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: $1,000
Application status: Open
Application due date: Saturday, November 30

Entry Requirements:

• We want to hear what makes you an entrepreneur! What work have you done in the past or what projects are you working on now? What inspired you to follow this path? What is the business idea you’re launching and how will the grant help? If you’re in school, tell us about how the program you’re in will help you as an Indigenous entrepreneur. Please submit this as a PDF with optional images and links included, with a maximum of 500 words.
• Additionally, as part of our application, we provide a place for an optional professional, academic, or volunteer reference letter. This letter can be written by anyone close to you who you feel will best represent your application.

Award Eligibility:

• Funding is available to Indigenous youth ages 17-30 who are attending a post-secondary program with a focus on  entrepreneurship or who are starting a business.
• All levels of academic applicants are welcome, and people with a business idea or a new business under two (2) years old.

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

Amount: $1,000
Application status: Open
Application due date: Saturday, November 30

Entry Requirements:

• We want to hear about what you’ve been working on! What projects or research have influenced you and led you to be where you are now? This could be a website, mobile app, youtube video, or anything related to your experience in tech! If you’re in school, tell us how the program you’re enrolled in at school is helping you become an Indigenous technologist? Submit this to us as PDF and include links and images if needed. Please limit this to 500 words.
• Additionally, as part of our application, we provide a place for an optional professional, academic, or volunteer reference letter. This letter can be written by anyone close to you who you feel will best represent your application.

Award Eligibility:

• Funding is available to Indigenous youth ages 17-30 who are attending a post-secondary program with a focus on technology 
• All levels of academic applicants are welcome, and people with a business idea or a new business under two (2) years old.

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

Amount: $28,000 over four years
Application status: Open
Application due date: Sunday, December 1

Entry Requirements:

• Complete the online application form. 
• Applicants must provide three (3) referees and upload online an (un)official transcript detailing the applicant’s last two years of schooling (official transcripts, sealed by the issuing institution will be requested from applicants who are selected for an interview). Referees will be emailed a link requesting they complete an online Referee Form on behalf of the applicant.

Award Eligibility:

• In good academic standing.
• Canadian citizens or landed immigrants.
• Students graduating from secondary (high) school or students completing their first year of CÉGEP or students who have completed secondary (high) school
• Involved in voluntary humanitarian activities (for which they have not been compensated).
• Planning to or are already studying towards their first university degree or diploma at a Canadian post-secondary institution, or entering their 2nd year of CÉGEP in the upcoming academic year.

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

Amount: Four awards of $1,000 each
Application status: Open
Application due date: Sunday, December 15

Entry Requirements:

• Complete the online application form. 
• Be sure to attach the following documents to your application form:
  • Copy of your most recent transcripts.
  • Some verification of enrolment at your college.
• Submit a brief essay of between roughly 400 and 800 words, detailing why logistics/supply chain management is important within your college major of choice. A personalized tone, referencing your firsthand experience and sentiment, is best—no need to be too formal. We’d like to know why you truly believe in logistics as the best career path for you.

Award Eligibility:

• Canadian Citizen (or permanent resident).
• Enrolled (or enrolling) as full time student of accredited college/university within a Canadian province, for completion of undergraduate degree in Logistics or equivalent field.
• Limit of one (1) entry per contestant.
• Employees and professional affiliates of North American Van Lines (and their immediate families) are not eligible.
• The applicant must comply with CRA rules to qualify for the tax-free benefits of the scholarship, please see the rules here.
• Your scholarship may be tax deductible.  However, you are responsible for any tax reporting requirements and any tax due.  We cannot give any tax advice

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

Amount: Four awards of $1,000 each
Application status: Open
Application due date: Sunday, December 15

Entry Requirements:

• Complete the online application form. 
• Be sure to attach the following documents to your application form:
  • Copy of your most recent transcripts.
  • Some verification of enrolment at your college.
• Submit a brief essay of between roughly 400 and 800 words, detailing why logistics/supply chain management is important within your college major of choice. A personalized tone, referencing your firsthand experience and sentiment, is best—no need to be too formal. We’d like to know why you truly believe in logistics as the best career path for you.

Award Eligibility:

• Canadian Citizen (or permanent resident).
• Enrolled (or enrolling) as full time student of accredited college/university within a Canadian province, for completion of undergraduate degree in Logistics or equivalent field.
• Limit of one (1) entry per contestant.
• Employees and professional affiliates of North American Van Lines (and their immediate families) are not eligible.
• The applicant must comply with CRA rules to qualify for the tax-free benefits of the scholarship, please see the rules here.
• Your scholarship may be tax deductible.  However, you are responsible for any tax reporting requirements and any tax due.  We cannot give any tax advice

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

Amount: $2,000 
Application status: Open
Application due date: Friday, January 31

Entry Requirements:

Application Procedure

 Award Eligibility:

• Be a current full time student at a Canadian postsecondary institution, including cégeps, colleges, polytechnics, and universities, excluding post-graduate students (e.g., masters, continuing professional educator, or doctoral)
• Have completed at least one full semester of study at the time of nomination
• Have not previously received a 3M student fellowship
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• Nominees need not be members of STLHE.

  A nominator must be at a Canadian post-secondary institution.

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

Amount: One award of $1,000 
Application status: Open
Application due date: Sunday, June 1

Entry Requirements:

• Participants are required to submit an essay, video, or infographic on one of the following topics:
  • The Importance of Water Damage Restoration
  • Fire Damage Restoration and Safety Measures
  • Understanding Insurance Restoration Services
• Essay: 800-1,200 words, double-spaced, in a PDF or Word format
• Video: 3-5 minutes long, uploaded to YouTube or Vimeo with the link submitted in the application form.
• Infographic: One-page design in PDF or high-resolution image format (JPEG/PNG)

Award Eligibility:

• Open to all high school seniors, undergraduates, and graduate students in the USA and Canada.
• All applicants must strictly enrol in a college or university for the upcoming academic year.

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

Amount: One award of $1,000 
Application status: Open
Application due date: Sunday, June 15

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.