one page, double-spaced), indicating why you believe you deserve to be chosen to receive a scholarship.
• If you are still attending high school or have graduated but not yet entered your post-secondary program, you must submit a high school transcript. NOTE: Transcripts without an official raised school seal will not be accepted.
• If you are attending a post-secondary program, a copy of your current school transcript with official school seal. NOTE: Transcripts without an official raised school seal will not be accepted.
• Letter of recommendation (from a non family member, preferably an employer, teacher or someone other than a family friend).

Award eligibility:

• Qualified applicants must either be a graduating high school senior or have graduated from high school within the past two years.
• Applicants must be enrolled in a college-level program, university or an accredited automotive program. Students must be enrolled full-time for the year of the scholarship.  You must be enrolled for September of the year you are applying until April of the following year.
• Priority will be given to those pursuing a career in the automotive aftermarket.
• Participants must be attending a full-time program in Canada. Graduate programs and undergraduate part-time programs do not qualify.

For complete information and to submit your application, please visit the award page.

Amount: $2,000 
Application status: Open
Application due date: June 26, 2025

The program is open to women in construction-related programs. Once a student submits their application and supporting materials, the CAWIC Bursary Committee of volunteers from across the construction industry reviews the applications received, and recipients are then selected based on meeting the required criteria.

For complete information and to submit your application, please visit the award page.

Amount: $1,000 
Application status: Open
Application due date: June 15, 2025

Entry requirements:

• Participants are required to write an essay on the following topic:

  The Future of Office Furniture: Innovations and Trends in Office Cubicles and Workspaces.

Award eligibility:

• Students currently enrolled in a high school, college, university, or trade school in the USA or Canada.

For complete information and to submit your application, please visit the award page.

Amount: $1,000 
Application status: Open
Application due date: August 31, 2025

Entry requirements:

• Writing Project: We would like you to write a 500-1000 word essay that expresses your top 5 ideas about how “How professional private investigators assist various types of legal professionals with their cases”

Award eligibility:

• A Canadian citizen, permanent resident or other legal standing that allows them to study in Canada.
• Accepted or enrolled in a Canadian college or university for the 2025–2026 school year.

For complete information and to submit your application, please visit the award page.

Amount: $1,000 one-time scholarship
Application status: Open
Application due date: December 12, 2025

This scholarship presents a great opportunity for students interested in real estate, housing, and property investment, offering a $1,000 award to a deserving candidate. We would love your support in sharing this with your students through your website, newsletters, or social media.

For complete information and to submit your application, please visit the award page.

Amount: $5,300 for university education and $2,650 for trades education
Application status: Open
Application due date: June 13, 2025

We are now accepting submissions for the RioCan and BlackNorth Initiative Bursary 2025/2026 which provides financial aid to self-identifying Black Canadian students.  

Entry requirements:

• The student must identify as Black (Afro-Caribbean, African Canadian, and/or racialized).

• The student must be enrolling or enrolled at a Canadian University/College or Trades School.

• The student must be in their final year of High School or currently enrolled in university.

• The student must demonstrate financial need.

• The student must be enrolled in one of the qualified fields for commercial real estate.

Award eligibility:

• This award is open to Black students entering or currently enrolled in a real estate-related field at a Canadian/Ontario college, university, or trade school.  

For complete information and to submit your application, please visit the award page.