• Description:

    The Mensa Canada General Scholarship is an award of $1000, and is offered annually, as funding permits. Applicants are invited to write a short essay in which they detail their career plan, list their accomplishments to date, and describe what they plan to in do order to achieve their future career goals. 
    Eligibility
    • 2024 - 2025 applicants must be Canadian citizens or landed immigrants enrolled in a full-time program at a Canadian post-secondary institution, accredited by the applicable provincial Ministry of Education, during the 2024 - 2025 academic year.

    • Full-time is defined as determined by the Canadian post-secondary institution which the applicant attends.

    • Applicants must be at least 18 years old on January 31, 2025.

    • Awards are based on applicant's essay.

    • Essays may be written either in English or in French. Only one essay is accepted per applicant.

    • Only the finalists will be contacted, by phone or other means according to the information supplied in their application. Finalists will be required to provide official proof of enrollment and sign a written consent form indicating that the essay is entirely his or her own work and to allow the Mensa Canada Scholarship Programme's designated agents to use their name, photograph for publicity purposes. They may also be asked to provide proof of Canadian citizenship or landed immigrant status and up to two letters of reference.

    • Application deadline is January 31, 2025. The results of the competition will be announced by mid-September, 2025.

    • The Mensa Canada Scholarship Program includes one or more scholarships of $1000, and may also include Honourable Mentions, all of which are awarded in accordance with the dictates of the Board of Directors of the MCSP, as funding permits.

    • Any claims made in the essay are subject to verification, including but not limited to: patents, publications, academic standings, and medical procedures.

    • The decision of the judges is final.

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    • Accounting

    • Aerospace Engineering

    • Agricultural Science

    • Agricultural Science

    • Anthropology

    • Archaeology and Ancient History

    • Architecture and Design

    • Artificial Intelligence

    • Arts and Culture

    • Astrophysics

    • Banking and Finance

    • Biochemistry

    • Biological Sciences

    • Biology

    • Biomedical Science

    • Building Technology

    • Business and Economics

    • Chemical Engineering

    • Chemistry

    • Civil Engineering

    • Communication

    • Computer Engineering

    • Computer Science

    • Criminology

    • Data Science

    • Dentistry

    • Earth Sciences

    • Ecology

    • Economics

    • Education

    • Engineering

    • Entrepreneurship

    • Environmental Science

    • Epidemiology

    • Food science Technology

    • Forestry

    • French

    • Geographic Information Systems

    • Geography

    • Geosciences

    • Health Science

    • History

    • History of Art and Film

    • Horticulture

    • Hospitality and Management

    • Human Kinetics

    • Human Resources

    • Humanities

    • Information Systems

    • IT

    • Journalism

    • Journalism

    • Law

    • Library

    • Library and Information Science

    • Linguistics

    • Literature

    • Machine Learning

    • Management

    • Marine Science

    • Marketing

    • Material Engineering

    • Material Science

    • Mathematics

    • Mechanical Engineering

    • Media

    • Medicine

    • Microbiology

    • Modern Languages

    • Museum Studies

    • Music

    • Neurobiology

    • Neuroscience

    • Nursing

    • Nutrition

    • Office Technology Management

    • Peace and Conflict

    • Pharmaceutical Science

    • Philosophy

    • Physics

    • Physiology

    • Plant Science

    • Political Science

    • Politics and International Relations

    • Psychiatry

    • Psychology

    • Public Health

    • Public Policy

    • Real Estate

    • Science

    • Social Science

    • Social Welfare

    • Social work

    • Sociology

    • Software Engineering

    • Soil Science

    • Space Science

    • Special Education

    • Sport Science

    • Supply Chain

    • Sustainable Development

    • Theology

    • Transportation Science

    • Urban Planning

    • Wild-life management

    • Zoology

  • Qualifications

    • High School

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