Awards for current students

Scholarships for AUArts undergraduate students (continuing students) are awarded based on select criteria such as academic and creative achievement, leadership and community engagement. Bursaries are designed to support students with demonstrated financial need. 

Many Awards are open for all undergraduate students to apply, others are for students pursuing studies in specific programs or concentrations, and some are specific to domestic, international and/or Indigenous students. Awards for continuing students are typically offered as tuition credit towards student tuition and fees. 

Travel and Experience Awards are available for students in all degree programs.

Awards are advertised annually in the Winter Term. AUArts students can access detailed information on awards criteria and application process, or book an appointment with AUArts Financial Aid and Awards team on the AUArts Intranet Student Success Centre.  

Awards for students in all undergraduate degree programs

  • AUArts Board of Governors Second Year Scholarship, $1,000 x5
  • AUArts Excellence Awards, $1,000 x14
  • Barbara and John Poole Family Scholarship Fund, $2,000 x10
  • Board of Governors Graduating Student Award, $500 x13
  • Calgary Hadassah-Wizo Award, $1,000 x2
  • Calgary Winter Festival Foundation Scholarship, $600 x2
  • Illingworth Kerr Scholarship, $1,000 x12
  • Ivan Sellers Memorial Scholarship, $1,000 x2
  • Janet Mitchell Award (The Calgary Foundation), $500
  • John H. and Kathleen Snow Scholarship, $850 x2
  • Paul Brace Memorial Scholarship, $1,000
  • The Passion Pages, $650
  • The Orinda Dean Scholarship, $500 x2
  • Rosalee Hiebert Memorial Scholarship, $2,000
  • Susanne Agopsowicz Memorial Scholarship, $500

Awards for students in the BFA degree program

  • 2nd Year Drawing Scholarship, $500
  • Arthur and Betty Torode Memorial Scholarship, $1,200
  • Bill Gardner Award Fund, $1,000
  • Bob Ranson Memorial Award, $1,200
  • Dennis and Patricia Evans Scholarship, $8,000
  • Don & Honey Ray Memorial Scholarship, $1,000
  • The Doris Brown Memorial Scholarship, $1,500 x2
  • Frank Vervoort Memorial Scholarship, $600 x2
  • Gregory Arnold Memorial Scholarship, $1,000
  • The Harley Brown Artistic Endowment, $2,000
  • Ignac and Karla Herskovic Memorial Scholarship, $1,000 x2
  • Jenny Belzberg Endowment, $1,500
  • The John Brocke Memorial Scholarship, $500
  • Laura Mae Stillings Scholarship, $1,000 x2
  • The Meredith Helgeson Textile & Fibre Arts Scholarship, $1,200
  • The M. James and Elsie Mathieson Scholarship (The Calgary Foundation), $1,000 x3
  • Monika Smith Ceramics Award, $500
  • New Zones Gallery of Contemporary Art Graduating Scholarship, $500
  • The Nicole Jennifer Creig Memorial Scholarship $2,500
  • Printastic Awards, $500 x2
  • The Rachel Cameron Award, $1,500 x2
  • The Richard Halliday Memorial Scholarship, $1,000
  • The Sir Winston Churchill Society of Calgary Drawing Scholarships Program, $1,000 x2
  • Steve Baylin Legacy Scholarship, $7,950
  • The Ted Helgeson Painting Scholarship, $1,000
  • Tyman and Victor Brosz Memorial Glass Scholarship, $1,000 x2
  • Wendi Jenkins Memorial Scholarship, $1,000 x3
  • Wendy Toogood & Don Mabie Scholarship, $1,000 x2

Awards for students in the BDes degree program

  • Ad Rodeo Scholarship, $1,200
  • Bernard Franklin Stockl Memorial Scholarship Fund, $1,500
  • DesCan (Design Professionals of Canada) Alberta South Chapter Scholarship, $1,500 x2
  • Eugene Ouchi Memorial Scholarship, $1,200
  • Henry Clinton Scholarship, $600 x2
  • Janine Trudel & Steve Coughlin & Family Memorial Scholarship, $1,200
  • Jennifer J. Worley Memorial Scholarship, $1,200
  • Steve Vadnai Memorial Scholarship, $500 x2

Travel & Experience Awards

  • AUArts International Study Awards, $2,000 x5
  • Brett Robinson Kilroe Scholarship for International Studies, $5,000
  • Carol & Larry Ryder Travel Scholarship, $1,200
  • Continuing Arts Association Travel Scholarship, $2,000
  • Dr. Blythe K.V. Brown Exploration Scholarship, $2,500 x2
  • Dr. J.C. Sproule Memorial Scholarship, $1,200
  • Frances A. Rodgers Excellence Endowment, $1,200
  • Frances A. Rodgers Memorial Scholarship in Ceramics, $750
  • Homesteader's Legacy Scholarship, $2,000 x2
  • Illingworth Kerr Travel/Study Scholarship, up to $2,000 x6
  • Lana Vanzetta and Carl Abad Fashion Photography Award, $2,000
  • Medalta Residency Award, One-month residency + $1,000
  • Pilchuck Glass School Scholarship, Tuition + $1,000
  • Pittsburgh Glass Centre Residency Award, One week tuition + $1,000
  • Stanford Perrott Innovative Projects Award, $1,500 x4
  • The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass Scholarship, Tuition + $1,000
  • UrbanGlass Residency Award, One week tuition + $1,000 

Bursaries

  • Alberta/NWT Command, The Royal Canadian Legion Bursary, $1000 x 2
  • Art & Culture Bursary, $2,000 x 2 and $1,000 x1
  • Calgary Retired Teachers Association Bursary, $1,000
  • IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees) Local 212 Bursary, $1,200
  • Illingworth Kerr Bursary, $1,000 x13
  • J.M Stanford Bursary, $2,000
  • James & Lillian Budd Family Bursary for AUArts Students with Disabilities (The Calgary Foundation), $1,000 x2
  • James Melville Memorial Bursary, $1,000
  • Janet Mitchell Bursary, $1,500 x10
  • Jasmine Valentina Herron Memorial Bursary, $1,000
  • Jason Gogo Memorial Bursary, $1,000
  • Joyce & Owen Hughes Memorial Bursary, $1,500
  • Murray Hay Bursary, $1,000
  • Rod 'Stu' Stuart Memorial Bursary, $500 x2
  • Rotary Club of Calgary MacEachern Bursary $2,000 x2
  • The City of Calgary Bursary, $1,200
  • The Delwyn Darling Memorial Endowment Bursary, $1,000 x2  
  • The Owen Bursary (The Calgary Foundation), $500
  • The Royal Heraldry Society of Canada - Claire Boudreau Bursary, $1,250 x4
  • Ron Hawker Fine Art Bursary, $2,500
  • Wilfred and Elsie Perrott Bursary Endowment $1,000 x3