Domestic Supplementary Bursary

• You must be a domestic (Canadian Citizen, Permanent Resident, Refugee/Protected Person) undergraduate or graduate student in any year and currently attending classes at the University of Alberta at the time of your application.

• You must be in satisfactory academic standing or greater based on your most recent term grades.

• Undergraduate students: Students with either full-time or part-time enrolment in any term within the current academic year are eligible to apply.

• Graduate students: Students with full-time enrolment in either the Fall or Winter term within the current academic year are eligible to apply. If you are not enrolled full-time in either the Fall or Winter term, you are not eligible to apply. NOTE: If you are a part-time graduate student in all terms of study within an academic year, review the GSA Emergency Bursary for eligibility requirements.

• You must apply for and accept the maximum available government student loans for which you are eligible (exceptions for students providing documentation of First Nations, Métis, or Inuit identity may apply).

• Your application must demonstrate a financial shortfall for academic and basic living costs for the academic year in which you are currently enrolled to receive bursary funding.

Before completing and submitting an application, please review the Supplementary Bursary Application Guide for tips on ensuring all requirements are met for a complete application. Applications submitted without all required information and/or documentation will be reopened. This will cause a delay in a bursary assessment.

The application will be open from October to June each academic year. Students can apply in any term during the academic year as long as they show current and active registration in the same academic term. Any questions about the application can be sent to bursaries@ualberta.ca.

Bursary funding maximums are evaluated on an individual student basis and based on need associated with an educational program and basic living costs for the current academic school year. Eligibility for a bursary does not guarantee that you will receive the full amount of funding to cover all costs.

Note for undergraduate students: The Access Fund Bursary is included as part of the annual bursary maximum value for undergraduate students. If you have opted out of the Students' Union Access Fund fee for the current year, your bursary award amount will be reduced by the current year Access Fund bursary maximum amount.

If you receive a notification of bursary offer, you will need to accept your offer in Bear Tracks. Note that there is a deadline to accept your bursary offer, after which time it will be cancelled. Acceptance deadlines vary, so please read your offer carefully.

Bursary offers will first be applied to any outstanding tuition or fees you have for the current or any previous academic terms. If you have an Emergency Loan balance owing with Student Financial Support (SFS), bursary funds will be applied to directly repay this loan and any remaining funds will be refunded to you by e-Transfer via PayMyTuition. For more information, please visit the Refunds section of the Additional Scholarship Information web page.

To receive additional support with refunds, please submit a request through the Student Service Portal.

Requests for a reassessment will be considered only if there is new financial information or extenuating circumstances not included on your original bursary application.

To request a reassessment, email bursaries@ualberta.ca using the subject "Request for Bursary Reassessment." Include a letter outlining the change in your circumstances and documentation that supports the change in circumstances. Your request for reassessment will be reviewed by an advisor, who will contact you if additional supporting documentation is required.

You can submit a request for reassessment up to 15 days after your final class in any term in which you are registered in the current academic year. Requests for reassessment will not be accepted after June 30.

Alberta Student Loan Recipients: You are not required to notify Alberta Student Aid of any bursary awards you receive.

Out-of-Province Student Loan Recipients: If you hold out-of-province government student loans for the current year, you must notify your provincial student loan provider to declare a change of income. When declaring your change of income, describe your bursary as "scholarship income." For more information or assistance, please contact the Student Service Centre.