Scholarship Program 2024

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This year Newfoundland and Labrador Housing Corporation (NLHC) will award a total of twelve scholarships valued at $1000 each. This will include six Youth Scholarships (two in each of the following regions: Avalon/East, Central, Western/Labrador), and six Adult Scholarships (two in each of the three regions). The application deadline for the Youth and Adult Scholarship program is September 30, 2024.

Youth Program Eligibility

To be eligible for NLHC’s Youth Scholarship Program, your legal guardian(s) must be either:

  1. Living in a NLHC rental unit and their signature appears on the rental lease;
  2. Living in a rental unit being subsidized by NLHC under the Rent Supplement Program;
  3. Receiving a mortgage subsidy from NLHC and their signature appears on the mortgage document; or
  4. Living in Co-op housing or Partner-Managed housing which is being subsidized by NLHC and their signature appears on the occupancy agreement or lease.

You must also meet the following eligibility requirements:

  1. Graduating from the Newfoundland and Labrador high school system in the current school year (June 2024);
  2. Attending a program of study at any approved post-secondary education or career training institution on a full-time basis in the fall of 2024.

NLHC’s 2024 Youth Scholarships will be based on the student’s Academic or Honours graduation average as set by the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development.

Adult Program Eligibility

Six scholarships, two in each region, are available to adult tenants. An adult tenant can be the leaseholder (the person in the household who signed the lease, mortgage, or occupancy agreement) or an occupant (a person in the household who isn’t the leaseholder and doesn’t fall in the Youth Program category).

To be eligible for NLHC’s Adult Scholarship Program, you must be either:

  1. Living in a NLHC rental unit;
  2. Living in a rental unit subsidized by NLHC under the Rent Supplement Program;
  3. Receiving a mortgage subsidy from NLHC; or
  4. Living in Co-op housing or Partner-Managed Housing which is being subsidized by NLHC.

You must also meet the following eligibility requirements:

  1. Attending a program of study at any approved post-secondary education or career training institution in the fall of 2024. You must be enrolled in a full-time program and be in attendance through to December 31, 2024. This attendance must be confirmed by the applicant.
  2. (Important: If you are graduating from the Newfoundland and Labrador high school system in the current school year and planning to attend a post-secondary education or career training institution in the Fall of 2024, you must apply for the Youth Scholarship.)

Adult scholarships will be awarded based on reviews that assess need, initiative, and community involvement.

Adult scholarships are not limited to first-year students.

If an applicant won a scholarship under the Youth Program in a previous year, they can reapply under the Adult Program. Adult applicants are only eligible to win Adult Scholarships twice.

If you are renting or receiving a mortgage subsidy from NLHC and applying as the leaseholder, your account must be in good standing at the time your application is reviewed for eligibility.

Note:

  1. Information on the application form must be valid at the time the application is reviewed for eligibility.
  2. Should you change your post-secondary institution after you submit your application, you are responsible to contact NLHC at 724-3055 to have your application updated.
  3. Graduates from Adult Basis Education (ABE) are eligible to apply.
  4. Tenants living in NLHC’s Market-Rental housing are not eligible to apply.

Applications

Please print the appropriate application, and send it to the address below.
2024 Youth Application
2024 Adult Application

Corporate Communications
Attention: Scholarships
Newfoundland Labrador Housing
P.O. Box 220
St. John’s, NL A1C 5J2

Scholarship applications are also available from NLHC’s regional offices, or by contacting:
Telephone: (709) 724-3055
E-mail: scholars@nlhc.nl.ca

Deadline:
Youth and Adult applications must be postmarked no later than September 30, 2024.