Our Opportunities

Welcome to the Lakehead University myAwards page

Please note that we are currently in the process of updating our upcoming awards cycle that begins on August 15.

Below you will find a listing of funding opportunities that are available to registered Lakehead University students with brief information about each opportunity and the qualifications. To apply to any opportunity which require an application you must be a registered student. Sign in using your Lakehead University user name and password and you will then have the opportunity to complete the General Application. To sign in simply click the Sign In button located at the top right of this page.

New/Prospective Students – Please note that you must be enrolled at Lakehead University prior to applying for scholarships on this page.
You will receive your Lakehead University email address and login credentials once you have been admitted to Lakehead University.

If you have any questions, please connect with Student Central by Submitting an Inquiry.

The majority of the funding opportunities offered by Lakehead University are auto-matched through the General Application and you may not be required to complete any further applications. If you are eligible for additional opportunities that require supplemental information, these will display for you once you have completed and submitted the General Application, on the left hand side of your page. These are identified as Recommended Opportunities. You may still be allowed to apply to non-recommended opportunities but you may not qualify for these opportunities.

Many of our opportunities are funded through the generosity of donors within our communities. Be advised that all funding is subject to receipt from donor and we ask that you provide a thank you letter if asked to share your experiences with your donor.

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Opportunities Table
Award Name Actions
$0.00 Faculty of Graduate Studies Fall Term Bursary
The Fall, Winter, and Spring/Summer Term Graduate Bursaries are awarded...
Deadline2024/11/15
$500.00 Graduate Student Professional Development Bursary
Awards for travel in connection with the pursuit of professional...
Deadline2024/11/15
15,000 Ontario Graduate Scholarship - Faculty of Business
Students in graduate studies at the master’s and doctoral levels can...
Deadline2024/12/02
15,000 Ontario Graduate Scholarship - Faculty of Education
Students in graduate studies at the master’s and doctoral levels can...
Deadline2024/12/02
15,000 Ontario Graduate Scholarship - Faculty of Engineering
Students in graduate studies at the master’s and doctoral levels can...
Deadline2024/12/02
15,000 Ontario Graduate Scholarship - Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences
Students in graduate studies at the master’s and doctoral levels can...
Deadline2024/12/02
15,000 Ontario Graduate Scholarship - Faculty of Natural Resources Management
Students in graduate studies at the master’s and doctoral levels can...
Deadline2024/12/02
15,000 Ontario Graduate Scholarship - Faculty of Science and Environmental Studies
Students in graduate studies at the master’s and doctoral levels can...
Deadline2024/12/02
15,000 Ontario Graduate Scholarship - Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities
Students in graduate studies at the master’s and doctoral levels can...
Deadline2024/12/02
15,000 Ontario Graduate Scholarship - Indigenous
Students in graduate studies at the master’s and doctoral levels can...
Deadline2024/12/02
15,000 Ontario Graduate Scholarship - International
Deadline2024/12/02
$166.67 Graduate Student Research Excellence (GSRE) Awards
The Graduate Students Research Excellence (GSRE) Awards are designed to...
Deadline2024/12/15
Varies Metis Nation of Ontario Bursary
Established by the Métis Nation of Ontario, these awards will be...
Deadline2024/12/31
$10,000.00 Ontario Remembrance Scholarship
The Ontario Remembrance Scholarship was created to remember the victims...
Deadline2024/12/31
$10,000.00 Ontario-Ukraine Solidarity Scholarship
In response to the Russian military invasion of Ukraine, on April 6,...
Deadline2024/12/31
$760.00 Adam Molai Small Business Consulting Service Award
Awarded to a full-time student entering the third or fourth year of a...
Deadline2025/01/31
$975.00 Alumni Association of Lakehead University Entrance award for Women in Engineering
The Alumni Association of Lakehead University has endowed an award to...
Deadline2025/01/31
$500.00 Bill MacDonald Creative Writing Prize
Awarded annually to a full-time undergraduate student for achievements...
