Currie Scholarship
The Currie Undergraduate Scholarship is Atlantic Canada's largest undergraduate scholarship, and is awarded to four students each year by the University of New Brunswick. It was established in 2004 by UNB Chancellor Emeritus Richard J. Currie.
Criteria
Applicants should submit an essay to the Selection Committee giving evidence of their leadership capabilities, including school and extracurricular activities. Also required in the essay is evidence of overcoming barriers or difficult situations. Applications not meeting all three criteria will automatically be disregarded.Value of the Scholarship
The value of the scholarship used to depend on the university program chosen by the winner. However, since the Engineering programs have been reduced to four years, the value of the scholarship remains constant from program to program.Each scholarship winner is awarded $65,000 over four years as follows:
- Year 1: $20,000
- Year 2: $20,000
- Year 3: $15,000
- Year 4: $10,000
Selection Committee
The selection committee consists of:- Mrs. C. Elizabeth Meier, B.A. '71, M.Sc. '75, B.Sc.N. '86 ;
- Ms. Beth Currie-Watt, B.P.E. '93 ;
- Dr. Taylor C. Steele, B.Sc.E. '13, Ph.D. '19, P.Eng.
- Rev. James W. Golding L.Th. '63 ;
- Dr. Earle W. Wood, B.Sc. '59, BEd '66, M.A. '69, LL.D. '98.
Previous winners
The previous winners by year:2024
- Max Doyle E
- Rebecca Williams-Simms O
- Chad Sheppard E
- Rozalynd Cummings Ward O
- Daniel Burton O
- Marin MacPherson E
- Seth Foster E
- Casey Flanagan O
- Mikayla MacPhee O
- Lexa Lloyd O
- Kohen Prince E
- Lauren Shears E
- Anjali Singh O
- Jordan Cole E
- Declan Hartery E
- Safe AbuJayyab O
- Megan Kinch O
- Evan Dicesare O
- Lily Belyea O
- Bennet Dressler E
- Kaleigh Bourgeois E
- Barakat Alabbas E
- Joshua Kammermann E
- Julia MacPherson E
- Dustin McKee O
- Sarah Ross O
- Alexandre Banks E
- Mackenzie Comeau E
- Cassie Doiron E
- Mila Veljanovska O
- Madelyn Doucette E
- Morgan Meade O
- Taylor Milbury O
- Colin Brown E
- Hannah Wood E
- Brittany Landry O
- Emma Collings O
- Tyler Adams O
- Barry Riordon E
- Mansa Agbaku O
- Luke Walker O
- Corinne Trottier O
- Chris Lomond E
- Emma MacDonald O
- Kaley Fitzpatrick E
- Jack Campbell O
- Justin Thibault E
- Chelsea Walker O
- Calder Agnew E
- Kate MacDonald O
- Delaney Collins E
- Megan Smith O
- Jordie Taylor E
- Tyler Young E
- Jaclynn Beckett O
- Katie Wallace O
- Jonathan Kummer E
- Jeffrey LeBlanc E
- Emma Jost E
- Alex Briggs E
- Justin Lawson O
- Lee Chapman O
- Shannon LeBlanc E
- Greg Bailey E
- Deidre Allaby O
- Michelle Plante E
- Travis Payne E
- Keillor Steeves O
- Bradley Poirier E
- Desmond Connolly O
- Lauren Henderson O
- Layton Reynolds O
- Taylor Steele E
- Allan Kember E
- Laura Higgins O
- Coleman Ward E
- Zach McNeil E
- Jonathan O'Kane O
- Kristen Murray O
- Miles Goff O
- Tyler Edwards E
- Ryan Brideau O
- Holly Sampson E
- Sarah Schwartz O
- Brandon Wilbur E
- Sean Hayman E
- Megan Hurley O
- Brendan Wood E
- Jessica Yeates O
O - Entering a program other than engineering.