Awards and Financial Aid helps students obtain the funds necessary to finance their UNBC education and to provide educational budgeting services. Funds may be obtained from a variety of sources, including government and bank loans, private, corporate, and public scholarships and bursaries, and UNBC awards.

Main Awards Competition 2025- 2026 Academic Year

The main awards competition for the 2025-2026 academic years now closed. 

If you missed the main competition deadline, you will have another opportunity to apply for awards during our Fall Competition.  The Fall Competition will open on September 15, 2025.

To apply students must be admitted to the University and have received a user ID and PIN number for their myUNBC Student Account. in order to access the on-line award applications.

The deadline to submit applications for the main awards competition is  April 1, 2025.

Refer to the side menu "Undergraduate Awards" and "Graduate Awards" for more information.

Grade 12/new undergraduate students recommended award applications: 

  • Early Entrance Awards (new undergraduates entering directly from high school).  No application required.  Apply for early admission by January 15th.
  • Leadership Awards (new undergraduates): Apply for early admission.  Submit application via your myUNBC Student Account.  Deadline January 15th.
  • Entrance Awards: Deadline Apr 1st
  • General Awards:  Deadline Apr 1st

New graduate/doctoral students recommended award applications:

  • Master's Doctoral Level Awards: Deadline Apr 1st
  • General Awards: Deadline Apr 1st

Continuing undergraduate and graduate/doctoral award students:

UNBC students already in-course (i.e. students continuing in their undergraduate, graduate/doctoral programs) are able to apply using the myUNBC Student Account once the competition opens.  Deadline April 1st.

Other prestigious award information for graduate applicants / students

For graduate students / applicants (Masters and PhD) review the Graduate Entrance Research Scholarship (GERS) information and British Columbia Graduate Scholarships Program (BCGSP) information on the Graduate awards webpage.You may also want to check out the Office of Research and Innovation internal/external award competitions and teaching assistantship career opportunities.

Apply for awards (myUNBC)

Learn more about graduate awards

UNBC awards

Non-UNBC awards