Scholarships & Awards

Gift of Edmund Clark (UC 1969) and Frances (Fletcher) Clark (UC 1969), these scholarships assist University College students with financial need who have excellent academic results in the sciences or in economics. They vary in number and value. At least one award is given out upon admission. In accordance with the requirements of the OSOTF program, the primary criterion is financial need.

To be awarded to students registered at University College on the basis of financial need, with a preference for Indigenous students. Eligible candidates are identified through the University's UTAPS program. 

Bequest of the late Canon H.J. Cody and Florence Louisa Cody. The value is approximately $500 plus the tuition allowance for a total possible value of approximately $2,500 over four years; awarded for general proficiency, to a student from a school outside the Greater Toronto Area. The scholarships include tuition allowance of $500 per year which is renewable with an annual grade point average of at least 3.50 on a course load of 4 full credit equivalents (FCEs) from September to September.

Gift of the Florence M. Neelands chapter of the St. Margaret's College Alumnae Association, of the value of the annual income. To be awarded to a female student.

The Frank W. Woods Bursary will be awarded to University College students with a financial need. 

Gift of Mrs. Frederick Friedlander, in honour of her husband; this award is for a student who has demonstrated outstanding academic performance in the Third Year of the Commerce and Finance program.

Established in 1948 in memory of Professor Frederic Davidson (UC ’90), the Frederic Davidson Competition offers one prize of $2,000, one of $1,000, and one of $500 annually to any undergraduate student registered at UC, or whose submission is linked to work in a UC program or affiliated Centre, for any type of academic essay. Preference will be given to essays on English or French literature.

The Gail Ferris Sheard Scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic merit to a student who has obtained a grade point average of 3.50 or higher while carrying a course load of three or more credits who has also been accepted to graduate school or one of the professional schools of law or medicine.

These awards celebrate the mathematical theories of, as well as the myth surrounding, the brilliant French mathematician, Evariste Galois (1811-1832). The awards are to recognize the best University College students enrolled in the Mathematics Specialist program.

Gift of the Toronto Alumnae Chapter of Gamma Phi Beta Sorority; awarded to an outstanding female student. If there is no suitable candidate in third year, the award may be made in second year.