Apply for the Kirkness Foundation and Susan O’Brien Scholarships.

One application covers both awards; the committee considers you for each. It’s for students who completed the VJKF Program this year, while in Grade 11 or 12.

$500 VJKF Scholarship, up to 20 a year $1,500 Susan O’Brien Scholarship, one a year

Applications are closed right now

We’re not accepting applications for these scholarships at the moment. Questions? Email neil@vjkf.org.

About 30 minutes, most of it the three short essays. Your answers are not saved until you submit, so you may want to write the essays in a document first and paste them in. Fields marked with an asterisk are required.

About you

First name

Last name

Phone optional

Nation, band, or community optional

Province or territory

I self-identify as

First Nations – status First Nations – non-status Métis Inuit

Your VJKF Program

Year you attended

University that hosted you

Your school

High school

Year you’ll graduate high school

Grade you’re in now

Grade 11 Grade 12

Your plans after high school optional

Parent or guardian

We’ll copy them on your confirmation email.

Their full name

Their email

Their phone optional

Three short essays

Up to 250 words each. Write in your own voice; there are no right answers.

1. Describe your experience at the program and the most interesting thing you learned.

0 / 250 words

2. Tell us about volunteer work you have done, or would like to do.

0 / 250 words

3. Describe your future goals.

0 / 250 words

The information in this application is true and complete, and I agree to the Foundation using it to assess my application.

Your application is emailed to our team; it is not added to our database. See our privacy policy. Questions? Email neil@vjkf.org.

Apply for the Kirkness Foundation and Susan O’Brien Scholarships.

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