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If you are applying to AV¾ãÀÖ²¿ directly from high school, you can apply for and be considered for hundreds of entrance scholarships and bursaries through one common General Entrance Award application. You will be considered for all entrance awards for which you are eligible. There are a number that are specifically applicable to Black/African Nova Scotian students that can beÌý:

• The Forsyth Family N.S. Scholarship: One awarded per year up to $20,000 per year (up to $80,000 total). This award is for Black African Nova Scotian students. Criteria include financial need and extra-curricular activities. 

• First Nations and Indigenous Black Students Entrance Scholarship: 10 awarded per year at $3,000 per year (up to $12,000 total). This award is for students who identify as Indigenous Black/African Nova Scotian as well as students who identify as First Nations, Inuit, or Metis from Atlantic Canada. Financial need is also considered. 

• The Jeff D. and Martha Edwards Scholarship: One awarded per year at $4,500 per year (up to $12,000). Preference is given to Canadian students of Black African descent, and second preference to Black Bermudian students at Dal. Preference is also given to students entering a Bachelor of Science. Ìý

• The Richard and Melda Murray Scholarship: One awarded per year at $22,000 (up to $88,000). For Jamaican students entering a Bachelor of Engineering (not specific to Black students).

Once enrolled at AV¾ãÀÖ²¿, you can apply once per term for the Undergraduate Bursary Program, through which you will be considered for hundreds of awards based on financial need. You will be considered for all bursaries for which you are eligible. There are a number that are specifically applicable for Black/African Nova Scotian students:

• Rev. J.W.A. Nicholson Bursary (for Black students from N.S.) 

• Rt. Honourable Robert L Stanfield Bursary (for Black students from N.S.)

• Sen. Donald Oliver Bursary for Black Atlantic Students (for Black students from the Atlantic provinces)Ìý

• Kostman Family Bursary (For Indigenous or Black students who are graduates of the TYP program) 

• Charles A. Smith Memorial Bursary (for Black students from N.S.)

• MacCullum S. Grant Charitable Foundation Bursary 

• Computer Science Black/African Canadian or Indigenous Student BursaryÌý

• English Black/African Canadian or Indigenous Student Bursary 

• History Black/African Canadian or Indigenous Student Bursary 

• Advancement Black/African Canadian or Indigenous Student Bursary

• Psychology and Neuroscience Black/African Canadian or Indigenous Student BursaryÌý

• Economics Black/African Canadian or Indigenous Student Bursary 

• Sociology & Social Anthropology Bursary for African NS & Mi’kmaq Students

• Chemistry Bursary for Black/African Canadian or Indigenous Students

• FSPA Music Bursary for Black/African Canadian or Indigenous StudentsÌý

• FSPA Theatre/Cinema Bursary for Black/African Canadian or Indigenous Students

Additional awards and scholarships include:

• The Mrs. Nora Hickson Kelly Award

• African Nova Scotian Graduate Scholarship (Graduate Studies)

• James Robinson Johnson Chair Black Canadian Studies (Graduate Studies)

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