The payment plan option is only available on Mosaic from September 17 to 25, 2020 for fall term.

Interest and late fees resumed at the end of August 2020. Please make sure your previous term balances have been paid to avoid an interruption of services (access to enrolment, grades, transcripts, certifications, diplomas, payment of awards and more).

The Aid and Awards team is processing enrolment confirmations for OSAP. Please monitor your OSAP portal for updates.

RESP confirmation is only available once you are fully enrolled.

Fees are subject to change up until the payment deadline dates. Please actively monitor your student account. Thank you!

Student Services can be contacted via online chat. For fall 2020 FAQs, click here. Visit covid19.mcmaster.ca for McMaster updates.

Entrance Awards

Entrance awards are monetary awards given to incoming students based on academic merit and, in some cases, other forms of earned merit (community involvement, leadership, etc.). Most are automatically awarded, while some require an application. The value of your entrance award will be credited to your student account after the deadline to add and/or drop classes without penalty. Awards by application will be available on AwardSpring in November.

McMaster Honour Awards

Information about Honour Awards for the 2021-2022 academic year will be available in October.

Awards for Indigenous Students

Marjorie Anderson Financial Award for Indigenous Students

Value: $80,000 ($20,000 per year)
Eligibility for Award:
- Self-identify as Inuit, or as Status/Non-status First Nations from the Six Nations of the Grand River or the Mississaugas of the New Credit
- Entering a degree program at McMaster in 2020-21
Criteria:
- Minimum admission average of at least 75%
- Demonstrate financial need
- Application includes:
  - Essay describing the influence that your Indigenous heritage has on your volunteer activities, leadership opportunities, university program choice, career path, or other community involvement that is important to you (1 – 2 pages).
  - Reference letter from a non-family member

Awards for International Students

Provost Entrance Scholarship for International Students

Established in 2018 to recognize the academic achievements of international students.

Value: $7500 (Up to 10 awards available per year)
Eligibility for Award: Must be an international visa student, currently studying at a foreign high school outside of Canada and applying for admission to a Level l program.
Criteria:
- Award requires a nomination and an application, which will open in mid-November. Students are nominated by a school official from their high school (i.e. principal, department head, guidance counselor etc.) to recognize involvement in community initiatives and demonstrated leadership. Only one nomination is accepted per school.

The Woo Family International Entrance Scholarships

Established in 1999 by Mr. Chung How Woo in honour of his late wife, Mrs. Ching Yung Chiu-Woo, mother and mother-in-law of four McMaster graduates.

Value: $3,000 per student (Variable number of awards each year)
Eligibility: Must be an international visa student, currently studying at a foreign high school outside of Canada and applying for admission to a Level l program.
Criteria:
- Students are automatically considered for this award once enrolled at McMaster for the upcoming fall term.
- Awards are based on final admission averages.

The McMaster Chinese Alumni – Peter George International Entrance Scholarships

Established in 1999 by Chinese Alumni (Toronto Chapter) of McMaster University.

Value: $3000 per student (Variable number awards each year)
Eligibility: Must be an international visa student, currently studying at a foreign high school outside of Canada and applying for admission to a Level l program.
Criteria:
- Students are automatically considered for this award once enrolled at McMaster for the upcoming fall term.
- Awards are based on final admission averages.

McMaster Partner Awards

Loran Scholarship

Merit-based award to find and nurture young Canadians who show strength of character and commitment to service, challenging them to realize their full promise.

Value: Approximately $100,000 over four years of undergraduate studies (includes tuition waiver and $10,000 annual stipend)
Eligibility for Award:
- Be in your final year of uninterrupted full-time studies in high school or Cegep (If you are planning to attend university outside of Quebec after only one year of Cegep, you can apply in your first year of Cegep)
- At least 16 years old by Sept. 1 of the following year
- Canadian citizen or permanent resident
Criteria:
- High school students: Present a minimum cumulative average of 85%
- Cegep students: Present an R score equal to or higher than 29

Learn more about the Loran Award, including full eligibility requirements, award inclusion and how to apply.

Schulich Leader Scholarships

Value: Up to $80,000 – $100,000 over four years
Eligibility for Award:
- Entering a program in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM)
- Canadian citizen or permanent resident
- Must be selected as high school’s nominee (Canadian schools only)
Criteria:
- Demonstrate at least 2 of the following:
  - Academic excellence
  - Outstanding community, business or entrepreneurial leadership
  - Financial need

Learn more about the Schulich Leader Scholarship, including full eligibility requirements, and how to apply

Meet McMaster’s Newest Schulich Leaders

Introducing AwardSpring – Aid & Awards made simple

This year we’ve launched a new and simpler way for students to apply for aid and awards.

With AwardSpring, you can complete one common app that matches you with all the aid & award opportunities you’re eligible for. It also tracks the your completion of any additional requirements on a user-friendly dashboard.

You can even share the same requirements (i.e. a reference letter or statement of interest) across all applications with the same criteria to save you time!

How to apply

Step 1: Log in to AwardSpring through Mosaic

Click the “AwardSpring” tile on your homepage.
Log in to AwardSpring using your MacID and password.

You can view a listing of all the aid & awards offered by McMaster and the corresponding application deadlines under the Scholarships tab.

