The Barbara and Patrick Keenan Undergraduate Internship Awards for Interfaith Studies
Bieler Internship Assistance Program
Brown-Martlet Entrepreneurial Awards
Center for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism Bursaries and Awards
Common Threads Through the Commonwealth
The Elizabeth L. Thomson International Experience Award
Enriched Education Opportunities: need-based bursary
Faculty of Arts Internship Awards
Harold Blenkhorn Internship Award
Iwanicki International Internship Awards
The Katherine Petcher & Brett Carron Internship Award
McBurney Latin America Fellowship
The McGill Undergraduate Internship Fund
The Nathan Schipper Internship Award
The Norman Zavalkoff Family McGill Israel Exchange Travel Fund Award
Rio Tinto-Richard Evans International Exchange Awards
Robert S. Broughton Student Internship in Agricultural Engineering
The Barbara and Patrick Keenan Undergraduate Internship Awards for Interfaith Studies
Established in 2012 by Barbara Keenan, BA 1954 and Patrick Keenan, BCom 1954, CA 1957. Awarded by the School of Religious Studies to undergraduate students participating in an internship broadly related to interfaith studies in an international setting, allowing first-hand experience of religious cultures in a global context. The host organization can be a religious NGO or any other institution active on the interfaith field. Organizations promoting proselytization are excluded. The Award is meant to provide partial funding to assist students with travel and other expenses related to their internship. Open to McGill undergraduate students in all faculties who have completed at least two courses in religious studies. Students must be returning to McGill the semester following the internship. Internships normally take place between May and September.
To apply, click here.
Bieler Internship Assistance Program
The Bieler Family Internship Office offers undergraduate students the opportunity to apply for numerous internship awards. These awards have been established through the generous support of McGill alumni and have been designed to assist students pursue meaningful internships to complement their studies.
Open to students enrolled in the FAES 200 or FAES 300 Internship course, and meet eligibility requirements.
For more information, click here.
Brown-Martlet Entrepreneurial Awards
The BMFC Entrepreneurial Awards seeks to aid students in their pursuit of entrepreneurship ventures, in the form of internships. Student placements should have an exclusive focus on entrepreneurship and innovation. Creation, development and management of a business venture which includes undertaking all the necessary risks in order to make the venture profitable and the return gainful. This also includes Social Entrepreneurship. Within the social context, social entrepreneurship includes transformational benefits to society through social changes. These entrepreneurs look into society, isolate the areas in need of transformation and evoke solutions which seek to benefit the greater good.
Open to students enrolled in the FAES 200 or FAES 300 Internship course, and meet eligibility requirements.
For more information, click here.
Center for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism Bursaries and Awards
The Internship Program provides students with an opportunity to apply their legal education in a concrete setting and further develop a demonstrated interest and commitment to the defense of human rights. Students participate in the Program as volunteers, with partial funding from the Faculty of Law.
For more information, click here
Common Threads Through the Commonwealth
Canadian Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Scholarship Program
Exploring innovative and promising approaches to address key challenges to health, well-being and equity through international scholarship and internship opportunities across the Commonwealth.
For more information, click here.
The Elizabeth L. Thomson International Experience Award
Established in 2016 by Elizabeth L. Thomson (LLB '74, BCL '75) for undergraduate students in the Faculty of Law to take the initiative to gain practical experience during their studies and to provide opportunities for students to broaden their horizons. Awarded by the Faculty of Law to a BCL/LLB student undertaking an international internship in Hong Kong. Preference will be given to students who are Canadian citizens and who have not resided or travelled in Asia. This award is part of the McGill International Experience Awards initiative. For more information, click here.
For more information, including eligibility criteria, application instructions, and deadline, click here.
Enriched Educational Opportunities: need-based bursary
New aid program
Enriched Educational Opportunities (EEOs) are high quality mobility or work experience opportunities that take place outside of the classroom and are officially recognized by your Faculty. They foster self-development and help students transition successfully to the workplace or graduate studies.
The University has provided McGill Scholarships and Student Aid with special funding to pilot a need-based EEO Bursary Program. The program will help undergraduate students with the additional costs associated with these extra opportunities.
Bursaries are non-repayable forms of financial assistance based on demonstrated financial need.
For more information, click here.
Faculty of Arts Internship Awards
Each year the Faculty of Arts offers students the opportunity to apply for Arts Internship Awards. These awards help students off-set the costs of travel, accommodation and other expenses associated with their internships. Established through the generous support of McGill alumni, the Awards are administered through the Dean's Office in conjunction with the Faculty of Arts Internship Office.
For more information, click here.
Global Health Travel Awards
The McGill Global Health Travel Awards program is designed to provide opportunities for McGill University students planning to travel for global health projects. Students have access to a variety of travel awards from the McGill Global Health Programs (GHP). The program supports students participating in global health projects internationally or in Canada.
