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In addition to these awards, the University supports graduate students through teaching, research, and service fellowships and assistanceships. For these, contact your graduate chair or administrator for details.

Refugee Student Empowerment Fund

Value: $10,000
Number offered: 10
Eligibility: Open to both undergraduate and graduate students. To be eligible, applicants must:
  • Be entering students defined as refugees by the Canadian Government who arrived in the last 6 years or less, as determined by the Award Committee.
  • Be admitted to their first year of a program at the University of Saskatchewan.
  • Have the ability to travel and/or return to Saskatoon to study.
  • Submit a statement that articulates how a bursary from this fund will empower them to complete a degree at the University of Saskatchewan and achieve their educational goals.
  • Demonstrate sufficient English proficiency to enter an academic program directly, OR
  • Demonstrate the potential to succeed in English language after spending no longer than two terms in the English for Academic Purposes (EAP) program at the Language Centre.
Selection criteria: Based on the merits of the student's submitted document, as determined by the awards committee.

Priorities for selection:
  1. High Priority Pathway: students who apply directly to an academic pathway and who meet English proficiency.
  2. Low Priority Pathway: students who apply through the joint EAP application and who demonstrate a level of English proficiency requiring at most 2 terms of EAP.