Step 2: Start your application

To start your application, click on the “Application Tab”
There are six sections you will need to complete as part of your common application

Privacy: Read the privacy statement to understand how your information will be used. If you have any questions, you can connect with Student Services for more information. Click the Next Step button to continue with your application.

Application Tips & Personal Information: Please review the application tips before continuing.

Complete the voluntary self-identification questions as they apply to you.
AwardSpring pulls some of your contact information from Mosaic so the questions you are asked may differ from a friends’.

Academic Information: The Academic Information tab is quick and easy – we’ll pull most of your program information from Mosaic.

Financial Information: If you would like to be considered for need based opportunities such as bursaries and the work program, select “Yes” to the first question, and complete all questions on the Financial Information tab.

If you do not wish to be considered for awards based on financial need, select “No” to the first question, and click the Next tab to continue.

Qualification Questions: In this tab, you will have the opportunity to tell us more about yourself. Please note that your responses won’t impact the amount you are eligible for, only the sources it comes from.

Consents & Declarations: Read and complete this final section and submit your common application.

Tip: You won’t able to click submit until all the required questions in each sections are complete. You can go back and update your answers as needed until the deadline date!

Once submitted, you will be directed back to your Dashboard where you will see the number of scholarships to which you have been automatically applied and your applications requiring a follow-up.

Uploading documents:

Please save your documents as one PDF and ensure there are no foreign characters in the file name, as it will prevent the file from opening.

For our fillable forms, complete the form and select File > Print. Choose Adobe PDF as the printer in the Print dialog box. Click Print. Name your file, and save it to your computer. Upload the completed document to AwardSpring.

Step 4: Apply for entrance awards

Once you common application is submitted, you will be directed back to your Dashboard where you will see the number of scholarships to which you have been automatically applied and your applications requiring a follow-up.

For each award, click ‘Complete Follow-Up‘ and read the overview and qualification information.
Complete the additional requirements and click ‘Submit Application’ to apply.

Tip: Awards share the same requirements (i.e. a reference letter or statement of interest) across all applications with the same criteria to save you time.

Your next steps

Accept your offer of admission to McMaster: Close all OSAP applications for other schools/programs you are not attending.

Check your admission portal in Mosaic for Aid & Awards updates: Watch for the value of your award to display as “Pending Aid & Awards” in your Account Summary in the Mosaic Student Center. You do not need to accept your award, it will automatically be posted to your McMaster student account.

Satisfy and maintain all eligibility requirements: Refer to your Applicant Offer Letter or Memorandum of Understanding specific eligibility requirements.

Getting your award

If you are the recipient of an entrance scholarship based on your final admission average, it will be automatically credited to your student account to pay any fees owing after the add/drop deadline.

Your awards will appear as “pending aid” on your account summary until it is ready to be disbursed. Once the deposit is initiated, the value of the award will disappear from pending aid. Over the next few days, “pending aid” will be removed, and the deposit will be complete. Please allow 5-7 business days for the transaction to be reflected in your student account.

If you have paid all of your tuition fees, the remaining balance of your award will be deposited into your personal bank account.

McMaster Honour Awards

President’s Award

$2,500 awarded for a final admission average of 95% +

Honour Awards

$1,000 awarded for a final admission average of 90-94.99%
$750 awarded for a final admission average of 88-89.99%

Entrance Awards

FACULTY ENTRANCE AWARDS

Please refer to your Applicant Offer Letter for specific award criteria and values. More information on entrance awards for your faculty/school:

ENTRANCE AWARDS FOR INDIGENOUS STUDENTS

The Marjorie Anderson Financial Award for Indigenous Students

Value: $80,000 ($20,000 per year)

Adella Margaret Bragg Scholarship

Value: $12,000 ($3,000 per year)

ATHLETIC FINANCIAL AWARDS

Please refer to your Memorandum of Understanding for specific award requirements.

Value: Award values vary

Visit the Undergraduate Calendar for the full terms and conditions for all entrance awards.

Once we initiate the deposit of the award, its value will disappear from “Pending Aid” in Mosaic. Over the course of a day or two, the pending aid is removed and the deposit is completed. Please allow sufficient time for the transaction to complete and the funds to display on your account.

If you have paid your fees in full and have a credit on your student account, due to the deposit of an entrance scholarship, you can request a payment via cheque or direct deposit by emailing refunds@mcmaster.ca. Accounts Receivable routinely issues refunds to students with a credit balance.

Students must enrol in the fall term to remain eligible for an Honour Award. Registration in, or transfer to, another program of study and/or a change in course load may result in forfeiture or adjustment in the value of the award. Students are advised to consult with Student Services making any changes to their program of study or course load.

It’s not necessary to accept your Honour Award via Mosaic. At the end of August, awards will be granted to eligible students and the award value will show as ‘pending aid’ on Mosaic. Funds are deposited to your student account after the add/drop date in September.

How to Combine PDFs:

Software that is capable of combining PDFs
- Apple Guide
- Windows Computers use Adobe Acrobat Pro
Scan all your documents together to create one pdf.
Take screenshots, paste them in a Word document and save as a pdf.

Please do not password protect your pdf documents.

Have questions about AwardSpring?

Ask us here!

Need-based aid

Financial aid funding that is based on financial need and not academics/extracurriculars. This includes OSAP and other government loan/grants programs, bursaries and the work program.

Merit-based aid

Often called “awards”, this kind of funding is based on academics/extracurricular accomplishments. The most common type is scholarships.