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FOR INFORMATION

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S.05-54

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Date: 16 March 2005

I am pleased to submit the Annual Report of the Senate Policy Committee on

Scholarships, Awards and Bursaries (SPCSAB)

for

the fiscal year 2003-2004.

Normally the Annual Report for the fiscal year 2003-2004 should be available in the Fall

of 2004. The introduction of the new Student Information Management System (SIMS)

for the University has meant that it is has taken longer to develop the relevant

information this year. We expect to return to the usual timing in fiscal year 2004-2005.

Overview

SPCSAB is the committee charged by Senate with setting policy for the administration of

awards, student scholarships, bursaries and other forms of financial aid at SFU (and

associated campuses). It should be noted that this is primarily for internal awards. Three

other Senate committees, namely SUAAC (Senate Undergraduate Awards Adjudication

Committee), SGAAC (Senate Graduate Awards Adjudication Committee) and SCUH

(Senate Committee on University Honours) adjudicate financial awards to students where

adjudication is needed. The office of the Dean of Student Services processes bursary

applications.

In 2003-2004 the University continued to make some of the money from the tuition

increase available to SPCSAB for scholarships, awards and bursaries. We believe that

this is a good decision. From the increase in funds, SPCSAB decided to increase the

value of bursaries for disbursement in 2004-05 by 73 percent (of the increase) rather than

splitting the funding

50:50

between scholarships and bursaries. This will be reflected in

the next Annual Report. Total bursary funding is now over $3.6 million. As part of

overall funding, SFU also has budgeted over $630,000 in Work-study awards on a yearly

basis after the termination of Provincial funding for Work-Study.

As part of our commitment to good practice, SPCSAB again checked the process by

which bursaries are granted. Ernst and Young provided an audit and made minor

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recommendations to bring our auditing process in line with best practices. We are pleased

to report that it is being done well.

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Undergraduate entrance scholarship funding rose from $1.52 million to $2.8 million in

2003-04 as total awards increased from 267 to 684 primarily due to the increase in

Summit Entrance Scholarships. Some 1,391 Open Undergraduate Scholarships were

awarded totaling $1.36 million. This represents an increase of 30 percent ($400,000) in

the Open Scholarship budget over the previous year. The award cutoff for a cumulative

GPA remained at 3.70, and the payment per credit hour is $100, up from

$85

the previous

year.

The base budget for graduate funding in 2003/2004 increased by $686,734 and there was

a carryover from the previous fiscal year of $298,641. Graduate awards in fiscal year

2003/2004 totaled $3,812,407, an increase of approximately $1 million from 2002/2003.

Of this total, 74 percent was awarded through Graduate Fellowships, 12 percent for

President's Ph.D. Research stipends, 9.7 percent for the C.D. Nelson Entrance

Scholarships, and the remainder for Special Graduate Entrance Scholarships.

Other notes of interest:

There were two Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation National Scholars.

Three $2,000 Aboriginal Student Leadership Awards were awarded for the first time.

The number of endowed awards for athletes remained constant and totaled $276,000.

There were a total of $359,000 in 571 endowed, annual recognition and other awards.

Finally, after many years of service as Chair of SPCSAB, John D'Auria has retired from

this committee. During a period of rapid and substantial change in financial assistance

constraints, John has contributed leadership and vision to the financial awards process. It

is appropriate to recognize John D'Auria for his dedication and long service to the

formulation of the University's financial assistance policies.

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Chart one: Final entrance scholarship registrant numi

ount_ofAFA_PROG_TITLE_L

AFA_PROG.JITLE_L

Total

)EANS APPLIED SCIENCE

5

)EANS BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

4

)EANS FACULTY OF ARTS

6

)EANS FACULTY OF SCIENCE

4

IAMILTON COLLEGE TRANSFER SCHOLARSHIP

3

NTERNATIONAL SUMMIT SCHOLARSHIP

5

JACK DIAMOND NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP

2

KENNETH STRAND NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP

23

NATIONAL SHRUM ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP

5

;HRuM INTERNATIONAL ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP

8

ADEUSZ SPECHT APPLIED SCIENCE

5

ADEUSZ SPECHT IN SCIENCE

7

ECHONE SUMMIT SCHOLARSHIP

8

IHE ALUMNI LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP

2

HE GORDON M. SHRUM SCHOLARSHIP

34

THE JACK DIAMOND ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP

14

THE KEN CAPLE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP

8

HE SIMON FRASER SCHOLARSHIP

1

HE SUMMIT ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP

540

rand Total

684

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ers for Fall 2003

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Office of the Registrar

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Burnaby, BC Canada V5A 1S6

Simon Fraser University

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Telephone (604)

291-3397

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Student Recruitment

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Facsimile (604) 2914969

Report to the Senate Policy Committee on Scholarships, Awards and Bursaries

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2003 —04 (1037 - 1041) Entrance Scholarship Program

Entrance scholarships are available to new applicants to Simon Fraser who, at the time of

admission to the University, demonstrate academic excellence or a combination of extraordinary

personal achievement and academic excellence.

Review of the 1037, 1041 scholarship cycle:

dis status on first disbursement at October 7, 2003

Following Senate's acceptance of the report on the Task Force on Undergraduate Student

Recruitment, the 1037 scholarship program saw a significant increase in the number of the $3500

Summit Entrance Scholarships offered and subsequently accepted when compared to previous

scholarship cycles. With the objective of increasing the number of entering students with grades

of 90% or higher, comprehensive offers of admission, scholarship and residence were made to all

applicants presenting a ^90% average at the time of admission. Greater accept numbers for the

Kenneth Strand National Scholarship also reflect the success of the 90% initiative; the Strand is

our national foundation award meant to attract well-qualified national applicants. In previous

years, the Summit and Strand scholarships were offered to applicants presenting 293% at the time

of admission (see page two, chart three). The number of Gordon M. Scholarships was also

increased to 44 offers with 34 registrants. The Shrum awards are meant to attract scholars

demonstrating academic excellence and extraordinary personal achievement in the areas of school

and community service, leadership, volunteer activity, the arts or athletics.

Data is historical, extracted from SIMON and SIMS

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Office of the Registrar

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Burnaby, BC Canada V5A 1S6

Simon Fraser University

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Telephone (604) 291-3397

Student Recruitment

?

Facsimile (604) 2914969

Chart two (below) shows the three year trend specific to entering BC 12 registrants with ^90% on

final grades. Competition nationally for highly qualified students continues to demand that offers

of scholarship and admission be made earlier in the recruitment cycle. Generally, scholarships at

SFU are offered on self-reported and/or interim grades; the great majority of

offers take place

during March, April and

May.

