CRS supports a bursary for refugee students and students without status in any field of study. All awards are listed on on York's Scholarship website: https://students.yorku.ca/sfs/scholarships-awards-bursaries (an easy way to find them is to enter "refugee" in the Award Name/Keyword field).
Offered: In-Course (Fall)
Award Type: Bursary
No. of Awards: Minimum of 1 per year
Value: $1,500
Application Deadline: November 15, 2025
Description:
The CRS Bursary for Refugee Students supports entering or continuing undergraduate students at York University who do not have an immigration status in Canada: who are asylum seekers, who are in the process of making a refugee claim or are applying for permanent residence status under humanitarian and compassionate grounds and who have demonstrated financial need. In the absence of any eligible non status application in a given year, the award may be given to a refugee student with Convention Refugee or Protected Person status.
Application Process:
To apply for this award, applicants must fill out an application online at https://students.yorku.ca/sfs/awards-and-scholarships. The award appears in the FAAS portal as a funding opportunity for all undergraduate students who have an immigration status other than Canadian citizen or Permanent resident.
Applicants must also upload a copy of one of the following:
- Notice of Decision letter from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada stating that their pending refugee claim or alternately stating their pending claim for permanent residence status under humanitarian and compassionate grounds.
- Official notice confirming the student's Convention Refugee or Protected Person status.