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Managing your award

Find out how to keep your award, meet renewal requirements, and understand how course changes, program changes, or study abroad can affect your funding.

Stay eligible for your award

To receive and keep your scholarship, you must:

Be registered in an eligible undergraduate program at 海角社区app

You must be registered in an eligible program in one of the following Faculties:

  • Agriculture
  • Architecture & Planning
  • Arts & Social Sciences
  • Computer Science
  • Engineering
  • Health
  • Management
  • Science

Stay enrolled full-time each term

  • Degree programs: at least 9 credit hours per term
  • Technology programs: at least 6 credit hours per term
  • Some awards may require registration in specific programs/faculties, or require more than the minimum credit load鈥攃heck your award letter for details.听听
  • Even if your scholarship is renewable, you still need to stay registered full-time each term to receive your funding.

Note: Students at King鈥檚 College are not eligible for 海角社区app scholarships.

Understand how renewal works

If your award is renewable:

  • Review your offer letter carefully鈥攊t outlines your renewal criteria
  • Keep a copy for your records

Your specific renewal requirements are outlined in:


Most renewable scholarships require:

  • Completion of a听minimum number of credit hours听across two听terms from the past academic year
  • Achievement of a听minimum Scholarship GPA (SGPA)

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SGPA (Scholarship GPA)听is the average of the two term GPAs used for scholarship assessment.

Note:听SGPA is different from your听CGPA (Cumulative GPA).

You will receive an email notification about your renewal status in July/August.

If extenuating circumstances affected your academic performance, you may听be eligible to听submit听an appeal. Please follow the instructions in your renewal results email.

One co-op work term in a year

You must:

  • Complete the required credit hours across听two academic terms听(fall, winter, or summer)
  • Achieve the required SGPA across those two terms


Two co-op work terms in a year

You must:

  • Complete听half of your required credit hours in one academic term
  • Achieve the required SGPA in that single term

Example: If your requirement is 30 credit hours and a 3.7 SGPA:

  • You must complete听15 credit hours in one term
  • Earn at least a 3.7 GPA in that term


Receiving your funding

  • Awards are applied to your student account in听fall and winter terms
  • If you are on co-op during those terms, funding will still be applied
  • Funds can:
    • Remain on your account for future fees, or
    • Be refunded upon request through Student Accounts


Length of study

  • Most renewable scholarships are awarded for听four years
  • If co-op extends your program into a fifth year:听
    • You will听not receive renewal funding in year five
    • You may instead be assessed for an听in-course scholarship

Maintain your course load

You must remain a full-time student to keep your scholarship.

  • For in-course scholarships,听you must complete听30 credit hours over听two terms in the听past听academic year (September鈥揂ugust)听
  • Audited courses听don鈥檛听count toward your course load because they are not for credit

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Dropping courses or withdrawing

If you reduce your course load below full-time or withdraw:

  • You may need to听repay your award (in full or in part)
  • The amount you keep depends on when changes are made

Before making any changes, contact the Awards and Financial Aid Office to understand your options.

Changing your program of faculty

If you switch programs or faculties after receiving your award:

  • Your scholarship amount or eligibility may change.听In some cases, scholarships may be听forfeited听if they are tied to a specific program or faculty.
  • Contact the Awards and Financial Aid Office to review your situation

Studying outside 海角社区app

Letters of permission

Taking more than one course per term at another institution (on a letter of permission) may make you:

  • Ineligible for in-course scholarships
  • Ineligible for renewal of your current award


Exceptions apply for:

  • Bachelor of Science (Nursing) students in Yarmouth
  • Costume Studies students at NSCAD
  • Students on approved 海角社区app exchange programs

Exchange and study abroad

You can keep and renew your scholarship while on an听approved 海角社区app exchange or study abroad program,听as long as听you meet your renewal requirements.听

Approved programs include:

  • Oxford Study Abroad Program
  • Bader International Study Centre
  • Official 海角社区app exchange partnerships

Independent or self-arranged programs are听not eligible听for scholarship funding or renewal.

If听you鈥檙e听unsure, contact the Awards and Financial Aid Office before committing to a program.

Nursing students

If you enter Nursing directly from high school:

  • Your program is听three years long, but many renewable awards are structured over four years
  • Contact the Awards and Financial Aid Office to have your funding adjusted across your program timeline

Receiving your funds

General Entrance Awards and in-course scholarships

General Entrance Awards听(including both entrance scholarships and bursaries) and in-course scholarships听are applied to your听海角社区app听student account.

In-course bursaries and emergency loans

In-course bursaries and emergency loans are paid听by an听Interac听e-transfer听sent to your 海角社区app email and deposited to a Canadian bank account

How to accept an e-Transfer:

  1. Open the听Interac听email
  2. Select your bank and sign in
  3. Answer the security question
  4. Choose the account where you want the funds deposited
  5. Review the details and confirm the deposit

If you听can鈥檛听find the e-transfer email, check your 海角社区app email on a computer and look in your spam, junk, and clutter folders.

Contact Awards and Financial Aid

Email

Our office hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm听

General enquiries:听awards@dal.ca听
U.S. student loans:听us.studentloans@dal.ca

Mailing address

Room 130, Henry Hicks Building听
6283 Alumni Crescent听
PO Box 15000听
Halifax, NS B3H 4R2听