Chart two: Three year comparison - BC12 entry class 90% on finals

Chart three: Entrance scholarship comparison: new awards

2001-3

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2002-3 ?

1037

SCHOLARSHIP

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disbursements ?

disbursements

I

disbursements

DEANS APPLIED SCIENCE

3

3

5

DEANS

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

2

1

4

DEANS FACULTY OF ARTS

7

3

6

DEANS FACULTY OF SCIENCE

1

4

4

DEANS EDUCATION

GENERAL

ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP

1

3

HAMILTON COLLEGE TRANSFER SCHOL.

2

3

3

INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT SCHOLARSHIP

11

13

5

JACK DIAMOND NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP

2

4

2

KENNETH STRAND

SCHOLARSHIP,

NATIONAL

,

,

12

11

23

NATIONAL SHRUM ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP

6

4

5

PHI ThETA KAPPA INT'L SCHOLARSHIP

2

SHRUM INTERNATIONAL ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP

6

7

8

TADEUSZ SPECHT APPLIED SCIENCE

2

1

5

TADEUSZ SPECHT IN SCIENCE

22

39

7

TECHONE SUMMIT SCHOLARSHIP

10

8

THE ALUMNI LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP

1

2

THE GORDON M. SHRUM SCHOLARSHIP

1 5

17

34

THE H.Y. LOUIE ENTRANCE AWARD

Introduced 1 047

THE JACK DIAMOND ENTRANCE SCHOL.

14

12

14

THE KEN CAPLE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP

7

is

8

THE LLOYD CARR-HARRIS SCHOLARSHIP

(BUSINESS)

Introduced 1047.;

rHE LOHN FOUNDATION ENTRANCE AWARD

Introduced 1047

rHE SIMON FRASER SCHOLARSHIP

1

1

IHE SUMMIT ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP

?

1

137

1 ?

114

1

540

rand Total

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1

--

251

1

?

267

1

684

Entry semester

90 (finals)

Student count

2001-3:

315

2002-3:

286

2003-3:

417

Data is historical, extracted from SIMON and SIMS

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Office of the Registrar

Simon Fraser University

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Student Recruitment

Chart four: offers vs. reciistrants: 1037

Burnaby, BC Canada V5A lS6

Telephone (604)291-3397

Facsimile (604) 291-4969

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Itotal

offers

J

_registered

Count of AF&..APPLSTAThS

AFA_PROG_TJTLE_L

Grand Total

DIS

DEANS APPLIED SCIENCE

7

5

DEANS BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

4

4

DEANS FACULTY OF ARTS

11

6

DEANS FACULTY OF SCIENCE

6

4

HAMILTON

DEANS IN EDUCATIONCOLLEGE

TRANSFER SCHOLARSHIP

3

1

3

INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT SCHOLARSHIP

67

5

JACK DIAMOND NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP

3

2

KENNETH STRAND NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP

104

23

NATIONAL SHRUM ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP

9

5

SHRUM INTERNATIONAL ENTRANCE

16

8

TADEUSZ SPECHT APPLIED SCIENCE

15

5

TADEUSZ SPECHT IN SCIENCE

78

7

TECHONE SUMMIT SCHOLARSHIP

12

8

THE ALUMNI LEADERSHIP SCHOLARSHIP

2

2

THE GORDON M. SHRUM SCHOLARSHIP

44

34

THE JACK DIAMOND ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP

is

14

THE KEN CAPLE COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP

9

8

THE SIMON FRASER SCHOLARSHIP

2

1

THE SUMMIT ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP

1251

540

Grand Total ?

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1 659

684

data source SIMON, October 7, 2003

Retention

One measure of "success" for the entrance scholarship program is our retention statistics.

The minor, or foundation level awards, have two possible disbursements - the first based on

admission gpa, and the second based on first semester course work at SFU. Requirements for the

second disbursement are registration in 12 credit hours and a minimum CGPA of 3.0. The

success rate refers to the percentage of students who achieve the required ?3.0 and receive their

second disbursement (see page 4, chart

five).

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Data is historical, extracted from SIMON and SIMS

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Office of the Registrar

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Burnaby, BC Canada V5A 1S6

Simon Fraser University

?

Telephone (604)291-3397

Student Recruitment ?

Facsimile (604) 291-4969

Chart five: Success rates (3.0) on 2nd disbursement (1037 entry, 1041

disbursement)

Count of Status

Award Title

possible disbursement

total less deferrals

disbursements

success rate

MANS APPLIED SCIENCE

5

3

60.00%

DEANS FACULTY OF ARTS

5

4

80.00%

DEANS BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

4

4

100.00%

DEANS FACULTY OF SCIENCE

4

4

100.00%

GENERAL ENTRANCE SCHOLARSHIP

1

1

100.00%

INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT

5

3

60.00%

ADEUSZ SPECHT IN SCIENCE

7

5

71.43%

(ECHONE SUMMIT SCHOLARSHIP

8

6

75.00%

THE SIMON FRASER SCHOLARSHIP

1

1

106.00%

THE B.C. JACK DIAMOND ENTRANCE

10

3

30.00%

THE B.C. SECONDARY SCHOOL SUMMIT ENTRANCE

532

324

60.90%

THE GORDON M. SHRUM B.C. SECONDARY SCHOOL

35

34

97.14%

THE GORDON M. SHRUM NATIONAL ENTRANCE

5

5

100.00%

HE H. Y. LOUIE ENTRANCE AWARD

THE JACK DIAMOND NATIONAL ENTRANCE

HE KEN CAPLE COLLEGE TRANSFER ENTRANCE

3

2

9

2

1

9

66.67%

50.00%

100.00%

THE KENNETH STRAND NATIONAL ENTRANCE

22

12

54.55%

HE LOHN FOUNDATION ENTRANCE AWARD

4

4

100.00%

THE SHRUM INTERNATIONAL ENTRANCE

8

8

100.00%

THE SIMON FRASER ALUMNI LEADERSHIP

2

2

100.00%

THE WILLIAM M. HAMILTON COLLEGE TRANSFER

2

2

100.00%

ADEUSZ SPECHT IN APPUED SCIENCE

5

4

80.00%

Grand Total

679

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1

441

64.95%

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Chart six: Comparison - total expenditures on all entrance scholarship

disbursements over 3 semesters:

98-2, 98-3, 99-1

99-2, 99-3, 00-1

00-2,00-3, 01-1

01-2, 01-3, 02-1

02-2, 02-3, 03-1

03-2, 03-3, 04-1

(1037, 1041)

$1,202,406

$1,268, 986

$1, 323, 654

$1,352,290

$1,520, 810

$2,812,397

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Data is historical, extracted from SIMON and SIMS

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DEAN OF GRADUATE STUDIES ?

