FAQs - How are Queen's awards paid?
The Student Awards Office administers all Queen’s merit-based scholarships and awards for Undergraduate and Professional programs (Law / Medicine / Smith Professional Programs), as well as Queen’s need-based awards and bursaries for ALL undergraduate, professional, and graduate students.
For awards administered by the School of Graduate Studies – please review the terms of your award offer(s) for payment details and check your SOLUS Student Centre – View Financial Aid for further information.
To align with Queen’s term-based tuition due dates, beginning the 2020-2021 academic year, and on an ongoing basis, all Queen’s awards administered by the Student Awards Office for undergraduate and professional programs (e.g. Law / Medicine) and granted at the start of each academic year will be paid in two equal disbursements. This includes all admission awards, renewable awards, upper year awards and exchange awards. The first disbursement of your award will be applied to your SOLUS student account in August prior to the September Fall term tuition deadline. The second disbursement of the award will be applied to your SOLUS student account in December prior to the January Winter term tuition payment deadline.
Queen’s general bursary awards (including named awards granted under the general bursary program) will be applied to your Queen’s SOLUS Student Account late December in one disbursement, even though the bursary is based on an assessment of financial need for the full study period you are enrolled in for the academic year.
Note: If eligible for Queen’s general bursary, your award will first apply to any balance on your SOLUS Student Account. Should you be eligible for a refund for all or a portion of your general bursary, your refund will be automatically refunded to your bank account early February, once open enrolment has ended and the Student Awards Office has verified there has been no change to your courseload. Please do not submit a refund request.