Selected candidates may use scholarship funds towards:

✔ visa or study/work permit fees
✔ airfare via the most direct and economical route
✔ health insurance
✔ living expenses, such as accommodation, utilities, and food
✔ ground transportation, including a public transportation pass
✔ books and supplies required for their study or research, excluding computers and other equipment

Canadian institutions are eligible to receive:

✔ $500 per scholarship recipient to aid with administrative costs once the student arrives in Canada
✔ reimbursement of additional employer compliance fees paid to Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada in some cases
 

Eligible countries:

Asia: 

Bangladesh, Nepal, Taiwan;

Europe: 

Türkiye, Ukraine;

Middle East and North Africa: 

Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia;

Sub-Saharan Africa: 

Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda.

Criteria:

(i) enrolled full-time at a post-secondary institution in an eligible country/territory;

paying tuition fees to that institution at the time of application and for the whole duration of the scholarship program.

(ii) Candidates are not eligible for this scholarship if they:

hold or have a pending application for Canadian citizenship or permanent residency;

    -They are already participating in a scholarship program funded by the Government of Canada;

    -are already enrolled in a degree, diploma, or certificate program at a Canadian post-secondary institution.

(iii) Canadian post-secondary institutions interested in hosting students must:

Be a Designated Learning Institution  (DLI);

(iv)Have a valid student exchange agreement with the student’s home institution that waives tuition fees for scholarship recipients (required for college/undergraduate study only).