Memorandum

TO: ?

Chair

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FROM: Jonathan C. Driver

Senate Policy Committee on

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Dean

Scholarships, Awards & Bursaries

SUBJECT: Annual Report: SPCSAB

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DATE:

January 21, 2005

I am pleased to enclose a summary of the graduate award disbursements in fiscal year 2003-2004

in tabular

form,

for inclusion in the SPCSAB report to Senate.

Disbursement Totals

by

Award:

Graduate Fellowship

President's Ph.D. Research Stipend

C.D. Nelson Entrance

Special Graduate Entrance Scholarship

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$2,802,000

$ 463,600

$ 371,007

$ 175.800

$3,812,407

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Fall '03

GE Master's

111

6,000

666,000

Semester

CF Ph.D.

55

6,000

330,000

•

Stipend

22

6,000

132,000

Nelson

23

6,000

138,000

Entrance

34

varies

145,800

1,411,800

Spring

'04

GE Master's

112

6,000

672,000

Semester

GE Ph.D.

55

6,000

330,000

Stipend ?

•

31

6,000

186,000

Nelson

19

6,000

114,000

Entrance

4

varies

19,000

1,321,000

TOTAL

AWARD EXPENDITURES

3,812,407

$ ?

193,571

SURPLUS CARRYOVER FOR FY 2004-05

GRADUATE AWARDS IN FY 2003-04

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BASE BUDGET

SURPLUS CARRYOVER - FY 02-03

TOTAL AVAILABLE FOR AWARDS

AWARD NAME

NUMBER VALUE

TOTAL

Summer'03 ?

GFMaster's

109

4,800

$ ?

523,200

Semester ?

GE Ph.D.

54

5,200

280,800

Stipend

28

5,200

145,600

Nelson

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.

21

5,667

119,007

Entrance

2

varies

11,000

$ ?

1,079,607

$3,707,337

298,641

4,005,978

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awa2003-04

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Simon Fraser University

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Dean of Student Services Office

W ?

Memorandum

To: ?

Secretary Senate Policy Committee on Scholarships, Awards & Bursaries

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Assistant to the Dean, Finance & Operations

Re:

Date:

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Open Undergraduate

21, 2005

Scholarship 2003/04 Fiscal Summary ?

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Lfi

The Open Undergraduate Scholarship program for the 2002/04 fiscal year continyed to be

awarded at a CumGPA level of 3.70, which was consistent with practice since 1996-2.

Over the year, there were a total of 1,391 Open Scholarship recipients, resulting in an 10%

increase in student recipients over last fiscal year.

In Fall 2003, the basic tuition fee increased from $95.10 per credit hour to $123.70 per credit

hour and "premium fee" credit hour fees also increased. In accordance with the SPCSAB

• decision to maintain the CGPA at 3.70 for the Open Scholarship, the amount of payment per

credit hour was increased from $85 to $100 per credit hour beginning Fall 2003.

The annual budget for the Open Undergraduate Scholarship program for the 2003/04 fiscal

year increased by $400,000 (30%) over the previous years' budget to allow for the increase in

credit hour fee disbursements. Total disbursements over the three-semester period amounted

to $1,385,715.

Over the 2003/04 fiscal year, there continues to be an increase in the in the number of Open

Undergraduate Scholarship recipients which is a very positive reflection upon the quality of

our students.

Attached is a spreadsheet with an updated summary of the Open Undergraduate Scholarship

data.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, I would be most willing to meet with the

SPCSAB to discuss the reports further.

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Open Undergraduate Scholarship Data

Fiscal Year

Sem

# Awards

Total Awarded Avg Award CGPA

Per credit

$169,323

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-

3.71$

77

98/99

98-2

226

$749

98-3

337

$315,854

$937

3.7

$ ?

77

99-1

335

$313,852

$937

3.7

$ ?

77

Total:

98199

898

$799,029

$890

99100

99-2

241

$176,176

$731

3.7

$ ?

77

99-3

334

$313,159

$938

3.7

$

?

77

2000-1

358

$329,714

$921

3.7

$ ?

77

Total:

99/00

933

$819,049

$878

00/01

00-2

235

$173,789

$740

3.7

$ ?

77

00-3

355

$333,256

$939

3.7

$ ?

77

01-1

345

$318,087

$882

3.7

$ ?

77

Total:

2000/2001

935

$825,132

$882

2001-2002

2001-2

295

$218,372

$740

3.7

$ ?

73

2001-3

444

$389,702

$878

3.7

$ ?

73

2002-1

439

$381,352

$873

3.7

$ ?

73

Total: 2001-2002

1,178

$989,426

$841

2002/2003

2002-2

306

$220,752

$721

3.7

$ ?

73

2002-3

496

$515,970

$1,040

3.7

$ ?

85

2003-1

459

$468,200

$1,020

3.7

$ ?

85

Total:

2002/2003

1,261

$1,204,922

$956

2003/2004

2003-2

335

$272,680

$814

3.7

$ ?

85

2003-3

552

$587,435

$1,064

3.7

$ ?

100

2004-1

504

$525,600

$1,043

3.7

$ ?

100

Total:

2003/2004

1,391

$1,385,715

$974

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January 20 2005

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Open Undergraduate Scholarship Data

.

Fiscal Year

Sem

#

Awards

Total Awarded

Avg Award

CGPA

Per credit

89/90

89-3

399

$240,616

$603

3.6

$ ?

52

90-1

410

$231,662

$565

3.6

$ ?

52

Total:

89/90

809

$472,278

$584

90191

90-2

322

$143,645

$446

3.6

$ ?

52

90-3

467

$290,444

$622

3.6

$ ?

55

91-1

464

$269,115

$580

3.6

$ ?

55

Total:

90/91

1,253

$703,204

$561

91192

91-2

342

$169,956

$497

3.6

$

?

55

91-3

465

$318,246

$684

3.6

$ ?

62

92-1

462

$301,163

$652

3.6

$ ?

62

Total:

91/92

1,269

$789,365

$622

92/93

92-2

337

$183,148

$543

3.6

$ ?

62

92-3

422

$298,984

$708

3.6

$

?

62

93-1

374

$263,748

$705

3.6

$ ?

62

Total:

92/93

1,133

$745,880

$658

93/94

93-2

294

$174,902

$595

3.6

$ ?

62

93-3

195

$161,636

$829 3.75

$ ?

