The Kerson/Knight Scholarship is a Dalhousie University entrance award for incoming undergraduates who live with a permanent disability and need financial help.
Recipients study in person at Dalhousie’s campuses in Halifax or Truro, Canada. Candidates are considered through Dalhousie’s General Entrance Award application; no separate form is listed.
Benefits & funding
- C$1,500; the page lists no renewal for this award.
- Credited to the student account in two equal instalments, mid-August and mid-December; full-time registration is required in each funded term.
Eligibility
- Students with a permanent disability and demonstrated financial need.
- Entering directly from high school, or a mature student with no transferable post-secondary study; transfer students are generally excluded.
- Starting in the fall term.
- Usually an 80% average across the program’s five required courses, or 26 predicted IB points.
- Domestic and international students may apply.
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Application process
- 1Apply to an undergraduate program through Dalhousie’s application portal (C$70 fee if not yet admitted).
- 2Complete the General Entrance Award application yourself in the same portal.
- 3Have your school send an official Grade 12 first-semester transcript, unless Dalhousie already holds your Nova Scotia student ID or OUAC number; all of this is due February 15, 2027.
Program timeline
General Entrance Award application opens
October 1, 2026
Application deadline
February 15, 2027
Award offers sent
Spring 2027
Deadline to accept awards (with admission deposit)
May 1, 2027