Engineering Equity, Diversity and Inclusive Excellence Admission Scholarship

Award offered by dean of the Faculty of Engineering

Award Overview

Value of the award:
$5,000
Number of awards:
35
Award frequency:
Annual
Level or program of study:
Undergraduate
Application Type:
Online Scholarship and Bursaries portal, accessible via uoZone.
Application Deadline:
April 1
Renewable:
No

Purpose of this Award

To financially support an undergraduate student admitted in the Faculty of Engineering who is a member of a racialized or LGBTQ2S+ or Indigenous community or a woman or a student with disabilities and involved in their community or has shown leadership.

Eligibility Criteria

The candidate must:

  1. be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident, a person with protected or refugee status, or an international student
  2. be admitted as a new full-time first year undergraduate student to the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Ottawa
  3. be involved in or demonstrate leadership in the community service OR demonstrate financial need, as determined by the Financial Aid and Awards Office OR demonstrate academic excellence (admission average higher than 92.0 %)
  4. be a racialized person (member of a visible minority) and defined as a person other than Indigenous (Aboriginal), who is non-white in colour or race, regardless of place of birth or citizenship
OR

provide documented proof of Indigenous identity, in accordance with the requirements of the University of Ottawa Eligibility for Focused Admissions, Scholarships, and Bursaries for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis People administrative procedure

OR 

be involved in the LGBTQ2+ community

OR 

be a woman

OR 

be a student with disabilities​

How to Apply

Submitted in the Online Scholarship and Bursaries portal, accessible via uoZone, and must include:

  1. the Financial Questionnaire
  2. a letter (500 words max.) describing the applicant’s involvement in their community or demonstrate their leadership in engineering
  3. documented proof of Indigenous identity, in accordance with the requirements of the University of Ottawa Eligibility for Focused Admissions, Scholarships, and Bursaries for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis People administrative procedure
OR

self-identification from the applicant who identifies as a member of a woman or LGBTQ2+ or a student with disabilities or a racialized community as per the Ontario Human Rights Commission policy and guidelines on racism and racial discrimination section 2.1 (“‘Race’ — A social construct”)