SCHOLARSHIP CATEGORY
High School and University/College Students
Note: High school and university/college students may apply for ANY BUT NO MORE THAN ONE of the following scholarship award categories:
Graduate Students
Scholarship Amount
Awardees will be selected based on the applicant’s academic performance (80%) and volunteerism/community leadership (20%).
Note: High school and university/college students may apply for ANY BUT NO MORE THAN ONE of the following scholarship award categories:
- Academic Excellence :
Awardees will be selected based on the applicant’s academic performance (80%) and volunteerism/community leadership (20%). - Arts & Sports :
Awardees will be selected on the basis of academic performance (20%) and artistic/athletic ability or potential (80%). - Volunteerism/Community Leadership :
Awardees will be selected based on the applicant’s volunteerism/community leadership (80%) and academic performance (20%). - Bursary :
Awardees will be selected based on the applicant’s significant financial needs.
Graduate Students
- Awardees will be selected based on the applicant’s academic performance (50%) and essay (50%).
Scholarship Amount
Awardees will be selected based on the applicant’s academic performance (80%) and volunteerism/community leadership (20%).
- $750 for high school students
- $1,500 for university/college students
- $2,000 for graduate students
WHO CAN APPLY
2020 KCSFE SCHOLARSHIP ELIGIBILITY
Applicants must:
Minimum GPA
Note that the KCSFE scholarship award does not have any restrictions for holding other scholarship(s), but receiving the KCSFE scholarship may restrict your future scholarship application(s) where they do not allow the recipient to hold multiple scholarships. If you choose to receive another scholarship that cannot be held concurrently with any other scholarship awards, please inform KCSFE of your decision as soon as possible so that KCSFE can provide the scholarship to another applicant.
EQUITY, DIVERSITY, and INCLUSION (EDI)
The Korean Canadian Scholarship Foundation of Edmonton (KCSFE) provides scholarships to foster the education and the growth of future leaders of Alberta communities. KCSFE scholarships are not limited to the Korean Canadian students, but open to all high school and post‐secondary students in Northern Alberta.
The KCSFE promotes diversity and equality for all those in the Korean-Canadian community as well as all of those in the wider community as well, and is designed to be inclusive of all who wish to apply regardless of background, ethnicity, religion, faith, culture or gender or sexual orientation. This mindset builds a stronger and healthier environment that benefits everyone. The KCSFE believes in, and advocates for, EDI for everyone and this will be taken in consideration during the evaluation process for all applicants based on the individual merits of their applications.
Applicants must:
- Be a Canadian citizen, a permanent resident, or an international student;
- Be enrolled as a full-time student at a senior high school (grades 10-12), university/college (undergraduate) or graduate school (master’s or doctoral degree program);
- Reside (or have parents who reside) in Edmonton or the surrounding area (Red Deer and above area of Alberta);
- Meet the minimum GPA requirement (for Academic Excellence Category Application only); AND
- Have fewer than two scholarships awarded during high school (as a high school student) or during university/college (as a university/college student), or no previous scholarship award during graduate school (as a graduate student).
Minimum GPA
- Academic excellence category:
- High school students – A minimum GPA of 75% for their most recently completed school year.
- University/College students – A minimum GPA of 3.0 (or B) for their most recently completed academic year.
- Other categories:
- No minimum GPA is required but applicant’s GPA will be considered by the selection committee to judge applicant’s academic performance.
Note that the KCSFE scholarship award does not have any restrictions for holding other scholarship(s), but receiving the KCSFE scholarship may restrict your future scholarship application(s) where they do not allow the recipient to hold multiple scholarships. If you choose to receive another scholarship that cannot be held concurrently with any other scholarship awards, please inform KCSFE of your decision as soon as possible so that KCSFE can provide the scholarship to another applicant.
EQUITY, DIVERSITY, and INCLUSION (EDI)
The Korean Canadian Scholarship Foundation of Edmonton (KCSFE) provides scholarships to foster the education and the growth of future leaders of Alberta communities. KCSFE scholarships are not limited to the Korean Canadian students, but open to all high school and post‐secondary students in Northern Alberta.