68

94-1

202

$151,776

$751

3.75

$ ?

68

Total: 93194

691

$488,314

$707

94195

94-2

150

$89,964

$600 3.75

$ ?

68

94-3

214

$182,500

$853 3.68

$ ?

73

95-1

252

$208,707

$828 3.65

$ ?

73

Total:

94/95

616

$481,171

$781

95/96

95-2

172

$118,260

$688

3.7

$ ?

73

95-3

233

$220,605

$947

3.7

$ ?

77

96-1

276

$246,708

$894

3.65

$ ?

77

Total:

95/96

681

$585,573

$860

96/97

96-2

184

$135,058

$734

3.7

$ ?

77

96-3

280

$267,545

$956

3.7

$ ?

77

97-1

260

$239,199

$920

3.7

$

?

77

Total:

96/97

724

$641,802

$886

97/98

97-2

216

$167,167

$774

3.7

$

?

77

97-3

323

$302,918

$939

3.7

$ ?

77

98-1

318

$295,911

$933

3.7

$ ?

77

Total:

97/98

857

$765,996

$894

January 20, 2005

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Student Services ?

8888 University Drive

Simon Fraser University

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Burnaby, BC Canada V5A 1S6

Financial Assistance ?

Telephone (604)

291-4356

Facsimile (604) 291-4722

Report to the

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Senate Policy Committee on Scholarships, Awards and Bursaries

Work-Study Program 2003.2004

The Work-Study program was part of the provincial government's BC Student Assistance Program (BCSAP) until August

2002 when the provincial program was cancelled. Provincial Work-Study was targeted to graduate and undergraduate

students who were B.C. residents and had an assessed financial need above the maximum funding allowance through

BCSAP.

For the September semester 2002, Simon Fraser University implemented a University funded Work-Study program with a

budget of $360,000. In 2003-2004, the budget was increased to $610,000. Like the SFU bursary program, the Work-Study

program is intended to be supplemental funding for Simon Fraser students with demonstrated financial need. The program is

not restricted to BC residents nor to those receiving BCSAP. This means that participants are no longer identified by system

reporting alone so an application and adjudication process has been implemented. The application deadline is six weeks prior

to the start of each semester and integrated with the bursary adjudication process.

The BC Government Work-Study budget year was September to August of the following year. The numbers in the chart

below are based on a reporting period of May to April. Because of the difference between reporting periods, the numbers can

be very inconsistent year over year in this report. The 2002-2003 reporting year includes one semester, 2002-2, funded

through the BC government program and two semesters of SFU funded Work-Study. All semesters in 2003-2004 are SFU

funded.

WORK-STUDY— Undergraduate

Number of Awards

Total $ Awarded

Total $ Spent

03/04

573

760,200

633,425

02/03*

427

510,800

431,640

01/02

363

417,900

329,208

00/01

346

385,120

310,655

99/00

498

481,140

343,689

98/99

344

301,300

246,503

97/98

612

668,121

542,932

96/97

481

420,211

353,804

95/96

561

501,661

438,850

499

429,672

361,879

Note: these numbers include expenditures for the Students Aiding Students program until August 2000.

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WORK-STUDY - Graduate

Number of Awards

Total $ Awarded

Total $ Spent

03/04

40

51,000

45,528

02/03*

11

13,900

11,717

01/02

5

7,000

5,362

00/01

7

8,300

7,503

99/00

19

19,830

18,130

98/99

4

2,910

2,507

97/98

12

15,740

11,350

96/97

4

3,537

3,436

95/96

12

14,296

13,001

94/95

16

21,205

19,911

*The summer semester of 2002/03 completed the B.C. Government funded Work-Study program. For the Fall and Spring

semesters of 2002/03 the Simon Fraser University funded Work-Study program was implemented.

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Financial Assistance ?

Telephone (604) 291-4356

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Athletic and Recreation Awards 2003-04

Athletic Awards

Athletic awards are available to students who are members of varsity teams at Simon Fraser University and are

awarded primarily on the basis of Athletic merit, though some awards have an academic achievement component.

There are three categories of Athletic Awards: those funded through endowed and annual donor donations, those

funded by University operating funds, and those funded by money raised by the individual teams to support their

own athletes (Athletic Tuition Awards).

The total disbursement in all three categories of Athletic Awards has increased from $377,493 in 2002-2003 to

$416,560 in 2003-2004.

Recreation Awards

Simon Fraser University supports a number of awards for students who actively support the University's Recreation

Program. The Recreational Leadership awards are given in recognition of individual participation, leadership and

volunteerism in various aspects of Recreation Services. Thirty three awards totaling $19,800 were awarded in 2003-

2004. In January 2004, a new award, the Recreation Promotion Award was created to further support and promote

the University's recreation programs. Twenty one awards totaling

$25,625

were given in 2003-2004.

ATHLETIC AND RECREATION AWARDS*

Endowed/Annual

Athletics

SFU Funded Athletics

Athletic Tuition Awards

SFU Funded Recreation

Awards

#of

Total $

#of

Total $

#of

Total $

#of

Total $

Awards

Awards

Awards

Awards

03/04

349

276,098

58

40,900

47

54,137

54

45,425

02/03

352

265,243

55

38,600

62

54,450

32

19,200

01/02

385

291,679

54

38,500

25

14,822

30

18,000

00/01

297

222,859

55

39,000

112

88,100

29

17,400

99/00

289

223,750

57

40,500

130

86,768

31

18,600

98/99

265

180,930

52

36,600

141

89,189

31

18,600

97/98

303

188,851

55

39,000

103

77,696

32

19,200

96/97

205

109,802

50

38,800

134

90,038

32

19,200

95/96

153

90,895

50

39,000

63

60,209

35

21,000

94/95

1

171 ?

1

79,645

?

1

56 ?

1

41,000

?

1

67

57,333

31

?

1

15,600

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The B.C. Athletic Assistance Pro

g

ram (BCAAP) is a provincial government program to support top athletes in

pursuing their education while maintaining their sport training. The funding level for Simon Fraser University

remained the same from 2001/02 to 2002/03. However, due to Canadian Interuniversity Sport rules, some of the

allocated funds could not be disbursed in 2002/03 so a portion of the funding was disbursed in the summer semester

2003 and is counted in the 2003-2004 year

BC ATHLETIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM*

# of Awards

Total $ Awarded

03/04

65

65,679

02/03

65

53,710

01/02

63

61,250

00/01

90

66,916

99/00

85

62,926

98/99

142

90,979

97/98

138

90,112

96/97

212

136,156

*Note: all Statistics are for the academic year starting May 1 and ending April 30.

