{"id":209,"date":"2016-08-02T11:01:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-02T16:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/webtest.brandonu.ca\/scholarships\/?page_id=209"},"modified":"2026-02-03T14:14:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:14:16","slug":"entrance-bursaries","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/scholarships\/entering-students\/entrance-bursaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrance Bursaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>A <strong>bursary<\/strong> is money granted to a student primarily on the basis of financial need, though other criteria may also apply.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To be eligible for Entrance Bursary consideration, you must meet all of the following criteria:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident;<\/li>\n<li>Attend Brandon University directly from an accredited Canadian high school;\n<ul>\n<li>A one-year \u201cgap year\u201d is permitted as long as you do not pursue any post-secondary education during that time<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Demonstrate that you have financial need;<\/li>\n<li>Submit an online application and any required supporting documents before the published <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/scholarships\/award-deadlines\/\">deadline<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You are able to apply for bursaries once you have been admitted to Brandon University.\u00a0 See the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/scholarships\/apply\/\">How to Apply page<\/a> for detailed bursary application instructions.<\/p>\n<h2>Demonstrating Financial Need<\/h2>\n<p>You must enter accurate information in each of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/scholarships\/apply\/declaring-financial-need\/\">financial information fields<\/a> that are part of the main financial awards application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bursary is money granted to a student primarily on the basis of financial need, though other criteria may also apply. To be eligible for Entrance Bursary consideration, you must meet all of the following criteria: Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident; Attend Brandon University directly from an accredited Canadian high school; A one-year [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":176,"menu_order":20,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-209","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/209\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1720,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/209\/revisions\/1720"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brandonu.ca\/scholarships\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}