Athletic Scholarships
NOTE: Scholarships are administered in accordance with each provincial sport governing body
What Can a CIS Scholarship Include?
An athletic scholarship can include: scholarships, bursaries, prizes, leadership awards, merit awards, housing, and all other non-employment financial benefit received by an athlete from their institution.
Value of an Athletic Scholarship
- The amount of scholarship an athlete can receive in a given year can be in the form of tuition including athletic-related bursaries.
- The value and quantity of athletic scholarship available varies from institution to institution.
- Specific awards may have additional conditions, such as academic success and citizenship.
- Many awards, such as academic awards are not included within the tuition
- All athletic scholarships provided to student-athletes must be administered through the providing university.
When Can I Receive an Athletic Scholarship?
- You are eligible to receive an athletic scholarship at the beginning of your first year at a university (September) if you have a minimum entering average of 80% or equivalent.
- Where applicable (excluding Ontario as per Ontario University Athletics policy), you are eligible to receive an athletic scholarship at the end of your first year at a university (spring or summer) if you satisfy CIS academic requirements with at least a 65% average or equivalent.
- Thereafter, you are eligible to receive an athletic scholarship at the beginning of any year if you satisfy CIS academic requirements with at least a 65% average or equivalent in the preceding year (for Ontario universities, as per Ontario University Athletics policy, a 70% average is required).
