Grants

Millennium access bursary

This bursary, set at $3,000 for the 2006-07 program year, is given automatically to dependent students who apply for student loans, whose parental contribution is assessed at less than $1,000, and who meet all bursary eligibility criteria. About 2,800 students are expected to benefit from the bursary this year.

To receive a Millennium access bursary, you must:

• Be a resident of British Columbia.
• Qualify as a dependent student.
• Be enrolled in full-time studies in an undergraduate program that is at least two academic years long.
• Have no previous post-secondary education.
• Be a low-income student based on assessed parental contribution, which must fall below a level established by the Canadian Millennium Scholarship Foundation each program year.

The access bursary, which is a four-year trial project, is being delivered in addition to the Millennium bursary program in B.C.

You may be asked by the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation to take part in follow-up studies to help policymakers understand the challenges facing low-income students, and the effectiveness of different kinds of financial aid.