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: Various

Application status: Open

Application due date: Wednesday, July 31

30 Annual Scholarship Opportunities

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

Amount: $1,000

Application status: Open

Application due date: Wednesday, July 31

Entry Requirements:

• Complete application form

Award Eligibility:

• A resident of a province or territory of Canada;
• Completing high school in 2024; and
• Enrolled in an undergraduate program on a full-time basis for the 2024-2025 academic year at a recognized publicly funded Canadian post-secondary institution or CEGEP (if living in the province of Quebec).

Applicants must also fall into at least one of the following categories:

• Be a member or employee of a belairdirect recognized group* who has a home or car insurance policy with belairdirect;
• Be a member or employee of a belairdirect recognized group* (policy not required);
• Have a parent/guardian or grandparent who is a member or employee of a belairdirect recognized group* who has a home or car insurance policy with belairdirect; OR
• Have a parent/guardian or grandparent who is a member or employee of a belairdirect recognized group* (policy not required).

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

Amount: Various

Application status: Open

Application due date: Wednesday, July 31

Entry Requirements:

• Candidate must complete application form

Award Eligibility:

• Must be 18 years of age or older
• Candidates Must be enrolled in an accredited college, university, or trades program or plan to start such program within 12 months of applying.
• Must reside in Canada

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

Amount: Various

Application status: Open

Application due date: Friday, August 2

Entry Requirements:

• Candidate must complete application form
• A copy of OSAP estimate (if applicable)
• Proof of registration / acceptance from the post-secondary institution. Acceptable proof could be a copy of the confirmation of your offer of acceptance; proof of registration in the program; proof of payment of tuition; a copy of your offer of admission. If you are selected as a recipient, you must provide proof of active enrolment in your program before payment is issued.
• Reference letter from a teacher, guidance counsellor, coach, employer, community or social worker, doctor, religious leader or similar professional who can support your application. The reference letter should indicate how long and in what context the writer knows you and explain why you would be a good candidate for the Award.
• A personal statement, 250 words or fewer, detailing why you should be selected as the recipient of the Bill 7 Award. You may wish to consider how your studies or future work will contribute to the improvement of the LGBTQ community and/or provide us with any other information you feel we should know about you that will make you a good candidate, such as children, family, relationships, disabilities, experiences of discrimination, living situation, geographic context, etc.

Award Eligibility:

• You demonstrate financial need after accessing available public financial supports
• You are attending or accepted by a Post-Secondary Educational Institution in the Province of Ontario
• You are pursuing your FIRST post-secondary program of study
• You identify as lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgender, two-spirited or queer (LGBTQ)

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

Amount: $3,500

Application status: Open

Application due date: Friday, August 9

Entry Requirements:

• proof of acceptance to, or confirmation of enrollment at a designated educational institution
• a current transcript
• a clear headshot photo of the applicant (clear, front-facing, nothing in the background)
• a letter of support from a community organization where you volunteer/volunteered 
• a personal statement of no more than 500 words, typed / double-spaced, including the following topics: 
  • why you should be selected as an ABLE scholarship recipient
  • why you have selected your field of study and your intended contributions to the community and/or justice sector
  • anything else you would like the selection committee to know.

Award Eligibility:

Enrolled in post-secondary education in the following areas of study:

• Law enforcement
• Police foundations
• Community and Justice services
• Corrections
• Social Work
• Criminology / criminal justice
• Law

Amount: $1,000

Application status: Open

Application due date: Saturday, August 31

Entry Requirements:

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• Your submission must be received by August 31, 2024 at midnight EST.
• Applications should be emailed to scholarship@haywoodhunt.ca in word format, no link to Google Docs or PDFs.
• Applicants should include their name, address, phone number.
• The applicant should state where they are currently attending or planning to attend school in the body of their submission email.
• No additional information should be included.

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 2024/2025 school year.

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: 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 enrollment 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 enrollment 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.