Scholarships, Bursaries and Awards
Scholarships are provided to SIAST students thanks to the support of many individuals: alumni, students, faculty, staff, businesses, organizations and foundations.
Please review the resources listed on this page or contact the Donor and Alumni Relations Office at any SIAST campus for assistance.
If you are thinking of entering an electronics-related program, please consider our Reality Cheque Tuition program (pdf). You could qualify for up to $2000 in tuition credits.
SIAST Student Awards Program
The SIAST Student Awards Program is made up of entrance, continuing, and exits awards. Only SIAST students are eligible to apply or be nominated for these awards. There are two application cycles, fall and spring. The fall application deadline is Oct. 15. The spring application deadline is March 31.
General Application - Fall 2010
Continuing and entrance students
Application deadline is Oct. 15
The Fall General Application will be posted to the website by September 7th, 2010
Aboriginal Students
If you are an Aboriginal Student please check guide (pdf).
Centennial Merit Scholarships
Centennial Merit Scholarships are administered by SIAST, but not included on the General Applications.
At least one scholarship is awarded for each applied certificate ($1500), certificate and diploma ($2500) program of 20 weeks or more per campus.
The student must be enrolled full-time in an eligible SIAST program and attending the program on-campus at SIAST Kelsey, Palliser, Wascana, or Woodland campus or a satellite of one of those campuses.
If the student is pursuing their studies wholly or partially online, the program must be available only online (i.e. not available through traditional classroom delivery), or a portion of the program must be available only online.
SIAST Centennial Merit Scholarships are not currently available for SIAST programs brokered to other institutions.
Centennial Merit Scholarship - Year 1 Students only - Application (pdf)
Centennial Merit Scholarship - Year 2 Students only - Application (pdf)
Centennial Merit Scholarships – Year 1 and Year 2: Deadline: Sept. 30, 2010
SIAST extends sincere thanks to the many donors and sponsors (pdf) who are supporting Centennial Merit Scholarships in the 2009-2010 academic year.
Apprenticeship Student Awards
Applications for Apprentices
If you are completing an Apprenticeship program this academic year, you may be eligible for awards such as:
- SaskPower Trades Awards (pdf) - 15 awards of $1500 – applications are due June 30, 2011
- Kramer Ltd. – Caterpillar Foundation Graduate Awards (pdf) – 3 awards of $500 – applications are due June 30, 2011
Make sure to check out these student awards found on the general applications for our campus.
PotashCorp Bursary – 50 bursaries of $1000 (Please see appropriate Campus Fall General Application.)
Crown Investment Corporation Bursary – 20 bursaries of $5000 (Please see appropriate Campus Fall General Application.)
SaskEnergy Awards- 25 awards of $1000 (Please see appropriate Campus Fall General Application.)
SaskPower Industry Awards – 8 bursaries of $3000 (Please see appropriate Campus Fall General Application.)
Other Student Awards
You may be eligible for many student awards not administered by SIAST. Following are some websites that might be useful in your student award research.
Association of Universities and College
Association of Canadian Community Colleges
Need more student award ideas? Check the links on this document (pdf).