Currie Scholarship


The Currie Undergraduate Scholarship is Atlantic Canada's largest undergraduate scholarship, and is awarded to four students each year by the University of New Brunswick. It was established in 2004 by the university's chancellor, Richard Currie.

Criteria

Applicants should submit an essay to the Selection Committee giving evidence of their leadership capabilities, including school and extracurricular activities. Also required in the essay is evidence of overcoming barriers or difficult situations. Applications not meeting all three criteria will automatically be disregarded.

Value of the Scholarship

The value of the scholarship used to depend on the university program chosen by the winner. However, since the Engineering programs have been reduced to four years, the value of the scholarship remains constant from program to program.
Each scholarship winner is awarded $65,000 over four years as follows:
The selection committee consists of:
The previous winners by year:
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
E - Entering an engineering program.
O - Entering a program other than engineering.