Scholarships & Awards

Based on financial need. Apply using the online grant application available on ACORN.

For excellence in any subject or general proficiency in secondary school. Only awarded when required: if all other renewable scholarships are exhausted. 

Awarded to University College students for excellent academic performance in a course. Number and value to be determined by need and funds available.

Awarded to a UC student on the basis of academic merit. Preference will be given to a first year student in the Hart House Debating Club.

To be awarded on the basis of financial need to a University College undergraduate student who has participated in student life and leadership activities in the university community, with a preference for activities at University College. This award is in recognition of the financial challenge of making a volunteer commitment. This award is given with the intention of making a positive extracurricular experience accessible for all students for the upcoming academic year. Selection is based on the recommendation of a subcommittee consisting of the registrar, dean of students, co-ordinator of student life and at least two members of the Literary and Athletic Society executive. Awards will vary in number and value. 

Established by Dorel Callendar in memory of her husband, Victor Callendar (UC 1959), and supported by family and friends. To be awarded at admission to a student born or raised in the Caribbean, with preference to students from Grenada. Recipients must be registered at University College and will be selected on the basis of academic merit. Financial need may also be considered.

To be awarded to students for the purposes of language studies abroad.

Scholarship of the value of the income from the fund, in memory of the late William Robert Taylor, former principal of University College and head of what was the Department of Oriental Languages. If no student in the third year qualifies, the scholarship may be awarded in another year.

Bequest of the late Professor William Stafford Milner (UC 1941), of the value of the annual income. For excellence in Greek and Roman history, with preference to students studying the subject in the original languages and also taking more than one course in the field.

Gifted from the estate of Pauline Anne Reinboth in memory of Walter (UC’27) and Hyacinth Frisby. To be awarded annually to a UC student in any program in the Faculty of Arts and Science on the basis of academic merit and/or financial need.