CNIB Post-Secondary Scholarships & Bursaries 2025

The CNIB Foundation’s Post-Secondary Scholarships and Bursaries program is dedicated to empowering Canadians who are blind, Deafblind, or have low vision to pursue their educational goals with confidence. Whether entering apprenticeships, skilled trades, continuing education, or full-time academic programs, CNIB offers a broad selection of scholarships and bursaries tailored to support diverse pathways. With a strong emphasis on inclusion, leadership, resilience, and community impact, the program reflects CNIB’s commitment to changing what it means to be blind through education and opportunity. By submitting a single application, candidates are automatically considered for all awards for which they meet the eligibility criteria.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirments
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineNot Specified
• Value$250 - $8,000
• Study LevelUndergraduate
• SponsorCNIB Foundation
• School to study
• Eligible CountryCanada

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Benefits

• $250 to $500 for targeted regional support (e.g., Agnes L. and Thomas S. Harrison Scholarship)

• $1,000 to $3,000 for general academic and regional scholarships (e.g., CNIB Scholarships, OSR Clinics Psychology Scholarship, Terry Collins Memorial Scholarship)

• $2,500 to $5,000 for specialized support, leadership recognition, and field-specific studies (e.g., Barney Danson Scholarship, Tammy MacDonald-Doran Memorial Scholarship, Sappani Foundation Ela Award)

• $6,000 to $8,000 (renewable) for The Joyce Family Foundation Bursary, providing multi-year support to resilient students with financial need

Requirements

To be considered eligible for a CNIB post-secondary scholarship, you must be:

• Be blind, Deafblind, or have low vision (best corrected visual acuity of 20/70 or worse and/or a visual field of 20 degrees or narrower)
• Be pursuing a post-secondary diploma, degree, skilled trades certificate, apprenticeship, continuing education program, or equivalent
• Be a Canadian citizen or have held landed immigrant status for at least one year before applying
• Be motivated, independent, and able to demonstrate a strong level of personal achievement

Application Deadline

How To Apply

Applicants must complete and submit an application form, along with:

• Proof of secondary education completion (interim)
• One reference letter (academic or community source). All reference letters should be on official letterhead, professional letter format and in an accessible format
• Letter of acceptance from an accredited post-secondary institution, college or university
• Transcript (interim)
• A short essay (two pages max) detailing how a CNIB scholarship will change what it means to be blind for you in your education
• List of other sources of funding

For more details, visit CNIB scholarship webpage.