The KCSFE promotes diversity and equality for all those in the Korean-Canadian community as well as all of those in the wider community as well, and is designed to be inclusive of all who wish to apply regardless of background, ethnicity, religion, faith, culture or gender or sexual orientation. This mindset builds a stronger and healthier environment that benefits everyone. The KCSFE believes in, and advocates for, EDI for everyone and this will be taken in consideration during the evaluation process for all applicants based on the individual merits of their applications.
HOW TO APPLY
- Applicants must submit their application online (Google Form) by the deadline. Please read 2020 KCSFE SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION GUIDELINES before you start.
- Applicants may use OFFLINE APPLICATION TEMPLATE to work on your application offline and to save your work in progress.
- You must copy your final responses into the ONLINE Google Form and submit your application online by the deadline.
- Hard copy applications will not be accepted. Instruction on how to submit the Google Form can be found below (in detail) and within the offline application template (in brief).
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
High School and University/College Students
Graduate Students
Please refer to “2020 KCSFE Scholarship Application Guidelines” for more information
High School and University/College Students
- Academic Excellence
- A fully completed Online Application.
- Official academic transcript.
- Contact information (name, organization/institution email address, phone number) of referee(s) from an arm’s-length, who can attest to the applicant’s academic excellence; and that for volunteer activities. Referee(s) will be directly contacted by the KCSFE.
- Tuition receipt for the 2020/2021 academic year should be submitted to receive the scholarship (Grade 12, and University/college students ONLY).
- Arts & Sports
- A fully completed Online Application.
- Portfolio, slides or a short video (at least 10 minutes in length) showing the applicant’s artistic or athletic ability
- Detailed information of their work/exhibition shown in the Portfolio, slides or a short video (Music/Art)
- (if applicable) Other supporting documents including newspaper or journal articles about the applicant’s performance, copies of records of prizes from local, national, or international competition, etc.
- Official academic transcript.
- Referee(s)’ contact information (name, organization/institution email address, phone number) who can attest to the applicant’s artistic or athletic ability; and (if applicable) can attest to the applicant’s academic excellence; Referee(s) will be directly contacted by KCSFE.
- Tuition receipt for the 2020/2021 academic year must be submitted to receive the scholarship (Grade 12, and University/college students ONLY).
- Volunteerism/Community Leadership
- A fully completed Online Application.
- Official academic transcript.
- Referee(s)’ contact information (name, organization/institution email address, phone number) who can evaluate the applicant’s volunteer activities; and (if applicable) academic excellence; Referee(s) will be directly contacted by KCSFE.
- Tuition receipt for the 2020/2021 academic year must be submitted to receive the scholarship (Grade 12, and University/college students ONLY).
- Bursary
- A fully completed Online Application.
- Cover letter self-explaining the applicant’s financial needs.
- Official academic transcript.
- A copy of the applicant’s and /or parent(s)’ Notice of Assessment for the most recent tax year.
- Referee(s)’ contact information (name, organization/institution email address, phone number) who from an arm’s-length, can attest to the applicant’s current financial circumstances; Referee(s) will be directly contacted by KCSFE.
- Tuition receipt for the 2020/2021 academic year must be submitted to receive the scholarship (Grade 12, and University/college students ONLY).
Graduate Students
- A fully completed Online Application.
- Official academic transcript.
- Essay (Topic: Explain a family, social or school situation, in which your leadership made a difference. What was accomplished and why is such leadership important?).
- Contact information (name, organization/institution email address, phone number) of referee(s) from supervisor(s), who can attest to the applicant’s academic excellence, and scope and impact of applicant’s study; Referee(s) will be directly contacted by KCSFE.
- Tuition receipt for the 2020/2021 academic year must be submitted to receive the scholarship.
- (if applicable) Cover letter self-explaining the applicant’s financial needs.
Please refer to “2020 KCSFE Scholarship Application Guidelines” for more information
A total of 872 students received scholarships
amounting to $824,920 to date since its establishment in 1986!
Korean Canadian Scholarship Foundation of Edmonton
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