Student Peer Assistance Bursary

The Student Peer Assistance Bursary program is designed to help those students with a financial burden or those who have more financial need than anticipated. Other types of bursaries are also available through the continuing undergraduate, high school award, Law and Medicine applications.

Funding for the Student Peer Assistance Bursary program is provided by student donations and the University of Calgary.

Eligibility

  • You must be an undergraduate or Open Studies student.

    • Students in the Faculty of Law, the Medicine (MD) program, as well as graduate programs, are not eligible.

       

  • You must be a full-time student in at least one Fall or Winter term of the current academic year, depending on when your application is submitted:
    • On or before December 24
      • You must be registered full-time in Fall 2025 or Winter 2026 term. If you are not full time in Fall, your application will be reviewed in the Winter term
    • On or after December 25 

      • You must be registered full-time in Winter 2026 term

         

  • You must also be able to demonstrate financial need:
    • Eligible costs minus available resources equals financial need.
    • Domestic students need to have government student financial aid
    • International students need to have resources of at least $22,895

Award Amount

There is a limit to the amount of bursary funding you can receive per academic year (September – April):

  • Students may receive a one-time award of up to $1,000; or up to $500 for students who have opted out of the donation

How to apply

Please apply Undergraduate Bursaries Application through my.ucalgary.ca.

Learn how to apply online for awards

Notification

All successful Student Peer Assistance Bursary applicants will be notified of their results of their bursary applications within 3 to 4 weeks of their application submission date. Notification will be sent to recipient's University of Calgary email address.