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External Awards

Sept. 12, 2022
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Students can also receive external scholarships from organizations, outside agencies, parents’ employers or community groups. These awards are typically sent directly to the University. 

Here is a helpful guide:

  1. You've won an external award!
  2. Where do I send the Cheque?
  3. Tax Documents
  4. External Opportunities

You've won an external award!

Cheques can be made payable to Wilfrid Laurier University, and sent to Student Awards for processing. Funds will be applied to your LORIS account once you are registered! 

Lauier only accepts cheques in CAD and USD currency. If your external award cheque is in USD, Laurier will deposit the cheque using the currency exchange rate of the day it is processed and not necessarily the day Laurier receives it.

To ensure Student Awards has the proper information to deposit the cheque, you must provide the external organization with the following information:

  • Your full name
  • Laurier Student ID Number. 

This information should be written on the face of the cheque in the memo or comments area. Cheques that do not include this information will not be processed.

Where Do I Send the Cheque?

Mail the Cheque:

ATTN: Student Awards
Wilfrid Laurier University
75 University Ave West
Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5

Be sure to attach a letter indicating the following:
  • What term the cheque should be applied to (i.e. should the full amount go to your Fall term, or should it be split between your two terms).
  • Whether the organization will be issuing a tax receipt for your scholarship, or if they would prefer the university to issue the tax receipt.
Cheques received without clear instructions and student-identifying information will not be processed and will be returned to the sender. 

Drop-off The Check

If you have received the cheque directly, you may drop it off to Service Laurier. Check out our Campuses and Locations page for an interactive map.

Waterloo Campus

Office Location: SB102 (Schlegel building)

Brantford Campus

Office Location: GRH202 (Grand River Hall)

Office Hours:
9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday to Friday. Closed daily for lunch 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

T4A Tax Documents

External award agencies who wish to issue their own T4A tax form should notify Student Awards in the supplementary letter attached with the cheque.

If the documentation attached to the funding received by Laurier does not specify who will issue the T4A tax form to the student, Laurier will issue the student a T4A by default in late February.

External Opportunities

We strongly encourage our students to research for opportunities through Scholarships Canada.