NEADS Financial Assistance Program
Category: External, Permanent Disabilities
Value: Variable
Application Deadline: October 16
The NEADS Financial Assistance Program is offered to encourage full access to post-secondary education for persons living with disabilities, who often have higher costs and greater barriers to participation in higher education.
The program will award four scholarships and awards in the Fall 2026 semester, including three partner-funded scholarships and the NEADS-funded Holly Bartlett Memorial Award.
Eligibility
- Applicants must be Canadian citizens or permanent residents.
- Applicants must be living with a permanent, persistent or prolonged disability.
- Applicants must be currently enrolled at a post-secondary institution as a full-time student.
- Applicants must be still enrolled in their studies at the time when the grant/scholarship is awarded.
Notes:
- For the purpose of these grants/scholarships, a permanent, persistent or prolonged disability is a functional limitation which limits an individual’s ability to participate fully in post-secondary education.
- Current high school students must be accepted in order to apply.
- Full-time is defined as 40% of a course-load, as per the Canada Student Financial Assistance Program definition.
The following scholarships are the only ones available for Fall 2026:
- Connor Clark & Lunn Financial Group Scholarship – 1 at $5,000.
- Holly Bartlett Memorial Award – 1 at $1,000.
- AMI Robert Pearson Memorial Scholarship (2 at $5,000)
For more information, visit the NEADS website at fap.neads.ca
This is an external scholarship opportunity and is not administered by Concordia University of Edmonton.