Entrance Awards
Awards for first-year students
If you’ll be a new student at NAIT, you can apply for entrance awards, grants and bursaries to help finance your first year of post-secondary studies and recognize your achievements.
- There are different entrance awards available based on criteria like community involvement, academic achievement, extracurriculars or financial need.
- Diversity grants are also available to support historically-marginalized students by reducing financial barriers to post-secondary.
Once your application is evaluated and if you receive an offer of admission, you can use these funds towards your first-year tuition and fees.
Eligibility
- Entrance awards are for students beginning their degree, diploma, certificate or apprenticeship program who are new to NAIT and have not previously taken credits or completed a program at NAIT.
- To receive an entrance award application, you must apply for admission before the application deadline.
Types of entrance awards
- Apply-to awards require applicants to complete an application to be considered – learn how to apply below!
- Admission-based entrance awards are based on your admission to the program and do not require an application. NAIT automatically checks availability upon admission and notifies recipients via email.
How to apply
After applying for admission to NAIT, you’ll receive an email within 48 hours with a link to the award application in MyAwards Central, as long as the application is still open. The email will be sent to the email address listed on your application.
- This single application will assess you for all apply-to entrance awards.
- After applying, be sure to create your MyNAIT account as you’ll use the same login credentials to access the award application.
You’ll use the MyAwards Central to complete, submit and track your entrance award application.
Learn how to apply for awards
Do I have to be accepted to a program to apply for entrance awards?
You don’t need to wait be accepted into a program to apply for entrance awards. You can apply for these awards after applying to NAIT. It does not matter what your application status is when applying for entrance awards.
For information on award decisions and timelines, see below section.
Entrance award timelines and deadlines
Make sure you complete and submit your entrance award application during the application period. If you miss the deadline for an award, your application will not be considered.
| |
Applying for Fall term |
Applying for Winter term |
| Application period |
October - February |
March - July |
| Award recipients notified |
April |
October |
| Award payment |
October, following the start of your program |
February, following the start of your program |
Once you're a NAIT student
After accepting your offer and starting your NAIT program, keep an eye out for another award application about 4-6 weeks following the start of your first term. This is for awards in your second year of studies. While awards won’t be processed until after the application deadline (once you’ve progressed in your studies), selected students will be notified before their second year starts – giving you time to plan your finances!
FAQs
Do I have to be accepted to a program to apply for entrance awards?
No, you don’t need to wait be accepted into a program to apply for entrance awards. After applying, you'll receive an email within 48 hours with the award application. You can complete this award application immediately, there's no need to wait for your admission status to be updated!
Does the award application also consider me for other awards?
Yes! After completing this application, you’ll not only be considered for entrance awards but all other first year awards you may be eligible for if you’re offered admission to NAIT.
How do I know if I receive an entrance award?
Once the application period has closed, if you've been selected to receive an award, you will be notified via email. You must take action to accept the award to receive the award funds.
- Your email will include information about the award, including the deadline to accept their award and how to accept it in the MyAwards Central.
- An award offer may have an award condition attached (e.g. class enrolment).
Learn more about how to accept your award
For some entrance awards, an award decision is based on your admission to NAIT.
- Monitor your MyNAIT portal and watch for your admission decision.
- Once you accept your offer of admission and the award application period has closed, an award decision can be made.
How do I receive my award payment?
Review the information under the receiving payment section on the student awards page for full payment details, including when and how to receive your funds.
I applied for admission, but didn't receive an entrance award application. Why?
To receive an entrance award application, you must meet the eligibility criteria noted on this page. If you applied for admission after the award application period, unfortunately, the application window will be closed.