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Bursary Program 2003-2004

Bursaries are awarded on the basis of financial need and satisfactory academic performance to full-time

undergraduate and graduate students*

.

Bursaries are funded through endowments and annual gifts from donors as

well as through university operating funds. Bursaries are adjudicated by Financial Assistance on behalf of the

Senate Undergraduate Awards Adjudication Committee. Information about the bursary programs is published in the

University Calendar and listed in a searchable, web accessed database.

In the 2003-2004 reporting year (May 2003 - April 2004), Financial Assistance received 4,967 applications with a

total calculated financial need of $6,468,740. This represents an increase in student financial need of $3,231,044 or

100% over the previous year. The University funded bursary budget increased from

$1,567,835

to $2,567,835, an

increase of $1,000,000 or 64%. Individual student bursary awards remained at an annual average of 61% of

assessed need in 2003-2004.

The tables below compare changes in the Bursary program overtime. The SFU Open Bursaries and the SFU

Daycare Bursaries are funded by University operating funds and are disbursed from one umbrella allocation. The

Annual and Endowed Bursaries are funded through annual or long-term gifts from donor individuals or

organizations. In 2003-2004 year, one new annual donor funded bursary was established.

Included in the SFU Open Undergraduate (domestic) data is funding to a World University Services of Canada

(WUSC) refugee student for three semesters. Simon Fraser University has an agreement with the Simon Fraser

Student Society to assist in the support of one student a year identified and immigrated to Canada by WUSC. The

University pays for tuition up to 12 credit hours each semester, the athletic and recreation fee, the student services

fee, residence fees (dorms only), and a $500 start-up bursary.

SFU Open Bursaries for international undergraduate students includes funding for two groups of students, those

entering the university prior to September 2003 and those entering on or after September 2003. Bursaries for

International students entering on or after September 2003 are funded through their own tuition revenue. In 2003-

2004 the budget for these students was $250,000 and

55

bursaries totaling $199,840 were awarded.

The SFU Open Graduate Bursary figures include the TSSU Child Care Bursary. This bursary program is included in

the TSSU labour contract with the University and has an annual budget of $50,000. This year 13 bursaries totaling

$26,495 were disbursed. Eleven bursaries were awarded to domestic students ($23,370) and two were awarded to

international students ($3,125)

Beginning in the 2002-2003 academic year, cost recovery graduate programs were required to fund bursaries for

their students from their tuition revenue. These programs are reported separately. In 2003-2004, bursaries totaling

$123,605 were disbursed to students in these programs, 19 bursaries totaling $21,700 to international students and

74 totaling $101,905 to domestic students.

In 2003-2004, the University established several bursary programs to assist in the promotion of the University's goal

to encourage internationalization. Students who participate in SFU International Field School programs, SFU

Foreign Exchange programs and International Co-op placements may be considered for these bursaries. This year

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77 bursaries totaling $153,090 were awarded. Three of these bursaries were awarded to international students

($5690).

The University has also established the Aboriginal Bursary Program to assist aboriginal students in high financial

need. In 2003-2004, the first year of the program, 22 bursaries totaling $28,095 were awarded to aboriginal

students.

*Undergraduate students are considered full-time if they are registered in 9 or more semester hours of normally graded courses.

Graduate students must be registered in an approved full-time program.

BURSARIES

Summary Totals

.

Total Number

Applications

Total

Calculated Need $

Total Undergraduate

Bursaries Awd $

Total Graduate ?

Grand Total

Bursaries Awd $

?

Bursaries Awd $

03/04

4,697

6,468,740

3,222,505

415,713 ?

3,638,218

02/03

4,012

3,237,696

1,964,929

141,942 ?

2,106,871

01/02

3,429

2,476,765

1,070,295

91,530 ?

1,161,825

00/01

2,870

2,013,725

1,008,105

79,146 ?

1,087,251

99/00

2,615

1,751,834

972,375

68,012 ?

1,040,387

98/99

2,514

1,565,785

931,361

71,553 ?

1,002,914

97/98

2,558

1,296,738

895,826

70,639 ?

966,465

96/97

2,078

1,068,339

875,412

80,904 ?

956,316

Undergraduate Bursaries - General

SFU Open (domestic)

SFU Open (international)

SFU Daycare

Annual and Endowed

# of Awards

Total $

# of Awards

Total $

# of Awards

Total $

# of Awards

Total $

03/04

2320

1,502,092

735

1,014,020

18

5,451

600

522,662

02/03

1,461

1,047,642

330

400,950

10

2,628

595

513,709

01/02

1,166

457,100

186

111,243

10

2,670

656

499,282

00/01

1,023

470,892

136

93,100

5

2,116

517

441,997

99/00

891

415,511

163

127,540

10

4,263

538

425,061

98/99

818

414,171

158

122,258

5

1,107

514

393,825

97/98

777

420,692

116

116,833

12

3,142

436

355,159

96/97

623

411,120

112

115,015

12

1,935

417

347,342

95/96

608

381,443

176

145,325

30

6,540

429

316,235

94/95

535

?

1

289,518

152 ?

1 117,014

65

12,695

477

?

1

329,135

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SFU Open (domestic)

SFU Open (international)

SFU Daycare

Annual and Endowed

of Awards

Total $

# of Awards

Total $

# of Awards

Total $

# of Awards

Total $

03/04

184

197,880

63

60,854

13

7,019

30

26,055

02/03

42

25,310

28

23,160

4

1,137

17

16,345

01/02

87

47,765

31

14,775

3

570

35

28,420

00/01

90

54,870

27

13,405

1

406

10

10,465

99/00

79

46,110

27

16,665

2

1,087

6

4,150

98/99

59

43,453

36

21,945

0

0

7

6,155

97/98

61

45,590

25

17,494

2

553

8

7,002

96/97

43

48,018

29

24,985

10

3,267

5

4,634

95/96

37

36,825

54

44,700

19

4,727

6

9,400

94/95

58

41,225

53

43,600

23

6,005

9

4,650

Bursaries for Cost-Recovery Graduate Programs (by program)

EMBA

GAWM

MOT

GDBA

MBA (Day)

#

Awd

Total$

#

Awd

TotalS

# Awd

TotalS

# Awd

TotalS

#

Awd

TotalS

03/04

02/03

9

3

16,400

7,635

2

1

2,605

2,205

15

5

22,305

10,360

5

9

7,655

16,685

38

21

46,570

34,470

MED/EdD

(off-campus)

MPP

#

Awd

TotalS

#

Awd

TotalS

03/04

3

3,805

21

24,265

02/03

3

4,635

N/A

N/A

University Funded Designated Bursaries

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30/04

Field School

Program

Exchange

Program

International Co-

op Program

Aboriginal

Students

#

Awd

TotalS

Awd

TotalS

# Awd

TotalS

4 Awd

TotalS

9

18,120

62

1 ?

