Scholarship Application Guidelines

To ensure that your application receives consideration, please follow these guidelines. They are intended to clarify all areas of the application process:

BASF offers a number of scholarships. Please review the criteria for each and then complete the scholarship application based on your current status.

• You must be a resident of Quebec studying in any Canadian province or an out-of-province student registered at a Quebec post-secondary institution. 
• All applications, letters of consideration and essays must be signed. Electronic signatures will be accepted if your application is being emailed. Actual signatures will be required for those sent by regular mail.
• Reference letters must be current – not older than 3 months.
• You must include a CV (resumé).
• If you are applying for the Graduate scholarship, please include your letter of acceptance from the Graduate School you intend to attend.
• TRANSCRIPTS AND REFERENCE LETTERS NEED TO BE AUTHENTICATED. They will be accepted in the following formats:
  • Only OFFICIAL academic transcripts, bearing the institution’s seal will be accepted. They must be mailed or sent electronically via secure email to the BASF directly by your academic institution. Transcripts sent by candidates themselves will NOT be accepted.
  • ORIGINAL signed reference letters must be mailed directly or sent electronically to the BASF, directly by your referee. Reference letters sent in by candidates themselves will NOT be accepted. 
• Letters of consideration and essays should not exceed one page – i.e. maximum of one page for your letter and one page for your essay.
• Your essay on a person in the Black community who has inspired you is free form and can consist of anything you consider relevant e.g. what their achievements meant to you, their impact on the Black community or you and your journey.