Open to Faculty of Medicine students, residents, and postdocs.
For more information, click here.
Harold Blenkhorn Internship Award
The Harold Blenkhorn Internship Award was established in 2014 in memory of Harold Blenkhorn, BScAgr 1950, to support one or more undergraduate students in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences who are participating in an internship through the Macdonald Campus Internship Program. The Award will be given to help undergraduate students in the Faculty gain firsthand experience related to their fields of study by providing partial funding to assist with expenses related to their internship. Administered through the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Preference will be given to students from the Department of Plant Science.
Open to students enrolled in the FAES 200 or FAES 300 Internship course, and meet eligibility requirements.
For more information, click here.
Iwanicki International Internship Awards
The Iwanicki International Internship Awards were established in 2014 by Jack Iwanicki in honour of his late wife Eileen Iwanicki, BSc (HEc) 1957, to support one or more undergraduate students in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences who are participating in an international internship through the Macdonald Campus Internship Program. The awards will be given to help undergraduate students in the faculty gain firsthand international experience related to their fields of study by providing partial funding to assist with travel and other expenses related to their internship. Preference will be given to students in Dietetics and Human Nutrition. This award is part of the McGill International Experience Awards initiative. For more information, click here.
Open to students enrolled in the FAES 200 or FAES 300 Internship course, and meet eligibility requirements.
For more information, click here.
The Katherine Petcher & Brett Carron Internship Award
Established in 2016 by Katherine E. Petcher (BA ’87, BCL ’92, LLB ’92) and Brett A. Carron (BCL ’95, LLB ’95) for undergraduate students in the Faculty of Law to take the initiative to gain practical experience during their studies and to provide opportunities for students to broaden their horizons. Awarded by the Faculty of Law to a BCL/LLB student undertaking an international internship, with preference being given to internships in Burkina Faso and second preference being given to internships in West Africa. This award is part of the McGill International Experience Awards initiative. For more information, click here.
For more information, including eligibility criteria, application instructions, and deadline, click here.
McBurney Latin America Fellowship
The McBurney Fellowship's mandate is to make a significant contribution to improving the health and social conditions of poor and marginalized populations in Latin America through the delivery of concrete and measurable interventions or service-based projects.
The Fellowship is available to advanced undergraduate (60+ credits completed) or graduate students at McGill who are motivated to develop a self-directed internship project or service oriented research.
The McGill Institute for Health and Social Policy is currently accepting student applications for the 2018 Fellowship. The deadline to apply is April 1, 2018.
For more information click here.
The McGill Undergraduate Internship Fund
The McGill Undergraduate Internship Fund is an award designated to help partially fund McGill undergraduate students from any faculty pursuing an internship offered by the Internship Offices Network. These opportunities are designed to help students bridge their academic studies with real-world professional experiences. As such, students acquire a first-rate education with a curriculum informed by leading pedagogical practices that emphasize creative and experiential learning.
For more information, including eligibility criteria, applications instructions, and deadline, click here.
The Nathan Schipper Internship Award
Established in 2018 by the Class of Law 1992, in memory of their classmate, Nathan Schipper, BCL 1992, LLB 1992, to help students gain firsthand experience related to their fields of study. For one or more undergraduate students enrolled in the Faculty of Law participating in an internship. Awarded by the Faculty of Law to help defray travel and accommodation expenses related to the internship. Preference will be given to students interning in Israel.
For more information, including eligibility criteria, application instructions, and deadline, click here.
The Norman Zavalkoff Family McGill Israel Exchange Travel Fund
This is an annual travel award granted with the intent to support an exchange of graduate or postdoctoral students enrolled in the IWRM Masters program of McGill University and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev’s Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research. For more information, please open the document below.
Rio Tinto-Richard Evans International Exchange Awards
Awarded to outstanding undergraduate students in the Faculty of Engineering's engineering degree programs and in the Desautels Faculty of Management to support formal international education exchange, internship or other university sanctioned educational travel opportunities.
For more information click here.
Robert S. Broughton Student Internship in Agricultural Engineering
The Robert S. Broughton Student Internship in Agricultural Engineering was established in 2014 in honor of Robert S. Broughton, PhD 1972, to support one or more undergraduate students in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences who are participating in an internship through the Macdonald Campus Internship Program. The Award will be given to help undergraduate students in the Faculty gain firsthand experience related to their fields of study by providing partial funding to assist with expenses related to their internship. Administered through the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Preference will be given to students from the Department Bioresource Engineering.
Open to students enrolled in the FAES 200 or FAES 300 Internship course, and meet eligibility requirements.
For more information, click here.
SURA
For more information, please visit the Science Undergraduate Research Awards website.
SURE
For more information, please visit the Summer Undergraduate Research in Engineering website.