124,955

6

10,015

22

28,095

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?

Telephone (604) 291-4356

Facsimile (604) 291-4722

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Emergency Loan Program 2003-2004

Short term (60 day), interest-free loans are available to students who require interim emergency funding while

awaiting funds from other sources. To receive an emergency loan a student must demonstrate a guaranteed source

of repayment, for.example an assessed government student loan awaiting documents or confirmation of part-time

employment. Emergency loan values are usually no more than $500 but individual award values depend on the

specific circumstances of the student. Some students may receive more than one Emergency Loan during a

semester. Students must meet with a Financial Assistance Advisor as part of the assessment process.

In previous years difficulties arising from implementation of new methods of enrollment confirmation and

centralization of government loan processing by the loan administration organizations delayed disbursement of

funds to students and increased the demand on the Emergency Loan program. Over the past four years there has

been less disruption to the disbursement of government assistance to students and a notably positive impact on our

Emergency Loan program.

Administration of debt collection was the responsibility of Financial Services who provided Financial Assistance

with an annual list of bad debts. However, with the transition to SIMS Student Financials bad debt lists were not

available in 2003-2004.

EMERGENCY LOANS

(Undergraduate/Graduate)

Number of Loans

Total $ Awarded

# Loans to Collection

Total $ to Collection

03/04

251

157,741

N/A

N/A

02/03

239

137,712

4

1,798

01/02

244

142,092

N/A

N/A

00/01

256

152,354

7

4,590

99/00

359

217,139

7

4,650

98/99

433

246,828

10

6,248

97/98

345

157,825

7

4,500

96/97

352

160,716

Not Recorded

Not Recorded

95/96

527

265,472

Il

3,763

94/95

674

317,329

7

5,363

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Scholarship for In-Course Undergraduate Students

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Academic and Service Awards for the University Community 2003-2004

Endowed/Annual Scholarships for In-Course Undergraduate Students

Scholarships funded through endowments and annual gifts from donors are available to continuing, full-time

undergraduate students who meet specified criteria and have a minimum cumulative grade point average of 350. To

be considered, students must submit applications to Financial Assistance by the end of the second week of classes of

the semester the scholarship is offered. Endowed and Annual Scholarships are adjudicated directly by the Senate

Undergraduate Awards Adjudication Committee (SUAAC). A few of these scholarships are selected by nomination

of the academic department and confirmed by the SUAAC. Information about all of these scholarships is published

in the University Calendar and listed on the web site in a search capable format.

The table below shows the changes over time in the total number and value of scholarships for in-course students.

In 2002-03, the increase in scholarships is primarily due to 32 scholarships totaling $23,566 provided by the

Ministry of Advanced Education to Surrey campus students.

2 new donor funded scholarships, I annual donation and I endowment, were established in 2003-2004

Academic and Service Awards for the University Community

Academic and Service Awards are given to students, faculty or staff for outstanding performance in an academic

area or outstanding service to the University or the community at large. These awards include the Terry Fox Gold

Medal, the BC Sugar Achievement Award, the C.D. Nelson Award, Contemporary Arts Awards, History Book

prizes and many others. Academic and Service Awards reported in the table below are funded through donor based

endowments and annual gifts or by University operating dollars.

Although no additional budget has been allocated to existing SFU funded awards, the Aboriginal Student Leadership

Award was created in 2004. Three of these awards valued at $2,000 each were awarded in 2003-2004.

In addition, two Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation National Scholars received a total of $7,546 in tuition

awards. Canadian Merit Scholars receive funding of tuition costs for two, fifteen credit hour semesters a year for

four years from the University and the remainder of their funding from the Foundation (see External Awards report

for more information).

Five new awards, 3 annual donations and 2 endowments were established in 2003-2004.

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MERIT BASED AWARDS

In-Course

Endowed/Annual Scholarships

Endowed/Annual Awards.

SFU Funded Awards

# of Awards

Total $

# of Awards

Total $

# of Awards

Total $

03/04

263

213,560

187

77,908

121

67,310

02/03

289

228,091

212

62,717

109

58,178

01/02

248

195,950

160

57,981

109

57,779

00/01

227

171,825

144

51,934

101

50,287

99/00

232

194,705

119

44,430

102

49,757

98/99

203

147,690

115

41,435

92

43,907

97/98

184

138,503

68

30,670

113

45,009

96/97

179

131,125

66

27,161

87

45,900

95/96

169

114,870

59

24,720

87

46,307

94/95

165

117,290

52

12,330

84

44,250

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External Scholarships, Awards and Bursaries 2003-2004

Each year Simon Fraser University students receive scholarships, awards and bursaries that are

administered and adjudicated by organizations and corporations external to the University. Scholarships,

awards and bursaries in this category include: Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation Awards, Canadian

Millennium Scholarship Foundation Merit Awards, Terry Fox Humanitarian Awards, Canada Trust

Scholarships, awards administered by the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, and many

others.

In the 2003-2004 year, Simon Fraser undergraduates received 278 external scholarships, awards and

bursaries totaling $458,754, an increase of 10% over 2002-03, see the table below. Not all external awards

are disbursed through the University so reported totals may be lower than actual awards received by

students. The awards have been categorized by the definitions used for our internal programs: scholarships

are based primarily on academic performance; bursaries are based primarily on financial need; and awards

are based on community service, excellence in

a

specific endeavor or a combination of criteria.

Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation

Included in the numbers reported below are recipients of the Canadian Merit Scholarship Foundation

awards. These scholarships are awarded to graduating high school students on the basis of academic

excellence, community service and leadership. Simon Fraser University is one of a consortium of

Canadian universities that work with the Foundation to select and support recipients. National winners

receive a four year award including an annual grant of $5,000 from the Foundation and an annual tuition

waiver to a maximum of $5,000 from the University. In 2003-2004, Simon Fraser had: 2 National winners

- 1 in 4" year and I in 3' year. The table below includes the funds from the Foundation but Simon

Fraser's disbursements for tuition are reported with the Scholarships for In-Course Under

g raduate Students.

Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation Awards

Also included in the numbers below are recipients of the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation merit

awards. These scholarships are granted on the basis of academic performance, community service,

leadership and entrepreneurship. In 2003-2004, there were 6 National Award winners attending Simon

Fraser University - 2 new recipients and 4 renewals, II Provincial/Territorial Award winners - 3 new

recipients and 8 renewals, and 12 local award winners.

