Awards & Scholarships

Government

The government of Alberta encourages and rewards the excellence of Alberta students through the Alexander Rutherford Scholarship program. Check out current information including deadlines and eligibility. 

Alexander Rutherford

The Alberta Scholarships listing contains scholarships and awards sponsored by the Government of Alberta and administered by Student Aid Alberta. This listing is hosted on the Student Aid Alberta website.

Alberta Scholarships listing

The LEAD Program is supporting students who are working to reduce gender discrimination in their communities, or who are studying in fields where their gender is traditionally underrepresented.

The program is a consolidation of 2 funding streams: the previously announced Women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) Award stream, and the Persons Case Scholarship stream.

$225,000 is available through the program and 90 students will receive $2,500 each for their studies.

Persons Case Scholarship

The Persons Case Scholarship supports women, men and gender-diverse individuals studying in the arts, humanities and social sciences fields whose work advances gender equality or who are studying in fields where their gender is underrepresented or disadvantaged.

• $100,000 is available for this scholarship.
• 40 students will receive $2,500 each for their studies.

https://www.alberta.ca/persons-case-scholarship.aspx

Women in STEM Award

The Women in STEM Award will support young women to reach their career goals. There are 50 awards of $2,500 available for this stream.

https://www.alberta.ca/women-in-stem-scholarship.aspx

Belcourt-Brosseau Metis Award

ATCO Indigenous Education Awards

First Nation, Métis and Inuit Bursary

Alberta Blue Cross Indigenous Scholarship

The program offers students two scholarships:

• The High School Apprenticeship Scholarship https://tradesecrets.alberta.ca/apprentice-services/get-financial-support/scholarships/high_school_apprenticeship_scholarships/replaces the previous Registered Apprenticeship Program/Career and Technology Studies scholarships. Valued at $1,000 each, the High School Apprenticeship Scholarship recognizes the achievements of Alberta high school students who have successfully completed either the Registered Apprenticeship Program or Career and Technology Studies scholarships apprenticeship pathways.
• The High School Apprenticeship Scholarship -  Bright Future https://tradesecrets.alberta.ca/apprentice-services/get-financial-support/scholarships/, valued at $2,000 each, recognizes the achievements of high school students who successfully completed both the Registered Apprenticeship Program and Career and Technology Studies apprenticeship pathways.

Scholarships will be awarded to registered apprentices in the year they graduate from high school. These new scholarships will triple the capacity of the apprenticeship scholarship program, rewarding more high school students who have completed the required courses.

Apprentices no longer need apply for these scholarships. Apprenticeship and Industry Training has implemented a fully automated procedure, eliminating the need for paper applications and manual processing.

In order to be eligible, Registered Apprenticeship Program or Career and Technology Studies students should log into their MyTradesecrets account (MTS) and ensure that they have provided consent to be considered for a scholarship. To check consent, students can click on the Applications tab to provide or update their consent and their SIN. If they have more than one active application, click on Details in the right‑hand column to update information.