AJM Scholarship Fund

Scholarship #1: An educational award to support graduating high school students pursuing undergraduate studies in engineering, agriculture, or health (human or animal).

Passionate about supporting and assisting promising students who plan to pursue undergraduate studies at university in the areas of engineering, health and the agricultural/food industry, the donors have established the AJM Fund. Each year, the Fund will grant a scholarship to assist students enrolled in a related university program who have graduated from a high school in Colchester County or East Hants Municipality or from Musquodoboit Rural High School.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for this award candidates must meet all of the following criteria:

be graduating from a high school in Colchester County, East Hants Municipality, or Musquodoboit Regional High School;
be in receipt of no major scholarship (e.g., one that would cover 65% or more of the anticipated tuition) at the time of application;
have a high school average of greater than 80 percent;
have been involved in delivering a program that exemplifies the student’s
community interest and demonstrating positive impact on their community;
be accepted by a recognized post-secondary education institution (college or
university) in Canada and plan to attend that institution in the fall of the same year; and
shall submit their curriculum vitae with a 500-word essay on their impact on their selected community to the review committee in order to be considered for this
award.

Selection Criteria

Award winner(s) will be selected on the basis of community involvement and activity in the school or community, and character references.

Scholarship #2: For students who have completed a minimum of one year of post-secondary studies at Dalhousie University or University of Guelph and are applying for a scholarship to support ongoing post-secondary studies.

To be eligible for support, the applications by the individual must:

Have grown up in the Maritimes and is pursuing within their Bachelor level degree activities that promote novel innovations in sustainable food production, and

shall submit their curriculum vitae with a 500-word essay on their impact on their selected field to the review committee in order to be considered for this award.

Scholarship #1: An educational award to support graduating high school students pursuing undergraduate studies in engineering, agriculture, or health (human or animal).

Eligibility Criteria

Selection Criteria

Scholarship #2: For students who have completed a minimum of one year of post-­secondary studies at Dalhousie University or University of Guelph and are applying for a scholarship to support ongoing post-secondary studies.

Scholarship #2: For students who have completed a minimum of one year of post-secondary studies at Dalhousie University or University of Guelph and are applying for a scholarship to support ongoing post-secondary studies.