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Like a cover letter when applying for a job, a statement letter should highlight the applicant鈥檚 skills, experience, and qualities as related to the requirements of the award or scholarship, and why the applicant feels they should be considered. Only one statement letter per application is required.

• A strong statement letter is written clearly, succinctly, and directly addresses the terms of reference of the award or scholarship for which the applicant is applying. It is a formal, well-formatted letter free of typos and other errors. Use of AI to compose statement letters is strongly discouraged.
• If you have not written a letter such as this before, you may consider taking advantage of Beedie鈥檚 Career Management Centre which offers comprehensive help with planning and composing cover letters and resumes.

While there is a suggested word limit of 500 words, it is more important that the letter not exceed one (1) page.

The letter of intent/statement letter should be addressed to the adjudication committee (no specific names needed).

• Letters of reference should explain why a particular applicant should be selected and what qualifies them for the opportunity for which they are applying. 
• Letters of reference should be current and from the organization where the applicant took part in the activity related to the award and should be typed on the organization鈥檚 letterhead.
• Examples include: professors, student club leaders, professional mentors, etc. It should be someone who can speak to the applicant鈥檚 skills and experience. Letters of reference from the applicant鈥檚 family and/or friends will not be accepted.
  • Please note that referees may be contacted for verification purposes.

Transcripts are not required. Please do not include them as part of your application.

All students are welcome to apply for awards, however, applicants who meet all the award criteria will be weighted more heavily in the adjudication process.

• All applicants must be enrolled in a minimum of 9 or 12 standard graded units (for awards and scholarships, respectively) in the term the award/scholarship is being offered.
• The exception to this is if the Terms of Reference for a specific award state that an applicant can be on co-op during the term of award.

Complete applications for departmental awards can be emailed to ugclerk@sfu.ca.

The deadline varies from term-to-term, however, in the Fall term the date will fall in September, in the Spring term the date will fall in January, and in the Summer term, the date will fall in May.

• You can email the Program Assistant at ugclerk@sfu.ca with questions regarding the application process.
• Award-specific questions should be directed to 天美mv天美 Financial Aid and Awards at fa_awards@sfu.ca.

We thank all applicants for their submissions, however, due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unable to respond to each applicant confirming receipt. If you have sent your application to the correct email address (ugclerk@sfu.ca), you can consider that it has been successfully received and is under review.

Successful applicants will receive official confirmation via email from 天美mv天美 Financial Aid and Awards approximately six to eight weeks after the application deadline.