The World Petroleum Congress and Canadian Millennium Foundation offered a new award in 2003-2004

to recognize students enrolling in studies related to the petroleum industry who demonstrated academic

merit and financial need. Five SFU students received these awards of $3,000 each, totaling $15,000.

Another new scholarship was also established by the Canadian Millennium Foundation in 2003-2004. The

National In-Course Millennium Scholarship recognizes upper level post secondary students who

demonstrate academic merit and leadership. Eleven students were awarded the National In-Course

Scholarship in 2003-2004. 7 third level students received $4,000 each, 2 second level students received

$4,000 each, and 2 first level students received $5,000 each, totaling $46,000.

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Financial Assistance also actively promotes the availability of and assists students with the application

process for numerous external awards that are not reported in the table below. These awards support

students' educational goals during and after studies at Simon Fraser University but are not disbursed

through the University. Awards programs in this category include the Rhodes Scholarship, the Queen

Elizabeth 11 BC Centennial Scholarship, NRC Women in Engineering and Science Scholarship, and many

others. In 2003-2004 Simon Fraser University students received 4 substantial scholarships from the

Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada: 2 Fairfax Scholarships valued at $5,000 renewable for

two years and 2 Fessenden-Trott Scholarships valued at $9,000 renewable for two years.

UNDERGRADUATE EXTERNAL

.

External Scholarships

External Awards

External Bursaries

Total # of

Total $

Total # of

Total $

Total # of

Total $

Scholarships

Awards

Bursaries

03/04

247

437,854

0

0

31

20,900

02/03

236

381,781

5

6,715

60

35,394

01/02

216

294,590

14

15,840

72

44,775

00/01

204

226,270

7

10,500

56

38,061

99/00

181

176,827

10

16,283

61

39,034

98/99

130

117,382

56

54,913

35

23,374

97/98

118

109,562

36

37,008

71

48,369

GRADUATE EXTERNAL

External Scholarships

External Awards

External Bursaries

Total # of

Total $

Total # of

Total $

Total # of

Total $

Scholarships

Awards

Bursaries

03/04

9

13650

0

0

1

500

02/03

3

3,600

0

0

3

3,000

01/02

6

7.200

0

0

1

2,000

00/01

5

6,300

0

0

3

1,400

99/00

8

6,550

0

0

2

980

98/99

8

8,500

0

0

2

1,076

97/98

4

4,900

0

0

9

21,768

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Government Part-time Student Assistance and Canada Study Grants 2003-2004

Government Part-time Student Assistance

To be eligible for the federal governments Part-time Student Loans (PT-CSL) and Grants (PT-CSG), 2003-

2004 students must be registered in less than nine credit hours and have a demonstrated financial need. 74

applications were received for Part-time Loan and Grant. Of those students,

56

qualified for grant only,

loan only, or grant and loan with a total assessed need of $80,791.

Students receiving a Part-time Loan must start making payments on the interest immediately, while still in

studies. Many students who are in search of additional financial support cannot afford to make the

payments. As a result, the loan program is not well used by Simon Fraser students. In 2003-2004,38

students were eligible for Part-Time Student Loans with a total award value of $35,537. Only 22 of the

students requested the funding to be issued and, in the end, only 19 students, with a total loan value of

$21,244 cashed their loans.

In order to be eligible for grant funding, students must not only demonstrate financial need but also meet

specific criteria for not studying full-time. The list of acceptable conditions for maintaining part-time

studies includes: permanent disability, being a single parent, caring for an elderly dependent, and requiring

less than nine credit hours to fulfill graduation requirements. The Part-time Grant program has a maximum

award value of $1,200 a year and is well used by Simon Fraser students. In 2003-2004,42 students

received grant awards totaling $43,413. Eighteen of these students also received Part-time Loans and are

included in the loan statistics.

The table below shows an apparent decline in the Part-time loan awards in 2000-01. However, government

procedures for processing Part-time Loans changed that year to allow students to be considered for Part-

time Grant without applying for a Part-time Loan. Students who are not interested in the loan option are no

longer assessed and awarded funding under the loan program.

PART-TIME CANADA STUDENT LOAN

S

# of Awards

Total $

Awarded

# of Loans

Released

Total $ Loans

Released

03/04

22

24,240

19

21,244

02/03

18

18,239

16

16,286

01/02

7

6,526

5

3,669

00/01

13

10,700

8

6,778

99/00

45

24,480

2

2,679

98/99

36

26,103

No record

No record

97/98

45

46,550

No record

No record

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#

of Awards

Total$

Awarded

03/04

42

43,513

02/03

47

45,450

01/02

54

50,739

00/01

54

51,014

99/00

83

73,072

98/99

108

112,407

97/98

70

65,365

Canada Study Grant for Female Doctoral Students (CSG-FD)

The federal government offers a grant program to support female doctoral students in specific programs.

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The goal of the program is to encourage female students with financial need to continue studies to the

doctoral level in fields that have an under representation of females based on national statistics.

Commencing 2001/02 these grants were assessed as part of the B.C. Student Assistance Program

application and a separate application is no longer required. For those students who meet the criteria for a

CSG-FD, the grants are automatically calculated and the award replaces BC and federal loan funding. In

other words, students no longer receive additional funding but have a portion of their debt (loan) converted

to grant.

# of Awards

Total $

Awarded

03/04

7

18,327

02/03

3

8,749

01/02

5

14,569

00/01

7

17,781

99/00

6

13,966

98/99

3

8,876

97/98 ?

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1

1,769

Note: Statistics are reported for the academic year May I to April 30.

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Student

Simon

Services

Fraser

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University

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Burnaby,

8888 University

BC Canada

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Financial Assistance ?

Telephone (604) 2914356

Facsimile (604) 291-4722

Report to the

Senate Policy Committee on Scholarships, Awards and Bursaries

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Government Student Assistance 2003-2004

Domestic Canadian students, graduate and undergraduate, may apply through their home province to receive funding

assistance from the federal, provincial and territorial governments. Government assistance is a primary source of funding for

approximately 30% of Canadian post-secondary students. The goal of these programs is to promote accessibility of post-

secondary education among academically qualified students who do not have the personal or family resources to meet the

costs of education.

At Simon Fraser University approximately 24% of all undergraduate students received their primary funding through

government student assistance. Without this funding they would not be able to attend the University.

