Application for the 2025/2026 Fraser Institute Student Essay Contest is open to international and local students who wish to continue their undergraduate degree program in Canada. The scholarship is sponsored by Fraser Institute to provide financial aid to applicants who seek help to further their education. This is a competitive scholarship with a limited number of 15 awards and a value of $1,500 given to qualified applicants for the duration of the 2025/2026 Fraser Institute Student Essay Contest.
Scholarship Overview
- Sponsor: Fraser Institute
- Host: Fraser Institute
- Type: Financial aid
- Award: 15
- Value: $1,500
- Level: Undergraduate
- Target: International and Canada students
- Location: Canada
2025/2026 Fraser Institute Student Essay Contest Eligibility Criteria
The following requirements must be met by the applicants in order to be eligible for the 2025/2026 Fraser Institute Student Essay Contest:
- The scholarship application is open to graduate, undergraduate and high school students.
- The scholarship application is open to Canadian students who are studying in other countries.
- Applicants must be willing to be enrolled in the 2025/2026 academic year.
- International students who are studying in Canada are eligible to apply for the scholarship also.
2025/2026 Fraser Institute Student Essay Contest Application process
In order to be eligible for the 2025/2026 Fraser Institute Student Essay Contest, applicants must follow these steps:
- Applicants are required to go through the scholarship essay contest rules before applying.
- Applicants can apply for the scholarship application through the provided link below.
- Applicants must write an essay between 1,000-1,5000 words on one of the following essay such as Entrepreneurialism in Canada, Interest Rates, Government Debt, Division of Labour, Canada’s Natural Resources, and Canada’s Trade Policies.
- At the introductory part of the essay, applicants must include email address, phone number, mailing address, and author(s) name, high school grades for high school students, graduation year, major, and school name for post secondary students.
- Applicants are required to provide entries with references cited from academic sources.
- The entry of the essay must be a single document, the author’s full name and page number must be included in the header of each page.
- Applicants must ensure their essay have the impact of government intervention, understanding competitive markets, ability to empirically support their argument, clear expression of ideas, and entries will be judged on originality.
- All documents must be submitted in PDF format.
Application Deadline: 5 June 2025