The Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Excellence Scholarship is a Canada-wide annual award of $25,000 to support women in their second or third year of undergraduate engineering studies in Canada.
Created thanks to a generous donation from the Canadian Engineering Memorial Foundation (CEMF) and in tribute to the memory of CEMF founder Claudette MacKay-Lassonde, this scholarship embodies the values of leadership, academic excellence and community engagement espoused by the CEMF for more than 30 years.
By providing financial support to exceptional female students, this initiative is helping to inspire the next generation of women engineers and encourage the aspirations of exceptional, committed young women.
The Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Excellence Scholarship will be awarded every year in August during the Folie Technique summer camp, which is designed to give young people opportunities to explore the worlds of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) through creative, interactive and accessible activities.
How to apply:
Candidates for the Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Excellence Scholarship must meet the following criteria:
- Identify as a woman;
Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident;
Be enrolled in the second or third year of an undergraduate engineering program at a Canadian university;
Demonstrate leadership, academic excellence and a significant involvement in her community;
The scholarship winner must agree to return to her high school every year to share her story.
The application period for 2025 will open soon, and the scholarship will be awarded in August 2025. Please check back for future updates.
Women students interested in finding out more about the application process are invited to complete this form (.pdf).
Instructions:
Instructions will be updated soon.
Claudette-MacKay- Lassonde Excellence Scholarship
Claudette MacKay-Lassonde Graduate Award
Applicants must:
- self-identify as a woman
- possess Canadian Citizenship or Permanent Residency Status
- be currently enrolled full-time at a PhD level in an accredited Engineering Program within Canada
- have an undergraduate degree from an accredited Canadian engineering program, or have a P.Eng. designation or be a recognized E.I.T. in their province of residence.
Instructions:
This is a $15,000 award granted to a woman studying engineering full-time at the PhD level. The application has a number of components and it is recommended that students leave themselves plenty of time to complete the application and obtain references. The final award requirement is a letter of support from the Dean or his designate. In order to allow enough time to write these letters, students must submit ONLY the written portions of their application in a single pdf titled “CEMF-campusofstudy-lastname-firstname” to ea.assist@apsc.ubc.ca by December 7 at 5:00 pm (Pacific time). Note: we will be strictly adhering to the deadline to be fair to students that submit on time. Students are responsible for submitting their complete application directly to CEMF by the January 9 deadline, minus the letter of support from the dean, which we are instructed to submit directly to CEMF as well.