Student Scholarships

MROO Scholarship Program 

Deadline for submissions for 2024 has now closed.

MROO's annual Scholarship Program awards a number of $3,000 scholarships, as well as the prestigious $5,000 Don MacLeod Memorial Award for Leadership to students at a Canadian university, community college or similar post-secondary institution entering their second year of study with a full course load (full-time student). These MROO scholarships represent the importance MROO places on education and investing in the next generation. Learn more about our MROO Scholarship Program here. 

Please read the full MROO Scholarship requirements and criteria here.

Past Scholarship Recipients

In 2006, MROO scholarship program was initiated: one scholarship per zone at $1,000 per zone. Eligible students are entering first year at university or college. In 2009, the number of scholarships increased to two per zone at $1,000 each. In 2010, Scholarship program changed to one per zone at $2,000 each. Eligible students are entering second year of college or university. In 2012, the Scholarship program adds $5,000 Don MacLeod Leadership Award. In 2024, the Don MacLeod Leadership Award became the Don MacLeod Memorial Award. The annual scholarships also increased to $3,000 per recipient.  Meet some of our past MROO Scholarship Recipients here.

MROO Targeted Scholarship Program 

After 17 years and hundreds of thousands of dollars in awards, the MROO Scholarship Program added a new wrinkle in 2023, the “targeted scholarship.” In the past, all MROO scholarships were awarded to the relatives of MROO members entering the second year of their first degree/diploma at a recognized university or college. This program has not been altered and the MROO Scholarship Committee continues to make these awards every fall. 

The new Targeted Scholarships are for graduate students and, though funded by MROO, are awarded by our university partners using agreed upon terms. These new scholarships focus on supporting graduate students in Ontario who are doing research or pursuing a career that will positively impact the lives of older adults. The first partner school was Carleton University in Ottawa in 2023. In 2024 MROO signed an agreement with Thunder Bay's Lakehead University to become their 2nd partner school in the program. Learn more about the MROO Targeted Scholarship program here.