Applying for Scholarships, Awards and Bursaries
We encourage all students to submit their online student profile(s) through LORIS to be considered for competitive scholarship, award and donor-supported bursary opportunities.
These online student profiles open in the late summer and close in the early Fall yearly – keep an eye on your MyLaurier email for deadlines!
These online student profiles are open to all undergraduate and graduate students, including all full- and part-time students and international students.
By telling us about yourself through the completion of your profile, we can determine if you are eligible for a competitive scholarship, award or donor-supported bursary.
Decisions on recipients for all competitive opportunities are made on an ongoing basis. Recipients of competitive opportunities are notified by email between October and March.
Student Profiles
There are three different types of student profiles! General Student Profile, Faculty-specific Profile and the First-year Undergraduate Profile.
While the submission of a financial statement (included in some of the profiles) is not mandatory, we strongly recommend you complete this section as many award opportunities have a “financial need” component.
When a profile or application is available on LORIS, an email will be sent to your MyLaurier account. Make sure you check your MyLaurier e-mail regularly!
Profiles must be submitted by the stated deadline in order to be considered for all competitive scholarship, bursary and award opportunities for the current academic year.
Late submissions will not be accepted.
All decisions are at the discretion of the Student Awards Office.
2020/21 Important Dates
June 22: First-year student profile as application for all competitive entrance opportunities opens on LORIS for first-year undergraduate students only.
August 20: Deadline to complete the First-year student profile on LORIS.
August 21: General student profile open on LORIS for ALL students.
October 12: Deadline to complete the General student profile on LORIS.
October 13: Faculty-specific profile opens on LORIS for students who have completed the general profile.
November 2: Deadline to complete the Faculty-specific profile on LORIS.
Profiles must be submitted by the stated deadline in order to be considered for all competitive scholarship, bursary and award opportunities for the current academic year. Late submissions cannot be accepted.
General Student Profile
This profile can be completed by all students.
This is the application for all competitive opportunities which are open to all students.
The application opens on LORIS in late-Summer and closes late-September/mid-October.
Opportunities granted from the General Student profile are granted at any time after the profile deadline, and the granting process is ongoing through to mid April of each year.
Those who complete this profile before the deadline will then have the opportunity to complete the “Faculty Specific” profile.
The General Student Profile is now closed for the 2020/21 academic year.
It will become available in late August and close in October for the 2021/2022 academic year.
Faculty Specific Profile
Complete your faculty-specific profile based on your program and faculty.
This is the application for competitive opportunities that are specific to your program of study.
For example, if you are in a BA Global Studies program you will be able to complete the Faculty of Arts profile.
This profile is made available on LORIS in late September/mid October. Opportunities that are specific to your program of study will be granted once the Faculty profile deadline has passed, and the granting process is ongoing until mid April.
You must complete General Student Profile by the deadline in order to receive the faculty-specific profile.
If you did not complete the General Student Profile, you will not have access to the faculty-specific profile.
The faculty-specific profile(s) are now closed for the 2020/21 academic year.
They will become available in late October and close in November for the 2021/2022 academic year.
First-year Undergraduate Profile
Open to students who are entering a first year undergraduate program in the fall semester.
This is the application for all first-year, undergraduate competitive entrance opportunities.
It is available online on LORIS in mid-late June and closes in late July/August.
A first year undergraduate student can complete all three profiles, as applications for all competitive opportunities.
Opportunties which are granted to first year undergraduate students are granted starting in September, and the granting process is completed by November.
Profile Available on: June 22, 2020.
Deadline: August 20, 2020.
The First-year Undergraduate Profile is now closed for the 2020/21 academic year.
It will become available in late June and close in August for the 2021/2022 academic year.
Accessing your Student Profile(s) through LORIS
- Log in to your LORIS account.
- Access the “Student Awards and Financial Aid” tab at the top of the web page.
- Click the “Student Awards Applications” link which will take you to the student profile(s).
- Your submissions can be reviewed and changes can be made up until the deadline. After you submit your profile(s), your submission can be accessed through the “View my Applications” tab. Make sure that the application is showing as “submitted.”
- Once the deadline has passed, your profile will show the status of "EXPIRED"
Frequently Asked Questions
I completed the profiles, why haven't I heard back?
All decisions on competitive opportunities are assessed on an ongoing basis between October and March of each academic year. Successful recipients will be notified by their MyLaurier e-mail.
If you complete the profile, there is no guarantee that you will be the successful recipient of an award. The profiles are competitive opportunities and the most eligible candidate(s) is chosen as the recipient.
If you do not receive an award this year, this does not mean that you will not be eligible in another year. By filling out the profile(s) every year, you will have the best opportunity to receive an award!
I want to apply to a specific award, how do I do that?
Instead of applying for specific awards, we have created the student profile(s) for Laurier students. By completing the profile(s), you are applying for all awards offered to Laurier students.
By telling us about yourself through the completion of your profile, we can determine if you are eligible for a competitive scholarship, award or donor-supported bursary.
We recommend that you complete all profile(s) available to you on LORIS. Remember, you must complete and submit your General Student Profile in order to receive access to the faculty-specific profile(s).
I've been asked to upload a document, how do I do that?
This video shows Laurier students how to upload required supplementary documents for scholarship/bursary/award applications on LORIS. The video demonstrates how to upload documents, delete documents, re-upload documents and where to monitor your document status.