Awards and Scholarships
Funding your education
The Office of the Registrar has dedicated more than $15 million in scholarships, awards, and financial support to undergraduate and graduate students studying at University of Niagara Falls Canada in 2025. As an institution, UNF believes in making quality higher education as accessible as possible and is invested in up-skilling the future with career-ready degrees.
Awards are offered based on registration and academic criteria and are divided into two categories, entrance and academic. Students may qualify for multiple awards however, they will only receive one award per category.
Please note that the awards published below are for the 2025 academic year.
Entrance awards
We provide entrance awards to newly admitted students enrolling in an undergraduate or graduate program at UNF. The outlined criteria is applicable to all entrance awards, with each individual award also having specific additional criteria and requirements.
- Students may only receive one entrance award per program.
- If eligible for multiple entrance awards, you will only receive the award with the highest value.
- Qualification for regional and domestic awards will be determined by type of student fees paid.
- Students paying international student fees are eligible for international student entrance awards.
- Students paying domestic student fees are eligible for Canada-based student entrance awards.
- All students are eligible for the Academic Achievement Entrance Award.
- All awards are disbursed as a tuition credit. Award money cannot be used for any other purpose.
- Additional requirements and documents may be required for certain awards.
Entrance awards are bestowed automatically.
No additional application is required as these awards will be granted at the point of admission when eligibility criteria are met. Please review Terms and Conditions for Regional Awards for additional details.
Entrance awards
We provide entrance awards to newly admitted students enrolling in an undergraduate or graduate program at UNF. The outlined criteria is applicable to all entrance awards, with each individual award also having specific additional criteria and requirements.
- Students may only receive one entrance award per program.
- If eligible for multiple entrance awards, you will only receive the award with the highest value.
- Qualification for regional and domestic awards will be determined by type of student fees paid.
- Students paying international student fees are eligible for international student entrance awards.
- Students paying domestic student fees are eligible for Canada-based student entrance awards.
- All students are eligible for the Academic Achievement Entrance Award.
- All awards are disbursed as a tuition credit. Award money cannot be used for any other purpose.
- Additional requirements and documents may be required for certain awards.
Entrance awards are bestowed automatically.
No additional application is required as these awards will be granted at the point of admission when eligibility criteria are met. Please review Terms and Conditions for Regional Awards for additional details.
At UNF we are constantly offering new awards to help the best scholars succeed in Canada. If you have any questions on our awards and scholarships, or need help finding which one you may qualify for, please email inquiry@unfc.ca, or call 1-289-273-0049.