British Columbia Student Assistance Program (BCSAP)

The tables below report the number of government assistance awards and the total dollars of assistance received by Simon

Fraser students from 1994/95 to the 2003/04 award year. The first two tables report numbers for students who are consider

residents of British Columbia and are receiving funding through the BC government. Simon Fraser students received

$2.5

million more dollars in government student assistance through BC in 2003/04 compared to 2002/03, a 5.9% increase.

According to the government's statistics Simon Fraser remained the second largest user of the assistance programs for the

third year in a row. In 2003/04 BCSAP increased the living allowances for all students and increased the living allowances

for parents. This meant that the expected contributions from parents decreased but new increased levels of expected

contributions from students were introduced to partially offset the living allowance changes. Overall the changes allowed

some students to become eligible for assistance who were not previously eligible or to be eligible for more funding.

Students who received BC Grant or Canada Millennium Foundation Grants are included in the tables below under the

heading of BC/Federal Grant and Provincial/Federal Grant. The Millennium Foundation Grant awards are administered by

the provincial authorities who also administer Canada and Provincial student assistance programs. The Millennium Grant

awards are available to students in the second, third and fourth year of their first undergraduate degree. In British Columbia,

most Millennium Foundation Grant awards are allocated to qualified students who applied for two semesters of government

student assistance the previous August. SFU students prefer to apply for student loans one semester at a time in order to

consider participation in Co-operative Education semesters, exchange programs, and other special semesters and to maximize

their government funding. This disqualifies them from Millennium Foundation Bursary Awards. To reduce the problem at

semesterized institutions the BC government revamped the BC Grant program. For 2002/03 the BC government decided to

eliminate the BC Grant program for first year students and in 2004 the BC Grant program was eliminated entirely. This

means that funding students would have received as grant the previous year was awarded in the form of loan for first year

students in 2002/03 and 2003/04 and will be loan only for all students from 2004/05 onward.

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BC Residence - Federal and Provincial Assistance

Undergraduate

Canada Student Loan

British Columbia Loan

BC/Federal Grant

Totals

#of

#of

#of

#of

Awards

Total $

Awards

Total $

Awards

Total $

Awards

Total $

03/04

8,119

24,912,956

5,588

11,080,185

3,300

6,438,162

17,007

42,431,303

02/03

7,629

23,413,881

5,709

10,622,832

3,323

6,357,657

16,661

40,394,370

01/02

7,206

20,745,360

5,581

8,982,386

3,432

6277,543

16,219

36,005,289

00/01

6,700

19,422,436

5,139

8,435234

3,238

5,913,349

15,077

33,771,019

99/00

6,220

18,016,408

4,774

8,437,478

2,707

4.725,887

13,701

31,179,773

98/99

5,742

17,543,548

5,121

10,456,783

1,304

2,244,399

12,167

30,244,730

97/98

5,344

16,728,873

4,833

10,187,803

881

1,633,952

11,058

28,550,628

96/97

5296

16,458,488

4,765

9,532,871

892

1,566,540

10,953

27,557,899

95/96

5,148

16,135,660

4202

7,051,162

879

1,282,322

10,229

24,469,144

94/95

4,885

14,473,670

3,898

7,243,664

697

998,482

9,480

22,715,816

Graduate

Canada Student Loan

British Columbia Loan

BC/Federal Grant

Totals

#of

#of

#of

#of

I

Awards

Total $

Awards

Total $

Awards

Total $

Awards

Total $

03/04

392

1,311,373

370

906,428

77

77,935

839

2,295,736

02/03

325

1,047,601

316

767,646

72

62,399

713

1,877,646

01/02

268

877,137

266

639,037

53

47,788

587

1,563,902

00/01

250

731,401

256

567,458

35

32,810

541

1,331,669

99/00

263

835,532

271

633,071

54

53252

588

1,521,855

98/99

261

832,306

265

649,411

41

43,184

567

1,524,901

97/98 *

240

790,574

254

634.665

N/A

N/A

494

1,425239

96/97*

235

723,913

226

472,144

N/A

N/A

462

1,198,443

95/96*

204

652,199

196

386,703

N/A

N/A

401

1,040,099

94/95*

224

697,892

199

411,163

N/A

N/A

425

1,112,235

Out of Province and United States Student Loans

The second Set of tables below report students who are receiving funding through other Canadian provinces or territories and

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from the United States. Not all provinces advise the institutions of assistance granted to students, particularly grant awards.

The funding received by U.S. students increased by 79% in 2003-2004. U.S. students appear to be requesting maximum

values on all government Joan programs available to them. The number of awards has also increased substantially during

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2003-2004. This is however, due to an administrative change in Financial Assistance. In previous years a single award w

disbursed but in 2003-2004 the department switched to a disbursement each semester unless the student requested otherwi

Out of Province and US Students

Undergraduate

Federal Student Loan

Provincial Loan

Provincial/Federal Grant

US Student Loans

#of

#of

#of

#of

Awards

Total $

Awards

Total $

Awards

Total $

Awards

Total $

03/04

169

704,420

169

370,665

91

217,666

21

187,451

02/03

221

917,707

231

456,882

98

265,602

34

128,811

01/02

249

900,177

209

403,709

72

182,303

18

108,983

00/01

251

894,323

212

422,693

84

230,272

20

108,145

99/00

333

1,149,868

249

589,344

60

165,636

9

59,392

98/99

380

1,323,501

270

697,485

38

81,113

8

35,465

97/98

378

1,424,821

317

868,898

42

74,076

9

33,458

96/97

429

1,609,830

514

977,181

20

26,104

12

37,389

95/96

436

1,629,038

547

1,017,365

13

26,980

14

69,636

94/95

394

1,415,716

535

1,000,396

17

24231

5

16,120

Graduate

Federal Student Loan

Provincial Loan

Provincial/Federal Grant

US Student Loans

#of

#of

#of

#of

Awards

Total $

Awards

Total $

Awards

Total $

Awards

Total $

03/04

56

252,998

76

203,922

10

26,851

68

227,686

02/03

57

276,274

76

202,438

10

21,129

24

102,904

01/02

49

206,584

60

165,695

1

834

10

94,915

00/01

60

215,651

62

142,727

4

2,194

14

125,933

99/00

64

264,926

73

193,164

4

9,435

13

75,190

98/99

80

293,106

83

181,735

4

7,217

21

96,653

97/98*

86

373,940

106

309,576

3

5,840

20

79,989

96/97*

78

304,785

119

229,914

5

4,955

16

59,996

95/96*

88

362,150

157

340,064

5

5,560

10

43,143

94/95*

96

359,216

144

271,116

1

1,000

5

21,182

Submitted by T. Rahilly, February 2005

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