Deadline2025/01/31
$1,495.00 Canada Life Financial Award (4th year)
Awarded to a 4th-year Faculty of Business student. The recipient will...
Deadline2025/01/31
$745.00 Dr Anita B Chen LU 30th Anniversary Bursary in Sociology
Established in 1996, on the occasion of her retirement by friends,...
Deadline2025/01/31
$575.00 Dr Marco Colina Memorial Scholarship in Education
Established in memory of Dr. Colina, a Faculty member from 1966 to 1988...
Deadline2025/01/31
$1,000.00 Dr Marshall Blanchard Dean Scholarship
Created through an estate gift of Marshall Macdougall Dean, in memory of...
Deadline2025/01/31
$1,715.00 Dyer Family Award
Awarded to a student with financial need, who is a resident of Canada...
Deadline2025/01/31
$303.50 Eaton Foundation Award in Marketing
Awarded by the Eaton Foundation on the recommendation of the Faculty of...
Deadline2025/01/31
Varies Humanities 101 Alumni Bursary
This bursary is awarded on the occasion where an alumni of Humanities...
Deadline2025/01/31
$4,292.50 Jack and Donna Wieb Biology Award
The Jack and Donna Wieb Biology Award will be awarded annually to two...
Deadline2025/01/31
$3,075.00 Jeffrey Frazer Memorial Award
Created in 2005 by family, friends and colleagues in loving memory of...
Deadline2025/01/31
$1,000.00 Linda Strey Memorial Education Scholarship
Awarded to a full-time student registered in the Professional Program of...
Deadline2025/01/31
$390.00 Mr and Mrs James MacAllan Munro Family Memorial Prize-Poetry
Awarded annually to an in-course student on the basis of competition. ...
Deadline2025/01/31
$390.00 Mr and Mrs James MacAllan Munro Family Memorial Prize-Prose
Awarded annually to an in-course student at Lakehead University on the...
Deadline2025/01/31
Varies Native Law Centre Award
As a condition of acceptance to the Lakehead University Law program,...
Deadline2025/01/31
$2,605.00 Naysmith Scholar Award
Frame of Reference: Graduating natural resources professionals look...
Deadline2025/01/31
$3,535.00 Paul Rependa Achievement Program Bursary
Established in 2019 in memory of Paul Rependa who passed away in 1988 at...
Deadline2025/01/31
$650.00 Peter Barz Memorial Silver Jubilee Scholarship
Peter Barz emigrated to northwestern Ontario from Germany in 1951. He...
Deadline2025/01/31
$5,000.00 Petersen Family Media, Film and Communications Award
Awarded to two full-time students who self-identify as female enrolled...
Deadline2025/01/31
$2,375.00 RBC Capital Markets Finance Award
Provided to an academically-strong student entering fourth year, Faculty...
Deadline2025/01/31
$1,145.00 Remebering Andrea, Sean and Justine Bursary
Sean Michano was born May 18, 1986 to Jacqueline McGuirk and Timothy...
Deadline2025/01/31
$495.00 Ronald J Whistle LU 30th Anniversary Bursary
Created in 1996 by Michael A. Whistle in honour of his father, Ronald,...
Deadline2025/01/31
$665.00 Simons Foundation Scholarship for Women in Engineering
The Simons Foundation has endowed a scholarship at Lakehead University...
Deadline2025/01/31
$1,465.00 The Carlotta and Vittorio Del Bianco Memorial Scholarship
Established by Nori Scott in memory of her parents. Awarded to a student...
Deadline2025/01/31
$650.00 The Hanley Award
Established in 1990 by colleagues, alumni and family in memory of “Bill”...
Deadline2025/01/31
$1,000.00 The Ronald J.K. Martin Award
Ronald John Ker Martin (1929-2016) never had the chance to go to...
Deadline2025/01/31
$740.00 Tim Ryan Memorial Scholarship
Established in 1977, in memory of Dean Tim Ryan, by his many friends. In...
Deadline2025/01/31
$1,000.00 Water Resource Science Scholarship
Awarded to a 3rd or 4th-year student registered in Water Resource...
Deadline2025/01/31
$1,790.00 "Thin Green Line" Thesis Award
Awarded to a full time graduate student in the Faculty of Natural...
Deadline2025/02/01
$1,500.00 A Vast and Magnificent Land Historical Research Grants
Established to encourage and support historical research relating to...
Deadline2025/02/01
$645.00 ALCES Graduate Award of Merit
Established in 1999, by the North American Moose Group and “ALCES – a...
Deadline2025/02/01
$1,195.00 Ali & Sirkka Mirza LU 35th Anniversary Graduate Award of Merit in Engineering
Awarded to a full-time graduate student in Engineering on the basis of...
Deadline2025/02/01
$1,609.00 Alumni Association Graduate Bursary
Awarded to full-time students in any graduate program on the basis of...
Deadline2025/02/01
$1,840.00 Alumni Association Silver Jubilee Graduate Scholarship
Awarded to a high-ranking student who attended Lakehead University the...
Deadline2025/02/01