Canada/Provincial Student Loans Documents

Student Loans Documents requiring the Educational Institution's (University of Manitoba) completion may be brought to P 122, the Student Affairs - Medicine office for:

• confirmation of enrolment
• official's signature
• correction of expired date (stale dated)

Note: The Student Affairs - Medicine office has a limited number of Provincial and Schedule 2 forms to keep your student loan in interest free status. This document is only required if a student is continuing in full time studies but has not applied for a student loan in that academic calendar year; or at the request of the government agency.

Students who find themselves in a Student Loan collection situation should inquire about the Canada Student Loan Rehabilitaion program or Repayment Assistance
Students are encouraged to use the Loan Repayment Estimator to help develop a reasonable budget during their MD degree program, which will make repayment easier during residency.

Bursaries 

There are a number of bursary opportunities available to our students, each having set criteria and procesing requirements.

There are two main Bursary opportunities available for qualifying MD students offered annually:

• University of Manitoba General Bursary Application*(MPAS & MD students)
• Faculty of Medicine Bursary program (MD students only)

The University of Manitoba General Bursary applicaiton and the Faculty of Medicine Bursary applications are accessible through an online process ONLY. Please follow the  *Instructions on accessing the online Bursary applications through your Aurora Student account - Apply for Fall - Winter Bursaries, August annually

Fall - Winter Bursary Application Deadline: OCTOBER 1 annually

NOTE: MD Students should complete the General and Supplementary applications to be considered for both General University of Manitoba Bursary funding and Faculty of Medicine funding. Review eligibility requirements and apply for any other Special Bursary opportunities you are eligible for consideration through this web portal in Aurora.

Additional Special Bursary opportunities (paper format):

University of Manitoba - Special Bursaries (Undergrad/Graduate/Aboriginal students)
       - A complete list of all University of Manitoba bursary opportunities through the main campus Financial Aid & Awards office

External
       - Student Affairs (Medicine) currently posts on our Facebook page and sends e-mail notices of external bursary opportunities, as we become aware of them. 
       - To receive regular updates on internal and external award opportunities "Like" us on Facebook

Aboriginal students may also be able to access bursary funding through the following organizations:

• Centre for Aborigial Health Education
         - Please contact Amanda Penzick  at Amanda.Penzick@med.umanitoba.ca or 789-3511 for further details on bursary opportunites for Aboriginal students
• Centre for Aboriginal Health Research
  Phone: (204) 789-3250
  Fax: (204) 975-7783
  E-Mail: CAHR@umanitoba.ca 

Elective Travel Bursaries

Med III students have an opportunity to apply for additional elective travel support in June the year they will enter into Med IV in the fall. The support request may be for specific or generalized funding to supplement elective travel expenses during the upcoming academic session. The number of bursaries granted is limited to the amount of funding available and the number of applications received. If there is a surplus of applications, priority for funding will be given to students who have previously demonstrated financial need through their University Bursary application.

Elective Travel Application Fund Request          DEADLINE: July 30 annually

Northern Remote Elective/Summer Early Exposure Bursay

The Sigga Christianson Houston Travel Award is a bursary award open to UGME students who: (1) show demonstrated financial need on their University Bursary application; (2) are either (a) registered through the Summer Early Exposure program or (b) are completing Clinical Electives; and (3) complete their eligible Clinical experience in remote Northern Manitoba, Saskatchewan or Nunavut, under the supervision of a Family Medicine or Pediatrics Physician.

Sigga Christianson Houston Travel Award application          DEADLINE: July 30 annually

Conference Travel Awards & Bursaries

*Attendees must have established financial need, having qualified for a Faculty of Medicine bursary in the year that they apply for Conference funding. 

NOTE: Each application year begins April 1 and ends on March 31 of the following year. Applications received on/before the Februay 20 deadline for conferences that occur within this timeframe will be considered for funding within that timeframe.

(i.e) April 1, 2011 - March 31, 2012 is one application year.
Applications for attendance at a conference in April 1, 2012 or later do not fall into the example application inake period. Funding for conferences April 1, 2012 or later will be given consideration in the following intake period of April 1, 2012 - March 31, 2013, as long as the application is received on/before February 20, 2013 for this example.

Conference Travel Award application - PRESENTERS ONLY
DEADLINE: February 20 annually       

Conference Travel Bursary application - ATTENDEES  ONLY     
DEADLINE: February 20 annually

Emergency Loan/Bursary Support

There are potentially three sources of emergency support to students in sudden, unforseen financial crisis: (1) Main campus offers an Emergency Loan  program;  (2) candidates eligible for the Emergency Loan may receive an emergency bursary award, in addition to the loan, at the discretion of the Awards office (no application required); (3) while the Faculy of Medicine offers modest bursary support as a secondary source.

Students are encouraged to contact the Student Affairs - Medicine office (204) 789-3213 for additional information on accessing emergency funds, should the need arise. All requests striclty confidential.

_{Revised August 15, 2013}