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Leeds Grenville District 48 RTOERO Scholarship Applications Available Now

Oct 05, 2022

RTOERO Scholarships

Application Deadline is January 13, 2023

This year, RTOERO is awarding 20 scholarships valued at $3000 each to post-secondary (college or university) students enrolled in programs that lead to careers in either seniors health and wellbeing; education; environmental stewardship; or that reflect a strong commitment to diversity, equity and/or inclusion. This includes fields such as: Health sciences; medicine; nursing; personal care; geriatric health care; research into healthy active living for seniors; architects, designers of age-friendly spaces, critical race studies and teaching or careers in education.
RTOERO members are encouraged to recommend students in their lives, including family members, who meet the criteria.
Over the past 17 years, RTOERO has awarded scholarships totaling $550,000

Eligibility

  • Students must be taking part in their program at the time of the application deadline, Jan 13, 2023. Students still in high-school at the time of the application deadline are ineligible.
  • In addition to the completed application, the applicant must provide official Confirmation of Enrollment from their post-secondary institution, in PDF format. This must be an official document issued by the college or university’s registrar which demonstrates that the student is enrolled in their program at the time of submitting their application. PLEASE NOTE: Letters of acceptance to a program or unofficial documents such as a copy of a timetable, student account or transcript will not suffice.
  • The applicant must be recommended by an RTOERO member.
  • Successful applicants may be awarded the RTOERO scholarship only once.
  • RTOERO members are not themselves eligible to be awarded the scholarship.
  • Students are to fill out the application themselves, not the RTOERO member.
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