{"id":"u49","name":"York University entrance scholarships and bursaries (Fall 2027 entry)","type":"opportunity","typeLabel":"Opportunity (scholarship, grant, award)","what":"York gives an automatic entrance scholarship of $1,000 to $3,500 based on your final admission average, plus entrance awards and bursaries you apply for in MyFile, such as the Bennett First Generation, Bennett Family Jane and Finch, and Bennett Family Black and Indigenous Students awards ($7,500 a year for 4 years) and an Indigenous entrance bursary ($2,200 a year for 4 years).","forWhom":"Automatic (no form): domestic high school applicants with a final admission average of 80% or more (80 to 84.9% gets $1,000, 85 to 89.9% $1,500, 90 to 94.9% $2,000, 95% and up $3,500), renewable with an 8.0 GPA over at least 24 credits; apply-for awards: anyone who has applied to York (no offer needed), with awards for first-generation students, Jane and Finch residents, Black and Indigenous students and students in financial need.","cost":"Free","tags":["York University","entrance scholarship","automatic","bursary","Bennett award","first generation","Jane and Finch","MyFile"],"topics":["students","money","education"],"place":{"country":"Canada","region":"Ontario","city":"Toronto","label":"Toronto","cc":"CA","scope":"city"},"website":"https://futurestudents.yorku.ca/scholarships-incoming-students","sources":["https://futurestudents.yorku.ca/scholarships-incoming-students","https://futurestudents.yorku.ca/funding"],"checked":"2026-10-02","added":"2026-10-02","verified":"checked","checkEvery":30,"deadline":"2027-04-01","deadlineNote":"Automatic scholarship: no application. Apply-for awards: the Scholarships and Awards link opens in MyFile on December 1; Governors' Awards of Distinction close February 15, 2027, faculty awards February 20, 2027, and most others (Bennett awards, entrance bursaries) April 1, 2027.","status":"open","routes":[{"kind":"Application form","url":"https://www.yorku.ca/myfile","value":"MyFile, Scholarships and Awards link (from December 1)","seen":"2026-10-02","source":"their own site"},{"kind":"Organization email","url":null,"value":"bursary@yorku.ca (financial advising, Keele and Markham campuses)","seen":"2026-10-02","source":"their own site"},{"kind":"Office phone","url":null,"value":"(416) 736-2100","seen":"2026-10-02","source":"their own site"},{"kind":"Organization email","url":null,"value":"bursary@yorku.ca","seen":"2026-10-02","source":"their own site"}],"primaryRoute":{"kind":"Application form","url":"https://www.yorku.ca/myfile","value":"MyFile, Scholarships and Awards link (from December 1)","seen":"2026-10-02","source":"their own site"},"routeCount":4,"channels":[{"kind":"website","url":"https://futurestudents.yorku.ca/scholarships-incoming-students","label":"Website","reach":null,"unit":null,"seen":"2026-10-02","source":"their own site"},{"kind":"website","url":"https://futurestudents.yorku.ca/funding","label":"Website","reach":null,"unit":null,"seen":"2026-10-02","source":"their own site"}],"spaceCount":2,"spacesSeen":"2026-10-02","phone":"(416) 736-2100","contact":{"email":"bursary@yorku.ca","url":"https://futurestudents.yorku.ca/scholarships-incoming-students","route":"Application form"},"steps":["Apply for admission to York for Fall 2027; the automatic entrance scholarship comes from your final admission average with no extra form.","Open MyFile at yorku.ca/myfile and, from December 1, use the Scholarships and Awards link to apply for awards and bursaries that fit you.","Submit by February 15, 2027 for the Governors' Awards of Distinction, February 20, 2027 for faculty awards, and April 1, 2027 for the Bennett awards and entrance bursaries.","To renew the automatic scholarship, keep an 8.0 GPA over at least 24 credits each year."],"languages":["English"],"welcomes":["first-generation students","Black and Indigenous students","Jane and Finch residents"],"reachNum":null,"reachUnit":null,"reachKind":"none","reachSource":null,"reachSeen":null,"intents":{"reach":false,"grow":null,"job":false,"volunteer":false,"specialist":null,"opps":true,"housing":false,"money":true,"info":false,"marriage":false},"stale":false,"staleDays":0,"checkedNote":"Facts read from the source pages on 2026-10-02; spaces read from their site on 2026-10-02; re-checked every 30 days.","spaces":[{"kind":"website","label":"Website","url":"https://futurestudents.yorku.ca/scholarships-incoming-students","reach":null,"unit":null,"seen":"2026-10-02","note":null},{"kind":"website","label":"Website","url":"https://futurestudents.yorku.ca/funding","reach":null,"unit":null,"seen":"2026-10-02","note":null}],"missing":["follower or subscriber counts (platform pages do not expose them to readers; ask the organization or check the platform)","audience number for the organization as a whole (not public)"]}