OPEFE Award 2024/25

Award Information and Eligibility

About the Ontario Professional Engineers Foundation for Education: Founded in 1959, the Engineers Foundation provides scholarship funding and recognition to engineering students with demonstrated academic and leadership excellence. By encouraging them to pursue licensure and establish careers in the profession, and connecting them with resources along the way, we are proud to be building the future leaders of engineering. The Engineers Foundation is the official charity of the Ontario engineering profession, whose mission is to nurture engineering students into licensed engineers by inspiring academic and leadership excellence, providing financial assistance and connecting to mentors and employers. OPEFE scholarships demonstrate the commitment of the Ontario engineering profession to its future leaders. All of OPEFE award recipients have achieved both academic and leadership excellence through high marks, extracurricular activities and volunteering, making them some of the brightest and most promising future engineers in Ontario. (Source: engineersfoundation.ca)

Terms: The purpose of the Ontario Professional Engineers Foundation for Education Undergraduate Scholarships is to acknowledge the hard work of engineering students and promote the relevancy of becoming a licensed Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Ontario or elsewhere in Canada.

Eligibility: To be eligible for an Ontario Professional Engineers Foundation for Education Undergraduate Scholarship applicants must be second, third, fourth or final year students enrolled in an engineering program in the Faculty of Engineering and Design at Carleton. To be considered for a scholarship, eligible applicants must demonstrate at least one of the following:

• high engineering aptitude;
• leadership through participation in professional affairs;
• sustained participation in extra-curricular activities either on or off-campus; and
• continued volunteerism either on or off-campus.

When selecting recipients for this scholarship, particular consideration will be given to promoting equity and diversity within Carleton’s Faculty of Engineering and Design. To this objective, a Voluntary Self-Declaration Form is available to be included with the scholarship application. Members of under-represented communities and groups in the Faculty of Engineering and Design’s engineering programs are encouraged to apply.

Each award is valued at $1,500 for the 2024/25 academic year.
There are six awards to be allocated.

Application Instructions

Instructions:

1. Download and complete the 2024/25 OPEFE Scholarship Application form electronically (please do not handwrite responses).
   
   When selecting recipients for this scholarship, particular consideration will be given to promoting equity and diversity within Carleton’s Faculty of Engineering and Design. To this objective, a Voluntary 2024/25 OPEFE Declaration is available to be included with the scholarship application. Members of under-represented communities and groups in the Faculty of Engineering and Design’s engineering programs are encouraged to apply.
2. Complete and submit application form(s) via webform below by November 11, 2024 12:00PM noon (Ottawa local time EST)
3. Do not include any additional attachments (e.g. resumes, portfolios, photos, certificates, etc.).
4. Incomplete applications or applications with incorrect information will not be considered.

Application Form

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